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The growth of your Startup requires an operating model for continuous adaptation 

Many startups will think that change is a big company problem that is not of concern to them.

Yet, the success of your startup will hinge on your ability to challenge yourself and adapt continually: 

  • Spot the plays in the evolving landscape,

  • Identify and monitor threatening and opportunity signals,

  • Identify the alliances, consolidation, potential acquisitions or spin-offs,

  • Learn quickly and adapt the product/service for fast growth,

  • Build excellence from day one, as it is much harder to retrofit later,

  • Develop the leadership of a dynamic, collaborative system for fast turnaround, 

  • Realign the organisation continually.

How do you maintain focus and intentionality as you develop your strategy, leadership, and operating model as your startup grows? It is not about fixing a big problem but setting intentional attention to those things that big problems don't develop. This is where Henko's coaching approach to change can be a game-changer, helping you establish healthy growth and maximise your potential.

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Adaptive Operating Model

We help your senior leadership read the evolving landscape, challenge their thinking and align the inside-out ways to the outside-in business needs.

Meaningful  Strategy

Strategy is continually tested and repositioned in Startups. We help you establish this as a practice, helped by modern practices like Wardley Maps and xMatrix.

Developing Leaders and Teams

We offer light touch coaching of Leaders and Teams to develop a harmonious, dynamic and fearless environment where great ideas won't be muted.

Talent Development

Startups are generally too small to make use of dedicated in-house cohorts. We can offer spaces on public-run courses. Please enquire for upcoming courses.

Henko services to create an adaptive startup 

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The Continuous Strategy Operating Model

The Continuous Strategy Operating Model

Henko helps you shift your strategy's operating model to a distributed, emergent, and coherent one using advanced techniques such as xMatrix and Wardley Maps.

Advisory and facilitation programmes in six-month cycles

Strategy and Leadership Off-sites

Strategy and Leadership Off-sites

Facilitation of engaging off-site sessions to progress business strategy, change strategy, and align leadership teams on shared collaborative goals.

Preparation, facilitation and post-action for an off-site

CIO and CTO Executive Growth

CIO and CTO Executive Growth

Henko offers unique advisory and coaching programmes for CIOs, CTOs and other senior tech leaders to drive effective operations and strategies.

Tailored specialist programmes for Tech executives such as CTOs and CIOs

Specialist Support for Leaders & Executives

Specialist Support for Leaders & Executives

Henko offers advisory support and coaching to senior Executives, Directors, and Leaders to help them navigate the difficult decision-making landscape of change.

Specialist programmes for business and tech executives leading change

Systemic Leadership and Teamwork Collaboration

Systemic Leadership and Teamwork Collaboration

Henko designs and delivers complex programmes to boost in-team and cross-teams collaboration and develop the systemic leadership to sustain it.

Tailored leadership and team coaching programmes

Contextualised Mini-Trainings

Contextualised Mini-Trainings

Henko offers short training series that allow continuous stimulation and exploration of varied topics. You can choose from a catalogue, or we can design a series to your needs.

Half-day specialist sessions or focused mini-series

Working together in four easy steps

Startups and scale-ups are often afraid to seek external assistance because it is perceived as a sunk cost, and management consultants have a reputation for being very expensive! Yet, most will recognise that healthy leadership and performing teams are the strongest assets of any early business. So, why not invest in them? 

 

You will also find Henko a considerably better value than regular consultancies, as you only pay for the services you need and how much you consume. We can also consider sweat equity and non-exec board roles. So, it is worth discussing.

1

Needs

  • Present conditions

  • Desired outcomes

  • Urgency

  • Reasonable budget that won't worry you

2

Discuss

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3

Agree

  • Initial focus

  • Light deployment

  • Cadence

  • Leadership

  • Fix-price quote

4

Start >

  • Start cadence

  • Check-ins / adapt

  • Monitor changing landscape

  • Next cadence

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