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Introducing our five dimensions of resilience
We believe the resilience of a business rests on the balance of outside and inside forces – inside forces which ground your business and give it direction, and outside forces that shape and disrupt its path to success.
Our tool helps you explore your confidence in five dimensions of resilience from the core foundations inside your business to your ability to respond to change in the fast-moving world outside.
Strong foundations
This dimension explores the grounding forces at the heart of your organisation. Does your organisation have a powerful purpose that drives every element of business strategy and decision-making? How well can your organisation understand and exploit the key drivers of reputation to embed resilience and avoid the consequences of a ‘reputation gap’?
Accountability
Thriving in the turbulence of a fast-changing world depends on a clear structure with the right accountabilities, priorities and the ability to collaborate effectively. The increasing influence and scope of the corporate affairs professional must be matched by a commitment to the management of reputation in the heart of the organisation.
Strategic clarity
‘The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do’ is truer than ever in a world that is experiencing rapid, wholesale system change. Clarify of focus is essential. Robust, real-time data is essential to shape strategy development and course-correct effective delivery.
Power to influence
Executives face huge pressure to engage and inspire while under the intense scrutiny of shareholders, regulators and media – moving way beyond media training and a pithy soundbite. The political, economic and technological turbulence of recent years has fundamentally reshaped networks of engagement pushing new influencers and innovative communication channels to the fore. How much power to influence does your organisation have?
Future preparedness
This dimension explores your organisation’s agility and flexibility in a world where the pace of change is relentless and rapid. Risks are intensifying. Organisations and their leaders need to anticipate, understand, navigate, and make decisions in real time to maximise opportunity and growth.