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Seeking
strategic direction?

Critical Junctures offers process consultation for organizations seeking strategic direction, organizational development and change.

In short

We design strategy work

in pluralistic settings.

Critical Junctures offers process consultation for organizations seeking strategic direction, organizational development and change.

We have been designing and delivering leadership development seminars over 20 years.

We work with public, private and not-for-profit organizations.

We specialize in pluralistic settings, i.e. where there is more than one dominant logic.
Or put simply, when it gets messy.

Our core competences

Strategy
formation

Strategy defines the longterm orientation of an organization.

Organi­sational
change

Pursuing a new strategic direction requires organizations to change.

Leadership
development

Orchestrating change is the pre-eminent task of leadership.

STRATEGY FORMATION

Strategy defines the longterm orientation and activities of an organization.

Oftentimes people consider strategy a symbolic, ineffective organizational exercise. Rather than being given directions, people in organizations seek a sense of direction, purpose and identity. Who are we as an organization? Where are we going as an organization mid- to longterm?
Strategy well-crafted takes these issues seriously.

ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE

Pursuing a new strategic direction requires organizations to change.


In fact, organizations do not change – people do! Change involves for most people to step outside their comfort zone and into the unknown. While management is most effective in the known, organizational change calls for leadership – not only from those in charge, but all organizational members.

 

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Orchestrating change is the pre-eminent task of leadership.


Leadership is not an inherent quality but an authority granted by others. Leaders might think they are powerful but they are more dependent on the commitment, knowledge and support than they would like to admit. The higher you make your way up in the ranks, the more lonely and dependent you get. Leadership development then is less about the newest framework or tool but about orchestrating psychologically safe settings for critical reflection.