Practice Area:
Strategy Oversight
Practice
Easton's Strategy Oversight Services lend
credibility to management's leadership by
improving the objectivity of the board's
strategy oversight process. The Strategy
Oversight Services are designed to help
directors assess strategic decisions, not
plan them, and focus on challenging and
confirming important strategic premises.
To respond to the specific needs of
directors, the research is designed
around management's proposals, starting
with a careful review of the stated plans
and using additional data from custom
research and internal databases to
confirm or challenge the critical
strategic premises. Our approach includes
heavy involvement from experienced
consultants and a compressed timeframe,
and provides directors with independent
counseling and support while overseeing
strategy.
Strategy Oversight Services are available
to support oversight of both ongoing
strategy issues and one-time events.
Ongoing Strategy Issues
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Top-Line Strategic
Alignment. Confirmation that
corporate strategy is consistent with
the company's mission, vision, and
shareholder interest.
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Growth Prospects. A
review of basic trends underlying
business unit growth prospects in
each market segment.
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Competitive
Landscape. A review of how
competitors' growth, profitability,
and strategic directions will affect
business unit performance.
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Shifts and
Discontinuities. A "red flag"
evaluation of whether changing market
needs, technologies, regulations, or
other factors will cause market
changes that will disrupt business
unit strategy.
One-Time
Events
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Acquisitions and
Mergers. A review of proposed or
recently-executed acquisitions for
long-term viability of the acquired
properties or new entity.
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Strategic
Investments. A review of plans for
large-dollar internal or portfolio
investments to help ensure long-term
gain.
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New Business
Evaluations. Confirmation of
management's planned strategies to
create sustainable competitive
advantage in new businesses.
For more information on
our Strategy Oversight Practice, please
see our related brochure:
Overseeing Strategy
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