We explore the context of where you are in your journey to develop your business.
This allows us to align on objectives and measures of success and the initiatives that have the most impact to move your organization forward.
Hover over the flashing markers to reflect on where you are on your journey…
The numbered flashing markers reflect where you are on your journey…
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- Problem to be solved
- Differentiation
- Prototype & proof of concept
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- First customers
- Feedback and co-creation
- Build and release MVP
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- Expanding customer base
- Validating product market fit
- Refine strategy
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- Accelerated customer growth
- Expanding channels
- Focus on quality
- Path to profitability
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- Sustainable performance
- Operational efficiency
- Evolving competitiveness
- New market & products
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- Small founder team
- Lose network of advisors & contributors
- Explore business models and workflows
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- Build core team of experts and functional leaders
- Define initial business model and workflows
- Deploy core enablers (tools, IT, etc.)
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- Build functional teams
- Team structure, roles and responsibilities
- Establish & deploy core processes
- Expand enablers
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- Grow teams
- Operating model
- Delegating decision making
- Performance management
- Build infrastructure
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- Optimize & re-allocate resources
- Professionalization of critical functions
- Automate and digitize workflows and processes
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- ‘Family’, Visionary, Passionate, Courageous
- Mobilizing founding team
- Ideation & innovation
- Incented on ‘vision’
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- ‘Tribe’, Entrepreneurial, Collaborative, Pragmatic
- Building teams
- Defining desired culture
- Incented on ‘innovation’
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- ‘Village’, Energy, Resilient, Listening, Agile
- Attracting & onboarding talent
- People practices
- Incented on ‘customer validation’
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- ‘City’, Accountable, Structured, Empowered, Learning
- Attracting talent at scale
- Strengthen leadership
- Developing talent
- Incented on ‘growth’
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- ‘Nation’, Balanced, Strategic, Sustainable, Agile
- Upskilling and reskilling
- Developing & retaining talent
- Driving engagement
- Incented on ‘profitability’
Examples of Sherpa Consulting Projects
Designing culture intentionally at a Biotech start-up
Onboarding experience for new hires at pharmacy-tech venture
Shaping the leadership success profile for biotech venture
End-to-end performance & development at a financial services company
Organization design for mid-sized b2b software company
A typical flow of a consulting project with Sherpa HR
