ABOUT
WHO WE ARE
HOW WE
WORK
MISSION &
UNIQUENESS
VALUES
& BELIEFS
MISSION
S T R A S O L is a Strategic Solutions provider serving as long-term strategic partner-in-arms
with senior leaders and organizations in South East Asia (S.E.A.).
We focus on the future, striving to deliver superior results, customer value and sustained
competitive advantage through the application of our Strategic Solutions, derived from the
combining of research-based Best-Practice , Consulting and Learning with focus on:
CHANGE * PEOPLE * STRATEGY * LEADERSHIP
We consider it our core to work as strategic partner-in-arms - a
unique partnership-model with following 5 key components:
WHY HIRE US
Superior Strategic results
Get elegant simplicity of our Systems Thinking to achieve and sustain superior business results.
Knowledge Exchange
Exchange Best-Practice knowledge, skills, materials and researched methodologies, and have it all transferred to you
and/or your people for continuous improvement and independent expertise.
Greater Value
Get expertise and reach of the large, well-known consulting and training firms without their fees.
S T R A S O L was founded on a series of Values significant to those we serve and to ourselves and the things we do. Our Values express our mindset, our approach to business and are demonstrated in the way we perform our work with clients and the results we help create. We always "begin with the end in mind" and our core belief is that "people support what they help create" .
Trust and Integrity
The key ingredients in all our partnerships; on these, we never compromise!
Systems Thinking
Systems Thinking is Strategic Thinking; and contrary to Analytic Thinking, in Systems Thinking the whole is the primary and the parts secondary. We see thus things (ideas, people, projects, organizations etc.) in context of the systems they are part of, allowing assessment and evaluation of impacts of change on all parts of a system, helping better decision-making.
People, as partners-in-arms
We believe that an organization's most strategic resource is its people, and that "people support what they help create". We are thus strategic partner-in-arms with people rather than entire companies. We work "top-down-all-across", commencing our partnerships with CEOs, Directors or Boards and an all-important behavioral assessment of the individualities of the people involved.
Lead Proficiency
C H A N G E - P E O P L E - S T R A T E G Y - L E A D E R S H I P -- our focus areas! We reference, interpret, apply and learn from latest Best-Practice, derived from leading business gurus and seen applied with sustainable success! We spend significant resources (time, money and passion) on methodology, but also on human action and implementation.
Performance Improvement
Our key driver! - as strategic partner-in-arms, we think, plan, act and lead performance improving actions, overcoming challenges and taking advantage of opportunities. - We see the world requiring constant performance improvements; and to pursue that we focus dearly on client needs and continuous application of 'Systems Thinking' as our core.
S T R A S O L was in 2009-2011 part of the renowned Haines Centre for Strategic Management [HCSM] , originating from San Diego, U.S.A.. Through HCSM, we participated continuously in research into Systems Thinking, Strategic Thinking, Strategic Planning, Leadership Excellence and more. As a global consulting, publishing, training and assessment firm, HCSM is world leader in Strategic Management powered by Systems Thinking. HCSM's mission is to be a professional interpreter and translator of Best-Practice business research, enhancing strategic management and leadership capabilities of business executives and their organizations. HCSM was founded in 1990 by owner and guru, Steve Haines, and has today representation in over 25 countries.
S T R A S O L Group International was originally founded in 2007 by Soeren Juelsbak, a Danish national living in Asia over 15 years; with CEO/Director experience from 6 companies and a total of 22 years experience from more than 10 industries in both Western and Asian working environments. Soeren holds an Executive MBA from Thailands Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and he is also a 'Certified Coaching & Mentoring Professional' as well as a 'Certified Strategist' by HCSM, and as such also a Principal with HCSM.
S T R A S O L has its office and learning centre in Ho Chi Minh City/Saigon, Vietnam; hosting Learning Workshops and performing Consultancy assignments from Indochina (Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos) and, on occasion, also assignments originating from Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden and Denmark).
HOW WE WORK
Although we advice clients, our approach towards clients is for most part facilitative, founded in the belief that clients, in their own right, are Subject Matter Experts within their respective industries, whereas it is our métier as strategic partner-in-arms to extract and use information from clients, applying to it proven strategic methodologies and a series of easy-to-use tools that benefit clients in their strive towards performance improvement and sustainable success in business.
At core, we believe that "People Support What They Help Create" . Consequently, we use our facilitated approach to help you clarify clients thinking, create the appropriate plan, and implement with speed to generate results. Regular check-ups help clients stay the course as they work both in and on their business. We use this approach at planning retreats, collaborative meetings, group problem-solving sessions, and whenever a group needs to work together strategically as well as tactically. Seperate meetings with an individual business executive completes our broad range of where and when we serve as strategic partner-in-arms.
Depending on agreed agenda, we work either directly with you as leader or with your team-members, individually or in groups. Often our client relationships also include a couple of pre-identified in-organization project-assignments, and we also gladly partake in decision-making processes if this is needed or wished for. Some individual business executives prefer also one-on-one leadership coaching and/or mentoring, to help them gain clarity on their personal, work and life issues; this, we also do.
Specifically, when you are an individual business executive, you partner directly with S T R A S O L's Founder and Director, Soeren Juelsbak (to learn more about Soerens profile, please click . --- After an initial trial period, we typically sign agreement for 1-3 years, with a pre-determined No. of meetings, the possibility of continuous Leadership Coaching & Mentoring, Best-Practice Knowledge Exchange during monthly Mastermind meetings or other regular meetings, and in mutuality develop Strategic Solutions based on our Knowledge Exchange, our 7000+ pages researched-based Strategic Library and our Assessment & Planning tools.
--- As your strategic partner-in-arms, we are always at your disposal, 24/7.
SYSTEMS THINKING
The foundation for everything we do is based on the 'Science of Systems Thinking'. 'Systems Thinking' and 'Strategic Thinking' are originally based on the works of Ludwig von Bertalanffy, the Austrian father of the so-called 'General Systems Thinking'. During the 20th century, he pioneered the forming the 'Society for General Systems Research' conceiving the 'Science of Systems Thinking' as a recognized' Unity of Sciences.'
The 'Systems Thinking' is synonymous with 'Strategic Thinking'. Contrary to 'Analytic Thinking', in 'Systems Thinking' the whole is the primary and the parts secondary. In essence, 'Strategic Thinking' and 'Systems Thinking' view ideas, people, projects, organizations etc. within the context of the systems they are part of, allowing assessment and evaluation of impacts of change on all parts of a system, helping better decision-making. As such, people and an organization do not exist as islands, but as part of a larger network, web or matrix of systems that all function, more or less independently, yet interdependently.
'Systems Thinking' is thus directly applicable to the way individuals, teams and organizations function, much like natural systems do. Underlying these systems are complexities that have, at their heart, simple, fundamental foundations. By grasping the fundamentals and essence of how an organization works, as a system within a set of larger systems, it is possible to work through the complexity and arrive at real, effective solutions to individual, business or organizational challenge or opportunity.
Throughout our work with clients, 'Systems Thinking'-concepts and -methodologies are applied, facing clients challenges now and opportunities ahead. Applying 'Systems Thinking' simplifies a organizations or a business executive's leadership challenge and strategic planning, gradually fostering a daily habit of thinking in systems and thinking strategically.
The 6 Strategic & Systems Thinking questions, in sequence, are:
A: Where do you want to be? (i.e., your ideal future Vision; e.g. ‘Vision 2020’).
B: Where are you now? (i.e., today's challenges and opportunities ahead; typically using a SWOT-analysis as the core framework).
C: How will you know when you get there? (i.e., customers' needs, connected into a quantifiable feedback system; identify your Key Success Measures and belonging Goals/Objectives as well as your Key Performance Indicators).
D: By which Strategies are you going to move towards your ideal future Vision?
E: How are you going to implement the changes needed to pursue your Strategies?
F: ONGOING - What will/may change in the future business environment around you?
