UpScaleStrategy^™ represents a breakthrough in the benefits provided.

UpScaleStrategy^™ quickly aligns Knowledge Work activities across your organization, simplifies managing your business, and lifts business results. UpScaleStrategy^™ is:

• Simple - in the way we create accountability
  • Our method creates visible accountability, weaving accountability within the normal work pattern, without distracting staff with unnecessary tasks. We represent and drive even complex Knowledge Work environments while keeping things uncomplicated for staff and managers. We are the only group in the world using our techniques to model Knowledge Work.
• Powerful - in the way we align strategy
  • UpScaleStrategy^™ aligns the organization's Knowledge Work with the top corporate priorities at the outset. Your staff and managers focus on a small set of highest-value activities described in precise task language familiar to your organization. After a brief implementation, we can have your Knowledge Work aligned, focused, and visibly changed.
• Effective - in the way we energize people
  • Managers - who are more successful, since UpScaleStrategy^™ helps them guide and motivate their staff by communicating what's important and keeping their people executing what's important.
  • Individuals - who are more motivated, since UpScaleStrategy^™ explains clearly the most important tasks, gives them a personal benefit when their performance matches the description, represents accurately the value they bring to the organization, and keeps them focused on real work.
  • Departments - who are more supportive to each other, since UpScaleStrategy^™ describes clearly intra-departmental and inter-departmental support activities, resulting in greater cooperation and better progress on projects involving multiple departments.

Client Comments:

“Even one day after the implementation of SMG’s UpScaleStrategy^™, the impact on the effectiveness of our management team was visible. The new tool set aligns the behavior of every employee with the strategic objectives of our organization.” D. Johnson, OSF HealthCare

“Shrader Canada has seen a return of over $26,000 per employee in the first two years using our same team!" J. Malcolm, President, Shrader Canada

“We implemented UpScaleStrategy^™ to better convey to key staff, the activities required for the company to reach its goals. Whatever activities we specified - we got!” Ian Ross, Vice-President, Grand Valley Fortifiers

“We have seen interdepartmental communication improve since using UpScaleStrategy^™ - it puts everyone on the same team and drives activities very powerfully.” Barry Poyntz, General Manager, Shrader Canada