Strategic Workshops: A Living Compass

Strategy that breathes. Stop talking "past" each other about the future. Start thinking "together."
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From hazy visions to functional structure.

My Approach: A strategic workshop in my hands is not a brainstorming session or a tired meeting. It is surgically precise facilitation aimed at one thing: A shared consciousness of direction.

I help teams name what is beneath the surface and transform hazy visions into a structure that everyone believes in and wants to execute.

When a team needs to pause and align

Workshops make the most sense when the pace of operations begins to diverge from long-term intent:

  • New phase of growth: When old processes and agreements no longer fit the new reality.
  • Leadership team alignment: When everyone is pulling their own weight, but a shared momentum is missing.
  • Review of priorities: When there are too many topics on the table and the team is losing focus on what matters.
  • Culture as strategy: When you need values to be more than just signs on the wall, but the basis of every decision.
The Path to Results
  1. Diagnostics: A brief scan of reality. Conversations that name the actual friction points.
  2. Facilitation: I lead the dialogue so that alignment emerges, not compromise.
  3. Outcome: A living framework for decision-making. Not a document for the binder, but a compass for every day.

The Result: A team that doesn’t hesitate but acts. Because they know why, how, and with whom.

Why choose surgically precise facilitation

  • Naming the invisible: I go beneath the surface of routine operational debates. I bring up topics that are “in the air” but haven’t been named yet.

  • Ending endless debates: My role is to maintain structure and pace. I don’t allow the team to cycle through details that have no strategic impact.

  • Alignment, not compromise: We don’t look for the lowest common denominator. We look for a solution that every team member personally stands behind.

  • Psychological safety: I create a space where it is safe to speak the truth and express doubt, leading to more robust decisions.

Case studies

FRESENIUS KABI DIGITAL STRATEGY


Setting the basic pillars of the digital strategy:
  • to be in line with the requirements of the head office while addressing all the needs of the local team.
Reference:
Martin Prílesan
Business Unit Manager

ADHOG AGENCY CORPORATE STRATEGY


Setting the strategic direction of the agency after 15 years of existence:

  • The solution included not only the strategy, but also the “human dimension” – the roles of individual team members, responsibilities and competencies.

Reference:

Marek Bor

MARKETING STRATEGY SW DIVISION OF THE COMPANY IXPERTA


Preparation and development of strategy and long-term cooperation on its implementation:

  • Analysis of the current state – through a marketing audit document
  • Strategy creation: 3 joint workshops
  • Preparation of a tactical plan with a precise breakdown of work: what, who, when, how and for how much
  • Long-term cooperation on strategy implementation, continuous evaluation of tactics and their revision

Reference:

Jan Kašpárek

GLOBUS MARKETING AUDIT


Performing a comprehensive marketing audit at Globus:

  • Cooperation of all departments of the marketing team + other key areas (approx. 15 members of the core team)
  • Audit preparation – Kick-off workshop with heads of individual marketing teams, IT, communications
  • Work one-on-one with individual members to identify in-depth opportunities and challenges for each department
  • Joint workshop summarizing and prioritizing all opportunities and issues
  • Final presentation of recommended next steps to CEO and owners

HR STRATEGY OF THE COMPANY IXPERTA


Preparation of HR strategy and specific plan for the new business year:

  • Setting goals and defining key issues
  • Analysis of the current state
  • Searching for possible solutions: inspiration from the outside world
  • A plan of concrete steps

Reference:

Sylva Havířová