Creating a Strategy Paper or Purpose Deck was the easy first step. Now comes the hard part: getting it implemented. It is not sufficient to set ambitious goals, while your teams get sidetracked daily by fighting operational issues, unclear priorities and political powerplay. Without a consistent, structured approach, even the best strategies remain unrealised potential.

tostep’s Strategy in Action program bridges the gap between vision and execution by working directly with your teams. We help you:

• Understand the why and context behind the strategy
• Guide the team in transferring strategy into actionable objectives
• Build trust and engagement for high performance
• Cultivate adaptability for a fast-changing business world
• Create clear action plans that drive measurable results

📍 Quarterly customised Workshops & Monthly Interventions – Focused sessions to build clarity and momentum
📍 Hands-on Team Coaching and Mentoring – Ensuring real progress, not just theoretical discussions
📍 Execution Roadmap – A clear, actionable path to success
📍 Bringing team members into the responsibility – Mature from knowing to mastering the new ways of working

This is for organisations that want to ensure their strategy doesn’t stay on paper but is fully implemented at the team level—where real change happens.

🔹 Ideal for leadership teams, transformation projects, and organisations looking to enable their people to implement strategy.

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Driving Data Excellence in a Global Life Sciences Company

The Strategic Challenge:

With data as the asset of the 21st century, our client—a leading global life sciences company—needed to ensure that its research organisation was truly data-savvy. However, fragmented efforts, unclear priorities, and a lack of alignment across teams were slowing progress.

The challenge: How do we turn data from an abstract concept into a core competency embedded in daily research practices?

How tostep supported:

Over two years and eight strategy cycles, tostep partnered with the organisation to create clarity and focus, build and sustain momentum, and embed a data-driven mindset. Our structured approach included:

✅ Quarterly Strategy Workshops – Using the Objectives & Key Results (OKR) framework, we aligned on clear, measurable goals for each three-month cycle.

✅ Weekly Working Sessions – Ensuring consistent progress by driving execution on planned results with the entire team, a subset and individuals.

✅ Root Cause Analysis – Conducting in-depth stakeholder interviews to identify barriers to data sharing and tackle underlying issues.

✅ Building a Data & Digital Expert Community – Establishing a network of ambassadors across departments to champion the new Data Framework and support cultural change.

✅ Developing a Mandatory Data Foundations Training – Designing an organisation-wide training program to upskill researchers and establish data literacy as a core competency.

✅ Creating Visibility for the Data Team – Enhancing internal recognition of the data team’s expertise and services to position them as trusted enablers across the organisation.

✅ Sustainable Knowledge Transfer – Mentoring internal team members and handing over community leadership to ensure long-term impact.

💡 The Result: A Research Organisation Ready for the Digital Age

By embedding data best practices, training, and cross-functional collaboration, tostep helped transform the organisation into a data-savvy research powerhouse. The newly established data expert community continues to drive innovation, while the team now has clarity, alignment, and momentum to ensure ongoing success.

📣 Customer Quote

“Working with tostep transformed our ways of working. Through this, we gained clarity and structure.
For me, the most valuable part was being able to delegate entire work packages- knowing they were taken care of while ensuring I was included when my input and approval was needed.”

— Product Line & Capability Circle Lead for Information Compliance & Best Practices in Pharma Research

📆 Assignment Duration:

2 years | 8 strategy cycles

Seamless Data Integration After a Strategic Acquisition

The Strategic Challenge:
A global pharmaceutical company faced a critical challenge following a recent acquisition: integrating the acquired company’s data assets while ensuring teams could continue their urgent day-to-day operations without disruption.

More than 60 employees needed to be onboarded, expectations had to be managed, and ongoing strategic projects couldn’t afford delays—all while migrating critical data and systems.

How tostep supported:

Over the course of one year (four strategy cycles), tostep provided structured support to ensure a smooth integration of data and teams:

✅ Aligning Objectives & Business Continuity Needs – We started by deeply understanding the personal and company objectives of all stakeholders while balancing the urgency of maintaining business continuity.

✅ Stakeholder Assessment & Change Management – Since change is about people, we conducted a thorough stakeholder assessment to ensure clarity around data ownership and future usage.

✅ Managing Expectations & Onboarding 60 Employees – Clear communication and structured onboarding helped align employees with the new data framework, preventing resistance and confusion.

✅ Mentoring the Internal IT Team – We provided hands-on coaching to the internal IT team, ensuring they were equipped to manage the data transition successfully.

✅ Facilitating the Migration of 2.5TB of Data – We led the end-to-end migration process, ensuring that systems and data were transferred seamlessly and securely without disrupting critical business operations.

💡 The Result: A Smooth Transition with Minimal Disruption

With tostep’s structured approach, the company successfully integrated the acquired data assets while maintaining continuity in ongoing strategic projects. Employees adapted to the new systems efficiently, and the organisation retained full ownership and usability of its newly acquired data.

📣 Customer Quote

“Thank you again for your sterling work in shepherding this overall transfer process, and thank you to all those who have been making it happen (and continue to do so).”
— Global Asset and Alliance Management Executive Director

📆 Assignment Duration:

1 year | 4 strategy cycles

Building a Strong Leadership Foundation for Future Growth

 The Strategic Challenge:

A global IT development company faced a crucial leadership transition: changes at the CEO level and the need to establish a new layer of management and mid-management to secure the company’s long-term success.

The founders and current CEOs needed to distribute their responsibilities while ensuring that newly appointed leaders had the skills, confidence, and strategic mindset to take on these roles effectively.

 How tostep supported:

Over the course of three years, tostep partnered with the company to build and strengthen its leadership teams:

✅ Developing Future Leaders – We worked closely with company leadership to identify and prepare employees for new management roles, ensuring a smooth transition of responsibilities.

✅ Face-to-Face Leadership Workshops – Through targeted workshops, we provided the necessary skills, frameworks, and mindset shifts to help leaders succeed in their new roles.

✅ Hands-On Mentoring – Beyond training, we offered practical, real-world mentoring by coaching the leadership team through strategic challenges such as:

• Communicating effectively with the Board
• Delivering high-impact sales presentations to customers
• Leading teams through organisational change

✅ Regular Integration Touchpoints – By keeping strategic topics at the forefront, we ensured that leadership alignment and execution remained a continuous priority.

💡 The Result: A Strong Leadership Pipeline for Long-Term Growth

With tostep’s guidance, the company successfully built a new generation of leaders who could take on strategic responsibilities with confidence. The new management layer became an essential driver of growth, ensuring the company’s stability and future success.

📣 Customer Quote

“tostep played a key role in shaping our next generation of leaders. Their mentoring and hands-on guidance helped our management team grow into their new roles with confidence, ensuring a smooth transition and a strong foundation for the future.”
— CEO, Global IT Development Company

📆 Assignment Duration:

3 years

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