Effective planning is a core requirement for the success of any organisation or business, and the focus of any plan must be on the execution and implementation of the strategy at the coalface.

We offer a dynamic and unique strategic planning process and, with our involvement in and understanding of performance and talent management systems and processes, offer a holistic approach to support strategy implementation.

Supportive to strategy and organisational development, we offer a variety of diagnostic tools and approaches designed to uncover factors that inform strategy, business planning and organisational design.

Informed by latest planning theory and relevant frameworks and regulations, Vortex has a long track record in the facilitation and development of meaningful strategic and tactical plans, including:

• Longer term scenario and strategic planning
• Business planning and annual performance planning
• Operational and functional planning, and aligned performance contracting
• Medium term and resource deployment planning
• Analysis and development of tailormade sustainability plans based on the Vortex-developed value creation model
• Plans and processes supportive of strategy execution:
- Operations and project management systems and process strategy and planning
- Finance and supply chain – budget, demand and procurement - strategy, policy and planning
- Risk management and audit improvement planning
- Marketing, communications and customer relations management strategy and planning
- Human resources strategy and planning
- Facilities management, asset management and auxiliary (soft) services strategy and planning

Informed by the latest planning, monitoring and evaluation theory and relevant frameworks and regulations, Vortex has a long track record in supporting monitoring and evaluation, and performance review, including:

• End of term, midterm, and annual performance reviews
• Board and executive performance assessments, and performance moderation
• Review and development of performance and related chapters for annual reports
• Facilitating in-period and annual performance review working sessions
• Project impact and close-out assessments

The Vortex approach to organisation design and strengthening seeks to strengthen organisational alignment. The concept of “organisational alignment” relates to the internal and external consistency of the components of organisational architecture; and requires compatibility between the strategic planning framework and the behavioural framework, underpinned by integrated and modern business architecture and quality leadership.

Informed by latest organisational development theory and relevant frameworks, Vortex has a long track record in supporting organisational design and strengthening, including:

• Organisation design and development
• Design of governance arrangements and delegation frameworks
• 360° performance and leadership assessments, board performance assessments and leadership and personal development planning
• Performance management and development frameworks, policy and tools
• Change management and cultural and values alignment
• Organisational policy review and development, and development of standard operating procedures (SOPs) and approaches
• Competency frameworks and assessments
• Job profile development, job evaluation and grading
• Remuneration, incentivisation and pay-scale strategy development

Vortex has partnered with a number of teambuilding and events management providers to offer our clients a complete package offering, focused on outcomes-based interventions, supportive of overall strategic alignment.

Our added value lies in our ability to source and match our clients’ needs with the most appropriate and complimentary intervention, whilst creating a memorable and impactful experience for all.

In addition, we are able to develop short, focused team effectiveness interventions as part of a broader strategy or organisational strengthening process.