Strategic Clarity for Your Work and Team.

Why StratOp?

The StratOp® Process has been developed and deployed over 50 years and has helped hundreds of teams – from startups to billion-dollar organizations – discover purposeful impact.

A CUSTOMIZED STRATEGIC SYSTEM

Grow

sales and profits

Align

your team around a single vision

Equip

your team to capture opportunities and maximize potential

Create

a customized plan to move you to success

What is StratOp?

StratOp weaves together every aspect of your organization – the strategic, the operational, and the financial – and includes input from each person on your team, creating a tangible sense of unity and buy-in. We believe in the Socratic approach of guiding through asking great questions; this leads to discovery and ownership.

While many strategic planning processes put a value on speed – solving a problem in the fastest way possible – the StratOp Process places a higher value on gaining clear perspective before creating the plan. When guided to clear perspective across all areas of your organization, you are able to arrive at the best possible course of action and to drive a plan to execution. Once we have clear perspective, the plan comes together quickly, and the entire team is set up for success in executing it.

PLAN-ON-A-PAGE

In just one session, StratOp delivers a Plan-on-a-Page: a distilled, visual representation of future team success and the plan to get there.

StratOp begins with a 3-day facilitated process that guides your team to collaborate on gaining perspective about the past and present, and on developing a plan for the future.

CLARITY & FOCUS

StratOp has given us clarity in determining which important tasks we need to focus on.

We used to get so overwhelmed with the seemingly endless areas in the business that demanded our attention. Using StratOp, we’ve been able to isolate and prioritize tasks within any given timeframe and work on those specifically.

It has given our company a more well-defined organizational structure, empowering other leaders at all levels within out company to be more effective.

Greg Mulder, COO | Mulder Holding Company

Testimonial provided by Jay Hidalgo, StratOp Guide

  • “StratOp provides a structure for our team to come together intentionally to communicate, dream, and envision our goals while helping us focus on actions we can take to accomplish those goals. I can't imagine where we'd be (or not be) if we hadn't started using StratOp 5 years ago.”

    Katie Alford, President & CEO | Community Foundation of Abilene

    Testimonial provided by Eddy Smith, StratOp & LifePlan Guide

  • “During this past week, I felt like I was "planning the route to the Himalayas," learning from teachers and travel gurus like Jeff and Mary, who guide us on what to bring, what to pack, and how to react to moments of uncertainty and self-doubt. I have also equipped myself to see in those moments opportunities to learn, grow and strengthen my resolve and that of the entire team that accompanies me.

    Jeff and Mary have been expert Guides...helping us plan our route through the mountains. So, even though the summit is not yet in sight, I continue to move forward with hope and perseverance. Every day, every step taken in this project becomes one more step on the road to a future in which education is a beacon of light and hope for generations to come.”

    Rubén Bonilla, Founder of TechEd startup PAÍDA, Lima, Perú

    Testimonial provided by Jeff Adams and Mary Wade, StratOp & LifePlan Guides

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

We believe in the power of a great question.

  • StratOp weaves together every aspect of your organization – the strategic, the operational, and the financial – and includes input from each person on your team, creating a tangible sense of unity and buy-in. StratOp’s unique approach will help your entire organization get clear on where you stand, where you’re headed, and how to get there. We believe in the Socratic approach of guiding through asking great questions; this leads to discovery and ownership. Our role is to guide you and your team through a proven process that draws out from your team the highest collective IQ and that helps you make a greater impact. While many strategic planning processes put a value on speed – solving a problem in the fastest way possible – the StratOp Process places a higher value on gaining clear perspective before attempting to make a plan. When guided to clear perspective across all areas of your organization, you are able to arrive at the best possible course of action and to drive a plan to execution. Once we have clear perspective, the plan comes together quickly, and the entire team is set up for success in executing it.

  • Over the last 40 years, the StratOp process has helped thousands of teams, from startups to billion-dollar enterprises, from church plants to mega-churches, and from fledgling non-profits to international movements. StratOp is a strategic system, designed to help any kind of team first get clear on where they stand, then bring breakthrough to where they want to go, and lastly to craft a unique plan to get them there. Looking for a plan to move forward? Looking for alignment around vision? Looking to start growing, or to manage the growth you’re already experiencing? StratOp can help.

  • We will connect you with one of our team of Guides who best fits your organization, to create the greatest leverage of your time and investment into the StratOp process. As we say in StratOp: “We are process, and you (the client) are content.” As such, we do not seek to connect you with subject-matter experts, but rather with strategic guides who help you and your team get perspective, put a plan in place, and install and manage a system that is robust and tailored for your organization. Throughout an engagement with you, we continually work with our Guides to ensure excellence and impact. Sometimes the Guide is in the same geographic area as you, but not always; fit is always more important to us than location.

  • We first connect with you to establish the customized approach that will get you the highest return on your investment. The investment in StratOp is always crafted to ensure you receive what your organization and team needs, and perhaps even more than you imagined. Our rates are comparable to management consulting and coaching firms. Above all, we focus on bringing you remarkable value for your investment that will pay dividends throughout your organization both today and in the future.

Equip your team with StratOp

Learn more about how StratOp can help you and your team get aligned, focus on what matters, and make your vision real.

We love coming alongside teams doing work that matters, and we're excited to talk to you. Our calls are a lot like our work — curious and creative conversations to explore where you’re at and where you want to go. Based on the perspective we glean together, we’ll talk about what next steps might serve you best.