Desired Operating Framework

Is your organization structured to effectively execute your strategy?

When executing a strategy, many organizations stumble at the outset. You’ve made the right strategic choices, but without establishing the conditions for success.

We assist leaders in refining, realigning, or reconstructing their target operating model to expedite their strategy, ensuring that structures, capabilities, and processes align with strategic goals. An effective Target Operating Model can be the key difference between achieving a strategic breakthrough and experiencing a setback.

INDICATORS OF A MISALIGNED TARGET OPERATING MODEL

Many organizations struggle to position themselves for success by failing to establish the appropriate conditions necessary to achieve their strategic goals.

Delayed Execution of Strategic Initiatives

Ineffective Utilization of Business Resources

Excessively Concentrated on Daily Operations

THE ADVANTAGES OF AN EFFECTIVE TARGET OPERATING MODEL

Rapid Expansion

By aligning the organization with the strategy, strategic priorities become central to daily operations instead of being treated as additional tasks. This results in fewer distractions and quicker execution.

Improved Efficiency

By pinpointing non-optimal processes or structures, barriers to strategic progress can be eliminated, allowing the business to allocate more resources to what truly matters.

Enhanced Agility

Facilitates a quicker response to market changes, customer demands, and emerging technologies, while placing a greater emphasis on innovation rather than daily administrative challenges.

Enabled Teams

Employees are empowered to make decisions within their scope, resulting in increased engagement and job satisfaction, while teams can collaborate effectively without unnecessary obstacles.

THE BRIDGE ADVISORY PARTNERS APPROACH TO TARGET OPERATING MODELS

Our customized approach provides the ideal target operating model for your strategy—ensuring your business is optimally positioned to achieve its goals.

Input

Themes

Outputs

Strategic Standing

Internal Strategic Standing and Plan
External Market Landscape and Trends

Custom Targeted Benchmarks

Benchmarks from 5-8 chosen organizations
Insights from external functional authorities

STRUCTURES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

PERSONNEL AND SKILLS

PROCEDURES AND OVERSIGHT

SYSTEMS AND ARCHITECTURE

Strategic Standing

Internal Strategic Standing and Plan
External Market Landscape and Trends

Custom Targeted Benchmarks

Benchmarks from 5-8 chosen organizations
Insights from external functional authorities

STRUCTURES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

PERSONNEL AND SKILLS

PROCEDURES AND OVERSIGHT

SYSTEMS AND ARCHITECTURE

DEFINING THE TYPE AND SCOPE OF YOUR TARGET OPERATING MODEL PROJECT

Project Category

Common Scope

Extensive

Redesign the model to accommodate significantly different demands.

Significant modifications to the operating model, reshaping the business with impacts anticipated across all areas. This is likely to coincide with substantial changes to strategy or transformation initiatives.

Typical

Realign the current model to strengthen essential capabilities or strategies.

More substantial adjustments to the operating model, with most elements likely to be affected to some extent and key areas experiencing notable changes, often leading to targeted modifications in working methods.

Light

Adjust the current model to meet evolving needs.

Minor adjustments to the operating model, where many elements may stay the same while implementing targeted changes in specific areas. This may include assessing synergies across functions to manage costs effectively.

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Goals & Key Outcomes (GKOs)

A structure that empowers organizations to effectively assess and convert strategy into actionable results.