METHODOLOGY

Edge Solutions have been developed to help companies at every stage in the corporate lifecycle to keep their strategic "Edge" over their marketplace, banks, creditors and employees. While each is very different, the Edge Solutions all follow the same broad methodology.

• First, there is an intake meeting one-to-one with the CEO to enable Edge to understand the company’s goals, strategy, positioning and challenges, allow Edge to identify the information needed and agree a timetable for fieldwork.

• Next, the Edge Team performs an analysis that draws on their experience by focusing exclusively on the key areas and bypassing the trivia that can otherwise bog down and slow down analysis.

• Once the initial analysis is completed, Edge produces an action-oriented report that is discussed with the CEO. It is delivered in a format designed to get agreement from the management team as to actions to be taken and set up accountability for their implementation.

• Once the CEO has approved it, Edge presents the plan for discussion and review by the company’s senior management at a special meeting. During the meeting, Edge drives the adoption of an action plan incorporating individual commitments to action items and their specific completion dates.

After the action plan is finalized, a number of follow up meetings are scheduled, all attended by Edge. Through this mechanism, Edge effectively holds management’s feet to the fire, ensuring effective implementation and the meeting of critical deadlines.

The result is a streamlined, efficient and effective process that draws upon the experience of the Edge team to complete analysis as quickly as possible, to help build consensus and accountability and to ensure that implementation happens. …all with the least possible drain on senior management time.