Proactive Strategies for Managing External Threats PPT

This PPT slide, part of the 29-slide Shareholder Value Traps PowerPoint presentation, outlines a strategic approach to mitigating risks posed by various external threats, referred to as "predators." These threats can include unethical stakeholders, activist investors, or disruptive executives. The primary focus is on the necessity for organizations to proactively manage these risks to safeguard their value.

The description section emphasizes the importance of recognizing these predators and highlights that they should be prioritized in strategic planning. It suggests that organizations must take decisive actions to prevent any potential destruction of value. This indicates a need for a robust framework to identify and address these threats effectively.

In the "Critical Actions" section, 3 specific strategies are proposed. The first action involves recognizing and defusing threats through calculated measures. This suggests that organizations should not only be aware of potential risks, but also have a plan in place to neutralize them. The second action emphasizes the reinforcement of risk management protocols, indicating that existing frameworks may need to be evaluated and strengthened. The third action encourages vigilance regarding unusual activities, which could be indicative of underlying threats.

The case example of DSM illustrates these concepts in practice. DSM's transformation from a coal mining company to a leader in nutrition and health products showcases the importance of proactive management. The example highlights how DSM's leadership effectively identified and addressed potential threats before they could escalate, thereby preserving the company's strategic vision and resources.

Overall, the slide serves as a guide for executives to understand the critical nature of managing external threats and provides actionable insights for safeguarding organizational value.

This slide is part of the Shareholder Value Traps PowerPoint presentation.

Download the Full Presentation

EXPLORE MORE SLIDES FROM THIS PRESENTATION

EXPLORE MORE PRESENTATIONS ON

Stakeholder Management Shareholder Value Strategic Planning Risk Management Leadership

Are you familiar with Flevy? We are you shortcut to immediate value.

Flevy provides business best practices—the same as those produced by top-tier consulting firms and used by Fortune 100 companies. Our best practice business frameworks, financial models, and templates are of the same caliber as those produced by top-tier management consulting firms, like McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Deloitte, and Accenture. Most were developed by seasoned executives and consultants with 20+ years of experience.

Trusted by over 10,000+ Client Organizations

Since 2012, we have provided best practices to over 10,000 businesses and organizations of all sizes, from startups and small businesses to the Fortune 100, in over 130 countries.

Flevy is the world's largest knowledge base of best practices.

Leverage the Experience of Experts.

Find documents of the same caliber as those used by top-tier consulting firms, like McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Deloitte, Accenture.

Download Immediately and Use.

Our PowerPoint presentations, Excel workbooks, and Word documents are completely customizable, including rebrandable.

Save Time, Effort, and Money.

Save yourself and your employees countless hours. Use that time to work on more value-added and fulfilling activities.

Read Customer Testimonials

"I like your product. I'm frequently designing PowerPoint presentations for my company and your product has given me so many great ideas on the use of charts, layouts, tools, and frameworks. I really think the templates are a valuable asset to the job."

– Roberto Fuentes Martinez, Senior Executive Director at Technology Transformation Advisory

"The wide selection of frameworks is very useful to me as an independent consultant. In fact, it rivals what I had at my disposal at Big 4 Consulting firms in terms of efficacy and organization."

– Julia T., Consulting Firm Owner (Former Manager at Deloitte and Capgemini)

"If you are looking for great resources to save time with your business presentations, Flevy is truly a value-added resource. Flevy has done all the work for you and we will continue to utilize Flevy as a source to extract up-to-date information and data for our virtual and onsite presentations!"

– Debbi Saffo, President at The NiKhar Group

"Flevy is now a part of my business routine. I visit Flevy at least 3 times each month.

Flevy has become my preferred learning source, because what it provides is practical, current, and useful in this era where the business world is being rewritten.

In today's environment where there are so

... [read more]

– Omar Hernán Montes Parra, CEO at Quantum SFE

"Flevy.com has proven to be an invaluable resource library to our Independent Management Consultancy, supporting and enabling us to better serve our enterprise clients.

The value derived from our [FlevyPro] subscription in terms of the business it has helped to gain far exceeds the investment made, making a subscription a no-brainer for any growing consultancy – or in-house strategy team."

– Dean Carlton, Chief Transformation Officer, Global Village Transformations Pty Ltd.

"I have used FlevyPro for several business applications. It is a great complement to working with expensive consultants. The quality and effectiveness of the tools are of the highest standards."

– Moritz Bernhoerster, Global Sourcing Director at Fortune 500

"As a niche strategic consulting firm, Flevy and FlevyPro frameworks and documents are an on-going reference to help us structure our findings and recommendations to our clients as well as improve their clarity, strength, and visual power. For us, it is an invaluable resource to increase our impact and value."

– David Coloma, Consulting Area Manager at Cynertia Consulting

"[Flevy] produces some great work that has been/continues to be of immense help not only to myself, but as I seek to provide professional services to my clients, it gives me a large "tool box" of resources that are critical to provide them with the quality of service and outcomes they are expecting."

– Royston Knowles, Executive with 50+ Years of Board Level Experience