What we do

We help busy chief executives and their teams stand back from the pressure, the detail and the deadlines, and plan ahead.

Whether you wish to review your corporate plan; to work more strategically across teams, departments or partners; or to build evaluation into your plan – we can help. Our role is to help you find ways of containing, structuring and making sense of all that you need to do.

The result is clarity from complexity: a framework for making long-term decisions, which is widely understood because it was created through wide participation.

What are the benefits?

The development of a strategic framework can have powerful effects. It:

  • delivers a strong focus on results for clients and stakeholders
  • provides clarity for business planning and bidding for funds
  • benefits the bottom line - through avoiding wasted time and resources
  • galvanises people, and creates energy and involvement

What makes Crane Gregory different?

Helen Crane and Cath Gregory joined forces in 2008, and it is the combination of our very different mind-sets and experiences which creates our distinctive approach.

Any planning process involves opening up and thinking about options, then having to make decisions and define clearly what you are trying to do. Helen’s skills relate predominantly to the opening phase and Cath naturally helps people think through to the end of the process.

Together, we are passionate about helping people work more strategically. By sharing strategic methods, we enable your organisation to be clear about its direction, see how different contributions connect together, and describe the difference you are making.