Strategy & Business Development

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Coaching, Mentoring & Facilitation
for Individuals, Teams, Organisations & Collaborations

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Do you need expertise and capacity to align your organisation with your purpose and vision? Our PREPARE model and delivery network will help you implement the strategy and operating model to achieve your ambition:

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Do you need expertise and capacity to find and convert growth opportunities? Our SUCCEED model and delivery network will help you achieve your business development strategy:

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Purpose – Inspire and unite your organisation with a compelling purpose that drives the opportunities you pursue and shapes the capabilities you cultivate

Search for opportunities that align with your purpose, goals, and objectives. Build positive relationships with key partners and funders to boost your conversion rate

Reality – Gain a deep understanding of your operating environment, competitors, and the political and economic factors that shape your success

Understand and empathise with the aims and goals of partners or funders by asking, ‘What problem are they trying to solve?’

Expertise – Continuously invest in building and refining the strengths that differentiate your value proposition and make it unique

Coherence – Connect each opportunity to your expertise, goals, and interests, ensuring it aligns with your strategy and selecting the best approach

Planning – Develop a strategic plan that channels your resources and expertise towards achieving your purpose with focus and precision

Craft – Craft your proposal to meet all the funder or partner requirements, meticulously considering the key criteria

Alignment – Ensure your people, processes, and policies are fully aligned with your purpose, strategy, and plans to drive coherent action

Evidence – Evidence your track record and unique strengths/achievements, demonstrating your suitability using metrics and case studies to strengthen your case

Relationships – Cultivate trust, psychological safety, and diverse perspectives to create a foundation for sustained high performance

Enhance – Enhance your proposal by demonstrating the added value you offer, ensuring your unique capabilities are conveyed throughout

Execution – Establish the governance and operating models that empower your organisation to deliver its strategy consistently and effectively.

Deliver – Deliver on your claims, backing up your proposals with evidence and authenticity at interview and post-award, building trust and capturing lessons for future opportunities.

Do you need expertise and capacity to align your organisation with your purpose and vision? Our PREPARE model and delivery network will help you implement the strategy and operating model to achieve your ambition:

"
Purpose - Inspire and unite your organisation with a compelling purpose that drives the opportunities you pursue and shapes the capabilities you cultivate
Reality – Gain a deep understanding of your operating environment, competitors, and the political and economic factors that shape your success
Expertise - Continuously invest in building and refining the strengths that differentiate your value proposition and make it unique
Planning - Develop a strategic plan that channels your resources and expertise towards achieving your purpose with focus and precision
Alignment - Ensure your people, processes, and policies are fully aligned with your purpose, strategy, and plans to drive coherent action
Relationships - Cultivate trust, psychological safety, and diverse perspectives to create a foundation for sustained high performance
Execution - Establish the governance and operating models that empower your organisation to deliver its strategy consistently and effectively

Do you need expertise and capacity to find and convert growth opportunities? Our SUCCEED model and delivery network will help you achieve your business development strategy:

"
Search for opportunities that align with your purpose, goals, and objectives. Build positive relationships with key partners and funders to boost your conversion rate
Understand and empathise with the aims and goals of partners or funders by asking, ‘What problem are they trying to solve?'
Coherence - Connect each opportunity to your expertise, goals, and interests, ensuring it aligns with your strategy and selecting the best approach
Craft - Craft your proposal to meet all the funder or partner requirements, meticulously considering the key criteria
Evidence - Evidence your track record and unique strengths/achievements, demonstrating your suitability using metrics and case studies to strengthen your case
Enhance - Enhance your proposal by demonstrating the added value you offer, ensuring your unique capabilities are conveyed throughout
Deliver - Deliver on your claims, backing up your proposals with evidence and authenticity at interview and post-award, building trust and capturing lessons for future opportunities

Testimonials

“Dan was Instrumental in coordinating a piece of work supporting business development, he has a structured yet open approach, allowing for regular communication and accountability – all of which achieved a major deadline with a quality submission. I would highly recommend Dan.”

Industry Healthcare Partner 10/24

"I have (i) benchmarked major policy-based bids submitted by Dan and his team against current UK trends; and (ii) worked as critical friend for full bid cycles with him.., I can recommend him highly as a colleague for more complex, multi-partner, business development situations.”

Bill Forster, Director, Foster Brandt. 2015

“Venn Health have been working with Developing Leaders since its inception and as a result of their strategic and innovation expertise we are better equipped to respond to meet the business development needs of our clients"

Managing Director, Venn Health. 10/2024