Ford Business Consulting

The Approach

Execution is the name of the game. There are four critical components of superior execution – strategy, innovation, stakeholder engagement, and speed. The 800 Pound Gorilla plays a critical role in each of those.

Ford Business Consulting's approach is founded on the belief that gaining competitive advantage demands a new level of execution and performance – and that you can’t get there if the 800 Pound Gorilla is blocking your path.

Strategy

Your strategy is only as good as your ability to execute it. The Gorilla hates change and it will undermine your strategy if you don’t plan for getting the Gorilla on board. If the 800 Pound Gorilla isn’t included in your strategy (along with other human factors such as leadership and organizational structure) then you’d better count on luck to make the strategy successful.

Ford Business Consulting helps you develop execution-focused strategies that get the Gorilla on board. More…

Innovation

A rapidly changing environment means that innovation is a do-or-die organizational habit. You can proclaim the virtues of creativity and pay bonuses for successful innovations, but if your Gorilla doesn’t love learning and risk taking, innovation will never be one of your strengths. And you’ll be left behind in the competitive race.

Ford Business Consulting helps you make innovation an organizational habit by changing the culture in your organization. More…

Stakeholder Engagement

Business analysts have long proclaimed the emergence of the “virtual enterprise,” which forced organizations to break down boundaries and provide greater access to customers, channel and supply chain partners, and other business allies. While most organizations have made the shift to a more extended enterprise, their 800 Pound Gorilla doesn’t yet support including critical stakeholders in a meaningful way. That slows the organization down and decreases its ability to respond to change.

Ford Business Consulting helps you increase stakeholder collaboration for the creation and implementation for new ideas. More…

Speed

Rapid execution in your organization requires more than individual excellence. Each person or group needs to be able to count on others to fulfill their commitments. That’s accountability. Do you know how to make accountability more than a buzz word in your organization? If you can do that, you’ll dramatically improve your organization’s ability to execute rapidly.

Ford Business Consulting helps you create systems and processes to burn accountability into your Gorilla’s habits. More…