THE STRATEGY ROOM
by The Consultancy Inc.
Big businesses don’t have a monopoly on good strategy.
For more than 25 years, The Consultancy Inc has helped businesses, organisations and leaders solve complex challenges, strengthen performance and pursue growth across international markets.
We’ve taken that experience and opened the door to The Strategy Room.
Created for entrepreneurs, founders, SME owners and business leaders who are serious about building stronger, more scalable businesses, The Strategy Room brings practical strategic thinking out of the boardroom and into the businesses building what’s next.
What happens inside The Strategy Room?
Growing a business creates different questions at every stage.
How do you price my goods and services to ensure you make a profit? What financial data matters? How do you scale without losing control? When is it time to enter another market? How do you build a team that doesn’t depend on you for every decision? Why isn’t the strategy translating into results? And how do you distinguish the next opportunity from the next distraction?
These are the conversations we have here.
Expect practical intelligence on business growth and scaling, strategy and execution, internationalisation, leadership, organisational behaviour, commercialisation, organisational transformation, decision-making, competitiveness, corporate finance and the changes reshaping business.
Not theory for theory’s sake.
Strategy you can use.
Experience that matters.
The Consultancy Inc, a management consulting firm that has executed assignments across approximately 40 countries, is led by Dr. Charlene Ashley, JP, an International Business and Organisation Behaviour Strategist with 25+ years of experience working with governments, Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurs across the globe.
For more than two decades, the firm has worked with major international brands and institutions, growth-focused businesses, entrepreneurs and leaders confronting complex strategic decisions. Our clientele have included: The Campbell’s Company (makers of Prego pasta sauces, Campbell’s Soups, V8 Splash beverages and Vegetable Juice), Dr Reddy’s, Soft Sheen Carson, Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee, The Jamaica Coffee Exporters Association, Toyota, Swiss Education Group, César Ritz Colleges Switzerland, Hotel Institute Montreux, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, SM Jaleel (makers of Fruta, Chubby), The International Coffee Organization, Shell West Indies Company, Steel Hector Davis.
The company has also managed numerous projects financed by major international development and funding agencies, including: World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Caribbean Export Development Agency (CEDA)
Dr. Ashley’s doctoral research examined the internationalisation of SMEs as they penetrate new markets, and her business commentary and thought leadership in major news outlets have addressed everything from market expansion and competitiveness to leadership, negotiation and the decisions that determine whether growth actually creates value.
The Strategy Room may be new to Substack. We are not new to strategy.
CHOOSE YOUR SEAT
FREE MEMBER - $0
Free members receive selected Strategy Room articles, commentary and practical business insights.
✓ Selected Strategy Room articles
✓ Business strategy and growth insights
✓ Commentary on leadership, markets and emerging business issues
✓ Access to the wider Strategy Room community
✓ Updates on new Strategy Room content
For entrepreneurs and business leaders who want practical insights to help them think differently about growth and strategy.
PAID MEMBER - $10/MONTH OR $100/YEAR
Paid members go deeper with premium strategy analysis, practical frameworks, diagnostics, tools, implementation guidance and case-based learning designed to support better business decisions.
Everything in Free, PLUS:
✓ Premium strategy articles and deeper analysis
✓ Practical business frameworks and tools
✓ Business diagnostics and checklists
✓ Implementation guidance, moving from strategy to execution
✓ Case-based learning and real-world business insights
✓ Deeper analysis on growth, scaling, leadership and internationalisation
✓ Paid-member-only content and resources
For business owners and leaders who want more than ideas: they want practical tools and strategic guidance they can apply.
FOUNDING MEMBER - $250/YEAR
Founding Members receive everything available to paid members, plus Founding Member benefits and opportunities as The Strategy Room grows.
Everything in Free + Paid, PLUS:
✓ Exclusive Founding Member resources and selected content
✓ Invitations to periodic live Strategy Room sessions with Dr. Charlene Ashley
✓ Opportunities to submit business questions for Strategy Room discussions
✓ Opportunities to influence future topics and resources
✓ Founding Member recognition
✓ Opportunities to have selected business challenges considered for The Strategy Room case discussions
✓ Selected Founding Member benefits and special opportunities as The Strategy Room grows
✓ 15% Founding Member preferred saving on eligible The Consultancy Inc management consulting services*
For entrepreneurs and business leaders who want deeper engagement with The Strategy Room and a seat at the table as the community develops.
If you’re building a business that needs to become stronger, smarter and more scalable, there’s a seat here for you.
Enter THE STRATEGY ROOM
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