We build software. That is what we are good at, and it is deliberately not the same thing as being good at standing in front of a management team that cannot agree on its ambition.
So for facilitation, training and implementation we work with partners.
When you probably do not need one
Worth saying first, because we would rather you succeed than buy something.
Most teams write a decent first OGSM on their own. The method is not secret: the four steps are on this site, free, with the preparation that makes them go quickly. Take them and run it yourself.
Start with a free trial, build a plan, and see how far you get.
When guidance genuinely helps
Four situations where a facilitator earns their fee.
When several teams are involved. One plan is a conversation. Fifteen connected plans is a change programme, and the hard part is not the software.
When the previous plan did not survive the year. If this is the third attempt, the problem is rarely the framework. Someone from outside is usually better placed to say what actually went wrong than the people who were in the room.
When the team cannot facilitate itself. Whoever runs the session cannot also push their own view on the content. They will either suppress it or dominate. If the plan matters and the leader has a strong opinion, get someone else to hold the process.
When the conversation is going to be difficult. Real strategic choices mean telling colleagues that their work is not the priority. An outsider can hold that conversation in a way an internal chair often cannot.
In the Netherlands
OGSM Leaders is our main partner in the Dutch market. They provide OGSM workshops, training and webinars, implementation of the doing-learning-adjusting rhythm, reviews of existing plans, and support on goals, KPIs and portfolio management.
They also publish Bridging Strategy and Execution: the book this site’s guides draw on, co-written by Remco Bakker, who founded Toolsfactory. So the method behind their facilitation and the method behind this software are the same method, which is not always true of software and consultancy that arrive together.
Dutch-language information about the platform is at toolsfactory.nl.
Internationally
Outside the Netherlands, OGSM.online is sold directly: start a trial or book a demo and you deal with us.
For facilitation in other markets we work with a small number of consultancies and trainers. Tell us where you are and what you need, and we will say honestly whether we know someone good in your market or whether you are better off running it yourself with the material on this site.
Working with us as a partner
If you are a consultant, trainer or advisor who works with OGSM and wants to use the platform with your clients, we would like to hear from you.
What that typically looks like: you run the sessions and the relationship, your clients get their own environment, and you have a view across the plans you support. We handle the software, the security and the support desk.
What we ask is straightforward: that you actually know the method. A partner who cannot explain why a strategy has to exclude something is not going to leave a client better off, whatever the tool does.
Get in touch at info@toolsfactory.nl and we will talk it through.
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