17-slide PowerPoint
$39.00
$39.00, 17-slides, Best for: Strategy leads and C-suite executives evaluating core competencies to prioritize investments and divestments.
EDITOR'S REVIEW
This deck distinguishes itself with a five-phase framework for pinpointing and validating a company's core competencies, pairing strategic framing with a structured verification process. A concrete detail not evident from the title is the trio of tests—market access potential, contribution to customer benefits, and difficulty of duplication by competitors—that verify the sustainability of identified capabilities. In Phase 3 it ties end products back to core products, using examples such as microprocessor chips and creative design to illustrate how tangible offerings reflect underlying strengths, making it especially valuable for strategy leads and executives weighing where to invest, improve, or divest. [Learn more]
93-slide PowerPoint
$30.00
$30.00, 93-slides, Best for: Managers and consultants running workshops to stimulate breakthrough strategic thinking and idea generation
EDITOR'S REVIEW
This deck stands out for its disciplined, question-led design that guides participants through 20 integrated strategic question sets spanning SWOT, Balanced Scorecard, Blue Ocean, and other widely used frameworks. It also includes a structured format for recording keyword answers, usable either electronically or on paper, enabling easy documentation and review. The resource is particularly helpful for managers and consultants who facilitate strategy workshops in corporate or SME settings, serving as both a warm-up exercise and a scaffold for deeper strategic research. [Learn more]
91-slide PowerPoint
$99.99
$99.99, 91-slides, Best for: Corporate executives and strategy teams shaping service growth through market sizing, customer insights, and pricing.
EDITOR'S REVIEW
This toolkit stands out by weaving market sizing, customer insights, and pricing into a single, actionable framework for service growth and operational effectiveness. A concrete feature is the pricing and bundling templates included to guide pricing decisions and how to bundle services. It is particularly valuable for corporate executives and strategy teams shaping growth opportunities and aligning service offerings with customer needs, especially when used in strategic planning workshops. [Learn more]
33-slide PowerPoint
$29.00
$29.00, 33-slides, Best for: Corporate strategists and consultants conducting strategic planning, competitive benchmarking, or market-entry analysis using structured frameworks
EDITOR'S REVIEW
This deck stands out by weaving 4 core competitive-analysis frameworks into a practical, workshop-ready package that includes templates and case-study aids. It includes lifecycle analysis visuals and strategic group mapping templates, along with CSF assessment tools to put frameworks into action. It is especially useful for corporate strategy teams and consulting practitioners during planning sessions, competitive benchmarking, or market-entry analyses. [Learn more]
32-slide PowerPoint
$29.00
$29.00, 32-slides, Best for: Strategy executives validating alignment, feasibility, and competitive advantage using Rumelt's four-criterion evaluation
EDITOR'S REVIEW
This deck stands out by applying Rumelt's four-criterion evaluation to a practical strategy review, pairing a disciplined Consistency-Consonance-Feasibility-Advantage lens with embedded slide templates for execution-ready presentations. It includes a case study illustrating how each criterion reveals strategy gaps and supports corrective action. Strategy leaders looking to validate alignment and resource viability while clarifying competitive positioning will find it particularly actionable in cross-functional strategy reviews. [Learn more]
25-slide PowerPoint
$79.99
$79.99, 25-slides, Best for: Corporate strategy teams and consultants mapping activities and diagnosing cost drivers during strategic planning or restructuring
EDITOR'S REVIEW
This deck stands out for its hands-on value chain approach, pairing a structured methodology with embedded mapping templates and assessment tools that translate analysis into actionable steps. It includes a concrete Ace Consumer Products case study along with a value-chain mapping template and a cost-analysis framework to demonstrate how to identify high-impact activities and cost drivers. It’s especially useful for corporate strategy teams and consultants during strategic planning or restructuring, helping them pinpoint opportunities to improve performance and reduce costs. [Learn more]
17-slide PowerPoint
$29.00
$29.00, 17-slides, Best for: Corporate strategy teams and consultants assessing relational strengths in architecture, reputation, and innovation
EDITOR'S REVIEW
This deck distinguishes itself by anchoring competitive advantage in 3 relational capabilities—Architecture, Reputation, and Innovation—grounded in John Kay's research, and it includes practical templates to map and strengthen these capabilities. It moves beyond traditional asset-focused thinking by presenting a relationship-based view and actionable steps to sustain advantage amid imitation. It will be especially useful for corporate strategy teams and consultants looking to redefine strategy around interconnected relationships with suppliers, customers, shareholders, and employees. [Learn more]
21-slide PowerPoint
$29.00
$29.00, 21-slides, Best for: Corporate executives and integration leads running strategic planning and competency-alignment workshops across business units
EDITOR'S REVIEW
This deck distinguishes itself by placing core competencies at the start of strategy development and guiding execution through a three-step articulation process that links capabilities to strategic intent. A concrete detail is the framing around 4 dimensions—Skills and Knowledge Base, Technical Systems, Managerial Systems, and Values & Norms—and the inclusion of 3 tests to validate competencies that span markets, benefit customers, and resist imitation. It will be most valuable for senior leaders and integration leads conducting cross-unit strategic planning and competency-alignment sessions, helping them translate core strengths into an actionable blueprint for organization-wide alignment. [Learn more]
33-slide PowerPoint
$29.00
$29.00, 33-slides, Best for: Executives and consultants running strategic planning workshops to assess and protect competitive resources
EDITOR'S REVIEW
This deck distinguishes itself by pairing the VRIO four-question diagnostic with a structured four-phase implementation (Identify, Organize, Protect, Review), turning a theoretical tool into a practical planning aid. It includes slide templates that help translate insights into action during strategy sessions, making VRIO easier to embed into ongoing planning cycles. Thus, this resource is particularly useful for executives and strategy teams conducting planning workshops who need a repeatable method to identify and safeguard unique capabilities that underpin competitive advantage. [Learn more]
30-slide PowerPoint
$29.00
$29.00, 30-slides, Best for: Executives and consultants leading strategic-agility workshops to build sensing, seizing, and reconfiguring capabilities
EDITOR'S REVIEW
This deck frames strategy around the Dynamic Capabilities Framework with a structured, workshop-ready flow that centers on sensing, seizing, and reconfiguring—an approach that emphasizes practical application over theory. It includes slide templates and case studies illustrating Tesla and Amazon to show how the framework translates into real-world practice, along with templates for the sensing, seizing, and reconfiguring processes. The resource is well-suited for executives guiding strategic agility initiatives and consultants advising clients on adaptability, particularly in strategic planning sessions or transformation workshops where rapid reassessment is needed. [Learn more]
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