We support organizations in addressing a wide array of dynamic, near-term strategic issues.
For example, through a Strategic Assessment engagement, your leadership team may request ST Advisors’ assistance to:
- Guide a critical business decision, such as when to enter a new market or whether to continue to invest in a particular product
- Assess and expand a company’s understanding of its competitive landscape with an eye toward strategic M&A
- Create an impactful company overview to concisely and effectively express your company’s value proposition to outside audiences
- Evaluate liquidity or sale considerations, such as when to enter the market; valuation strengths and concerns; likely value drivers; and potential acquirers, as well as other aspects of a potential transaction
- Join a management off-site discussion or retreat to bring needed (and objective) perspective
- Provide an unbiased SWOT analysis of a sponsor’s troubled portfolio company, with a focus on near-term, actionable recommendations
Focused and Actionable Deliverables
Strategic Assessment engagements are generally less research-driven than our more comprehensive Strategic Analyses, which are primarily intended to address enterprise-level growth strategies through in-depth evaluation of opportunities, markets, and competitive dynamics. Where a Strategic Analysis usually takes up to four months and involves a comprehensive slide deck deliverable, a Strategic Assessment typically produces a highly focused company overview, or 5- to 10-page memorandum, in approximately two to four weeks.
The Strategic Assessment is one of several ways in which our clients can benefit from the extensive insight, experience, and market expertise that characterize our Outsider Perspective. Insider KnowledgeSM. And — as is the case in every ST Advisors engagement — we approach the Strategic Assessment as a thought partnership with our clients, ensuring that every deliverable is accurate, insightful, and actionable.
