Key Takeaways:
- Execution requires alignment: a clear strategy is not enough, success hinges on leadership team alignment, local adaptation, and real-time responsiveness.
- Local partnerships accelerate success: identifying and managing the right partners can reduce risk, build trust, and fast-track market access.
- Cultural fluency is nonnegotiable: understanding and respecting local norms is essential to avoid brand missteps and build lasting connections.
- Adaptability is a competitive advantage: early KPIs, risk triggers, and feedback loops ensure your team can pivot quickly and wisely.
- Leadership accountability drives outcomes: clearly assigned ownership and decision rights reduce ambiguity and support fast, focused execution.
Entering New Markets – a Strategic Playbook for Leaders
You and your leadership team have done your homework and decided to take the leap into a new market. Now comes the real test of you and your organization: executing the strategy successfully.
This action-oriented worksheet can be a useful tool for supporting your efforts to maximize the opportunities for growth that come with entering new markets. It will help you and your senior colleagues to establish critical actions and responsibilities; reflect on the risks; and track key decisions, metrics, and early success indicators.
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We have created an interactive worksheet, Entering New Markets – a Strategic Playbook for Leaders, for you to use on your own or to support a team or group discussion. Download it here.
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