North Star
Leidar can help you review and update your North Star through online workshops together with your leadership team. The workshop can be delivered in one go or though several iterations with shorter workshops of one to two hours.
If it is a matter of creating a new North Star, either because you do not have one or because conditions for your business have changed radically, then we recommend the following process:
- Prepare workshop with the project leader (2-4 hours)
- Review and discuss with leadership team (consider vision, mission, values and purpose) the first initial draft (2-3 hours)
- Refine and share draft
- Final review with leadership team: agree North Star (1-2 hours)
What will be the outcome of the North Star workshop?
- A vision statement with supporting text
- A mission statement with supporting text
- Values, clearly defining the behaviours we seek
- Purpose statement
- A visually strong PowerPoint presentation describing all the above
Narrative
The components of the narrative will be dynamic and may be adapted to support campaigns and initiatives with very clear:
- Call-to-action (headline)
- Themes (memorable logic)
- Messages (focused on needs)
- Facts (building credibility of the messages)
- Stories (bringing messages to life)
- Soundbites (adding punch and drawing attention)
How will we establish the narrative?
- Find the essence of your North Star (vision, mission, values, purpose and overall story)
- Define the headline: a clear call to action
- Define the logic through memorable themes
- Identify stakeholders
- Identify the issues and needs for the stakeholders
- Develop messages that respond to the needs
- Identify stories that support the messages
- Craft stories around person, situation, problem and solution
- Identify facts that back your messages
- Craft soundbites that support the facts using Hey, You, See and So
What will be the outcome of the narrative workshop?
- A draft narrative
- Updated profile statement that can be used for website etc.
- Documentation from the workshop and conversations
Please contact us to find out more.