Are any of these performance challenges and problems keeping you awake at nights?

• Stagnant sales and profits are giving you headaches
• Your brands are being smashed about by copy cats and/or large, discount-driven competitors
• You are frustrated with individuals or teams that are dysfunctional, toxic or just not performing
• A constantly high stress level is taking a severe toll on you, your family life, relationships and health
• You’ve hit a brick wall…personally or professionally…and want to know how to get out of the rut you’re in.

If you answered “yes” to any of the above, the solution is remarkably simple.  What is it? Strategy.

Put another way, if you are not performing well and not getting the results you want, it is simply because your strategy and/or execution is flawed.

To overcome your challenges and fix your problems? You need to be better at planning and skillfully executing a good strategy.

This strategy solution applies to anything you do in life that involves performance, whether it be growing a business, losing weight, improving your marriage, winning a sports championship or even playing a musical instrument.  Success is all about skillfully executing a good strategy.

The complete process of developing and executing strategy is known as strategic management.  And strategic management is the overarching leadership skill. Meaning?  As the model below illustrates, leadership comprises 6 skill clusters.  And the one skill that ties them all together is strategic management.

Anyway, if strategic management – i.e planning and executing strategy – is something you want to be better at, you’ve come to the right place.

Hi.  My name is Ben M. Bartlett and I want to send you warm greetings all the way from the beautiful country of New Zealand.  I also want to introduce you to a portfolio of consulting, coaching and education services specialising in strategy.  And in helping you to achieve strategic performance.  These services include:

Strategic MBA. A high-level strategy education and training program.  Includes workshops, speeches and lectures.

Champion Team Blueprint. A consulting and coaching program for building high performance teams.  Applies the Champion Team model, which comprises the 7 steps to creating and leading high performance teams.

7 Ladders Leadership Coaching Program. 7 Ladders coaches leaders to improve the 6 skills of leadership skill set, and to successfully climb what we call the 7 Ladders of Leadership.

Strategic War Room.  A deep dive strategy consulting, troubleshooting and planning service for complex strategy projects.

You can learn more about these services by clicking on the links on this website.  

And my qualifications?

First and foremost, I am a master strategist, which is best defined as someone qualified and skilled in analyzing and developing strategy.  So in a nutshell, I help business leaders to solve their biggest problems with good strategy.

In terms of academic background, I attended my first strategic planning course in 1994.  And, my qualifications include an MBA (“A” grade average), specializing in strategic thinking.

As well as serving as a strategist, I am a strategic advisor and coach to CEOs, high performing business owners and team members,  helping them to improve strategic performance and to get their shit together.

To assist clients, my work is provided via a portfolio of services that help clients to excel at strategic management.

Clients include senior executives at large organisations such as Marley, Red Cross, AIG and Honda…managing directors, boards and team members of multi-million dollar a year privately owned companies, government department leaders, and the owners of small businesses.

My work has been recognised and featured at industry conferences in both New Zealand and Australia, and has been the subject of legal action taken against others who have stolen my – and my clients’ – intellectual property. I’ve helped firms in a range of sectors including investment advisory, accounting, fast moving consumer goods, building and construction, food manufacturing, insurance and wellness.

Alongside my work with business leaders is the role I perform as a fitness/sports coach and life skills mentor, working with youth.  This role is a passion that I’ve been dedicated to for more than 30 years. My business career is my career.  My youth work is my calling.  And the two work perfectly together.

What is my youth coaching work all about?  It’s about helping youth to apply strategy principles to excel in all areas of their lives, such as education, vocation and physical and mental wellbeing.  You see, when you master strategy you can master life.  And that’s the message I drive into the youth that I coach.

My biggest qualification?

Listen up. I didn’t have the flashest upbringing.  Born a poor Maori boy in the small city of Gisborne, New Zealand. And surrounded by a dysfunctional environment that included alcohol abuse, drugs, crime and financial hardship.

But, when I reached my late teens I realised that the responsibility for getting my shit together lay firmly on my shoulders.  And I discovered that the key to success was learning how to plan and execute strategy.

Long story short. I did get my shit together. And now it’s me telling high falutin’ CEOs and business leaders how to get all their shit together.

Want to know more? Get a free copy of The Strategy Book

If you’re a CEO, business owner or hold some other senior position in your team, and want to be better at strategy, then here’s what you should do.

Start by getting a copy of my book. It’s called The Strategy Book.

Importantly, The Strategy Book is free and is available as a PDF download.  

If you’re serious about developing better strategies, improving performance and achieving big goals, The Strategy Book is a must-read.

Here’s why.

At just over 80 pages long, The Strategy Book can be read quickly.  And the way it’s structured means that you’ll be able to pick up key points in minutes and not hours or days.

What really makes the book a must-read though is the eye-opening information you will learn. 

What you will learn in The Strategy Book

Here’s an overview of what you will learn from reading The Strategy Book.

• The definition of success
• The pictures that are worth thousands of success words
• What is strategy?
• What are tactics?
• The world’s most valuable investment asset
• An introduction to strategy models – and why they are so important 
• Why we fail 
• The five components of high performance and success 
• The High Performance Formula
• The core driver of performance 
• The Skill Set box 
• Leadership defined – and the two types of leadership 
• The most valuable type of leadership 
• An introduction to mindset and the brain’s CEO 
• The overarching leadership skill
• How to get your shit together

And much more…

All this packed into just over 80 pages?  Absolutely yes.

But how is that possible?  Well firstly the book includes visual tools in the form of strategy models, including leadership development frameworks and process visuals. You will get an introduction to strategy models in chapter 2.

Next, the book is written in plain English, as opposed to being written like a masters degree thesis or an overly wordy corporate manual. There is no corporate or government diarrhea. No academic airy-fairy theory.

What else won’t you find in The Strategy Book?  You won’t find motivational mumbo jumbo or feel good, yet empty hot air like what you read in get rich quick and law of attraction type books. No siree!

The Strategy Book has a nice balance between scientific theory and practice.  So you will learn the scientific underpinnings of strategic management and high performance, and how to apply them in real life.

 The Strategic Lessons Newsletter – Free bonus

A bonus you will get with your book is a free subscription to The Strategic Lessons.  

Sent to your email inbox once a week, the Strategic Lessons is my email newsletter that reinforces what you will learn in The Strategy Book.   It expands upon the skill of strategic management and showcases how the skill can be used to improve performance in all areas of your life.

A warning

Yes, when you master strategic performance, you can master life.  And the Strategic Lessons newsletter is all about helping you to master strategic performance.  But here’s a warning.

Because Strategic Lessons is only for serious business leaders, I expect readers to read the lessons.  I expect them to study and learn.  And those who don’t read lessons are removed from the email list.  Why is that?  My view is that those who can’t be bothered reading the Strategic Lessons newsletter are just not serious enough about studying the art and science of strategic performance.

My policy for those who are removed is just as strict.  They cannot re-subscribe.

On that basis then, if you qualify and understand the conditions, then you need to subscribe.

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Eagerly read by CEOs and business owners in countries throughout the world including India, USA, Australia and New Zealand,  the Strategic Lessons is a must-read for growth focused individuals.

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Most importantly, you will get to learn, understand and apply strategic principles to improve your business and personal life. To subscribe, simply fill in your first name and email address below.

Remember. The Strategic Lessons is free. So subscribe now by filling in your details below.  And get a free copy of The Strategy Book.