Management Consulting Firms │ Strategy Consulting │ The Planning Group

Client Sectors

Corporations

We assist medium and large public and private companies with corporate strategic planning to create credible and compelling integrated business plans. Through process design, facilitation, analysis and strategy support, we will help you go beyond the typical mission, vision, and values to define and cascade strategy for remarkable business results.

Associations and NGO's

Associations and NGO’s have a special obligation to create and execute highly effective strategies for the execution and expansion of their very distinctive mandates. Through our proven consulting practices in association and NGO strategy and planning we will help your organization board, management, staff, and volunteers drive exceptional benefit and value.

Non-Profits and Charities

In an environment of shrinking funding and growing needs, non-profit and charitable organizations require a disciplined, effective approach to defining and executing highly prioritized strategies with a focus on innovation, revenue diversification and growing mandates. Our proven NFP and charity strategy and planning consulting will help you continue to do good.

Government Organizations

Strategy creation and implementation in government and quasi governmental organizations is unique and requires a distinct approach. With special mandates, taxpayer funding and multiple stakeholders, strategy implementation often gets mired in delays. We have unique experience finding common ground among diverse agendas for tangible benefits.

Strategy Consulting Firms | Business Plan Consultant

Strategic Planning Consulting

Digital Strategy | Transformation Consulting

Digital Transformation Plans

Contingency Planning | Disaster Recovery

Business Continuity Planning

Data Analytics | Big Data Consulting

Statistical & Analytics Consulting

Workshop Facilitator | Strategic Planning Facilitator

Large Group Facilitation

Focus Group Consultant | Focus Group Facilitator

Focus Groups and Interviews

Strategic Planning Training | Business Plan Training

Training

AMC Benchmarking | AMC Assessment

AMC Benchmarking and Audit

Target Market Strategy | Market Opportunity

Market Selection

What Clients Say About Us

The Planning Group helps businesses take a more practical approach to strategic and operational planning…and measure the results.

PROFIT Magazine

The Planning Group asked the tough questions, and held our feet to the fire to ensure that our strategy would take us to new heights…Both here and in China…

Bruce Seeley

President Asia, Europe
Global ATS Automation

The Planning Group has the capacity to understand, focus and reduce the specific requirements of our organisation to the essential…their practical sensed work allowed us to create a new and fresh vision…and to be extremely efficient…

Reiner Eisenhut

President & Group Managing Director
tremco illbruck International GmbH

The Planning Group has helped us take a more practical approach to creating business plans that can be successfully executed and improve our results.

Paul Jones

Senior Vice President
Rogers Media Publishing

The Planning Group is an effective partner with frameworks, tools and a focused disciplined approach to our strategic planning process…to translate our business strategy into executable business imperatives.

Michael Geraghty

President and CEO
USC Education Savings Plans Inc.

Our volunteers seem energized by the collaborative experience, creating valuable events and innovative services for our growing membership.

Celia Medcalf

VP Strategic Planning
Project Management Institute-CTT

The Planning Group provided us with a practical approach to planning and performance measurement and showed us the importance of organizational discipline to ensure sustained results.

Inta Bregzis

Director
Waterloo Wellington CCAC
Ontario Ministry of Health

The Planning Group captures an organization’s key assets and channels them into operational opportunities to be further leveraged…we are now in a better position to advance strategically.

Stephen Ashworth

Executive Director
Junior Achievement Canada

...great talent for connecting with people and for facilitating the rapid adoption of ideas/concepts/processes that promote profitable growth…work ethic is unmatched. Tremendous value.

Charles Houk

President
Tremco Commercial Sealants and Waterproofing

...the strategic planning sessions that you assisted us with…were well organized and executed. We came out of our sessions with focused strategic initiatives…and success as a corporation and business leader.

Pete Gray

Vice President
Frontline Environmental

Helped us put structure to our chaos. We were flying by the seat of our pants, and you added wings, a jet engine and put a guidance system in our pockets. Now we’re on course to break through the stratosphere!

Duane Lindner

Manager, Municipal Division
MTE Consultants Inc.

Particularly strong at facilitating groups and bringing focus to complex issues…strong presenter to large groups and professionalism and business acumen is very evident.

Dave Park

VP, Human Resources
Equitable Life Insurance Company

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