THE SILVER ROCK DIFFERENCE
Whether you are a member of the C-suite or a senior leader, we work alongside executives each day to make them successful in developing highly-aligned organizations.
Our people-first mantra, allows us to be an extension of your team. We are great listeners and passionately curious. Our time is intentionally spent engaging, probing, uncovering diverse perspectives, and driving innovation at new levels. This collaborative process fuels both ownership and accountability.
This is in stark contrast to a prevailing method used by other firms which involves meeting with a handful of senior individuals and making a recommendation to the organization – rather than with the organization.
Read about where we play a pivotal role at various stages of company growth:
Seeking Growth in an Established Organization
Your organization has been successful, yet it may be time to pivot and re-establish your market position. Can you reorient the thinking of your team to envision the future?
Silver Rock levels up the output of a management team. Driving learning and exploration using market data and trends combined with team experience cultivates fresh ideas. Our co-creation methodology uncovers a variety of voices not only from the C-suite but also from emerging leaders who become new ambassadors in the organization.
It’s exciting to witness the personal growth of the team members involved. We focus and push hard on evolving mindset – and culture follows. The result is ownership of a co-created platform for growth and a business model that looks at the world differently.
Listen to Dr. Eve Hall and learn how a prominent non-profit organization co-created a growth vision for the next 100 years.
Designing a Strategic Model Pre- or Post-Acquisition
The deal is closed and you’re combining organizations or a new strategic business unit. How do you turn an atmosphere of animosity into alignment?
Silver Rock is skilled at pulling disparate parties together. We believe embracing discomfort is often how you grow.
Acquisitions are complex from a people and business perspective. Former competitors are now colleagues on the same leadership team. Moreover, these entities often have strategic plans that are headed in different directions. Who decides if either one of those plans is correct- or if there is another path altogether to consider?
We’ve sat at the table where tension was palpable. As former business operators, we ask the tough questions that break down barriers. Using our co-creation methodology, we collaborate with you and your senior managers to align around a shared vision – not just for an enterprise but also for a strategic business unit. The momentum in this process informs breakthrough thinking and joint ownership. It’s where culture meets strategy.
“Silver Rock is different than other consultants. As trusted, extended members of our team, they helped us solve our problems with our expertise and passion. Joining together several longstanding competitors, they helped us transform our mindset and culture.”
Matthew Lee, M.D.
Medical Director of Women and Families, Ascension WI
Harnessing the Power of Your Board of Directors
Your board of directors is not fully engaged. To what end do you want the board to serve you to help you to meet your enterprise goals?
Transforming a group of high-performing individuals into a cohesive high-performing team is challenging – yet game-changing. Our Board Vitalityâ„¢ program excels at turning your board into a true competitive advantage.
By creating a bridge across your board of directors, board chairs, and CEOs we elevate the level of collective thinking and foster an action-orientated culture that celebrates diverse perspectives and aligned decision-making.
Read more about Silver’s Rock’s 5-part Board Vitality framework to unlock board potential.
“I feel like it wasn’t Silver Rock’s design for our board; it was Silver Rock’s process that helped us design the board for what we collectively knew we needed to do. We had a lot of ownership for it.”
Jim Stolberg
Co-Chief Executive Officer, Halftime
Scaling With a Marketing-Led Business Model
Your organization’s marketing conversations quickly dive into tactics. How do you elevate the power of marketing to rise above the depths of detail and become a growth driver?
It happens in every organization and you’ve heard these impassionated operational discussions. Colleagues are ready to invest in a new addition or fresh coat of paint when the building’s foundation isn’t fully set.
Silver Rock excels at helping organizations rethink marketing as a growth lever to propel your business strategy Our job is to raise the level of thinking of your cross-functional senior team, curbing the temptation to jump into the specifics. We facilitate in-depth conversations and ask the hard questions about what you are trying to achieve, drawing on Internal and external data and market head and tailwinds. The result of these collaborative sessions is a marketing business model which ladders to the enterprise’s overall strategy.
Co-creation principles make the difference in how this new functional marketing strategy is built and supported organizationally. Bringing together a range of voices and experiences fosters a shared vision and ownership.
Our team was inspired by Silver Rock. The energy was off the charts. Silver Rock went above and beyond by adding simulations and business cases. Using their combined experience they strengthened our team’s understanding of marketing.
Chad Raube
President and Chief Executive Officer – Info-Pro Lender Services, Inc
Growing in Highly Regulated Verticals
Organizational challenges increase when you layer in regulatory standards and compliance. How do you ensure your business doesn’t lose sight of the consumer experience?
Our advisory team has worked for and served Fortune 100 and mid-cap companies in regulated sectors including healthcare, financial services, insurance, and education.
Silver Rock’s proficiency with the complexities and nuances of these diverse organizations allows us to think critically about effective B2B and B2B2C models while keeping the consumer’s need at the heart of any strategic framework.
In addition to helping us develop an impactful strategy, Silver Rock has fostered goodwill and built momentum within our organization.
Joan Bachleitner
Chief Strategy Officer, Ascension, WI
Achieving Results in a PE-Backed Environment
Your company is private equity backed. As a leader how do you show forward motion in a highly visible and rapidly changing environment?
When your mandate as CEO is showing constant progress, you need a proven approach to reach planned growth targets. This is often complicated by a management team that is inherited or newly placed, with senior staff that may have not previously worked together.
We’ve worked with the C-suite and their diverse teams in early and mid-stage companies using our 3 C framework:
- Co-creation – Our innovative methodology cultivates a culture of participation, inclusivity, and creativity where transformative strategy development is the focus
- Cadence – Moving at a rapid pace allows for absorption yet promotes decision-making and momentum
- Cohesion – Fostering alignment that ensures team buy-in and ownership
Learn how Pat Sheahan, CEO of a PE-acquired SaaS company, worked with Silver Rock on two engagements to create a strategic framework for guiding people and processes.
