Strategy & Organisational Development

Strategy, brought to life.

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Peter Wang Maarbjerg
Vice President
+45 2428 5973
Henrik Challis
Vice President
+46 707 12 72 07
Stuart Schofield
Client Director
+44 7990 036110
Sanna Turesson
Senior Consultant
+46 (0)76 3133321
Anna Rosdahl
Senior Consultant
+46 708 23 84 41
Nathan Hobbs
Client Director
+44 796 288 1445
Berit Kristine Bøggild
Client Director
+45 2295 0151
Dorte Spiegelhauer
Client Director
+45 5139 6062
Peter Stensig
Senior Consultant
+45 3024 6404
Julie Ekner Koch
Head of Digital Learning and Leadership
+45 2084 0841
Fenix Bretz
Client Director

Great strategies don’t fail, execution does.

Strategic transformation never follows a linear plan. Transformation journeys are rarely robust enough to drive progress – nor flexible enough to adapt to shifting realities, stakeholder dynamics, and operational complexity.

Execution is not a phase; it’s a capability. Organisations must build the structures, routines, behaviours, and leadership practices needed to execute strategically again and again.

 

How to do it?

How Mannaz works with strategy execution.

Our work sits at the intersection of strategic clarity, leadership capability, and coherent execution. Whether you are navigating a major transformation, scaling a new operating model, or strengthening your execution muscle, we partner with you to ensure results are delivered, not just designed.

We work with senior leadership teams, transformation leaders, and boards in organisations that:

  • Are undergoing or preparing for large-scale organisational change
  • Have strong strategies but experience execution friction
  • Strive to create strategic ambitions that are resonant with their people and customers
  • Want a trusted partner who can challenge, support, and deliver

Our clients span public and private organisations, operating in complex, stakeholder-rich environments where execution truly matters.

We help bridge the gap between ambition and execution—by translating strategy into focused action, enabling leaders and teams to deliver sustained transformation.

A partner in execution

A partner in strategy execution, not just advice.

We are consultants, facilitators, and sparring partners—but above all, we are execution partners. We work alongside you, build capability as we go, and stay focused on what success looks like in practice.

As a starting point, we conduct an Strategy Execution Analysis assessing your execution capabilities.

How would that look in your business? Let’s find out!

If your ambitions are to move from strategy to sustained execution, we welcome the conversation.


Get a Strategy Execution Analysis

What Mannaz offers

Mannaz supports strategy execution through consulting, facilitation and leadership development.

Our services include:

  • Strategy Execution Analysis
  • Executive and leadership development
  • Team and cross‑functional alignment
  • Transformation and change advisory
  • Portfolio, programme and project recovery
  • Organisational and network analysis

Each engagement is tailored to the organisation’s reality, maturity and strategic pressure.

Start with a Strategy Execution Analysis

Strategy Execution Analysis: our starting point

The Strategy Execution Analysis helps leaders understand:

  • Where execution breaks today
  • Which systemic barriers matter most
  • What to address first to regain momentum

Strategy Execution Analysis we begin by gathering a good enough and shared sense of your strategy execution endeavours today. This Strategy Execution Analysis is done with your people not on your people,

Practically, you can expect interviews, focus groups, surveys and analysis of previous research.

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Our experts

As execution partners, Mannaz consultants bring real business experience and deep expertise in what it takes to create the conditions for successful strategy execution.

Vice President Consulting International
Senior Consultant
SVP Consulting
Vice President
Senior Consultant
Senior Consultant
Client Director

Frequently asked questions

Is this change management?

No. We focus on execution as a systemic capability — not communication or rollout.

Do you work with existing strategies?

Yes. Most engagements start with an existing strategy that needs to work in practice.

Where do you typically start?

With a diagnostic to understand where execution breaks — not with predefined solutions.

Do you work internationally?

Yes. We support global organisations across regions and leadership layers.

What is a systemic and people‑centred approach?

A systemic and people‑centred approach recognises that strategy is executed through everyday decisions, collaboration and judgement across the organisation.

It focuses on how people, teams, leadership layers and structures interact — and on creating the conditions that enable coherent action, rather than pushing change through plans alone.

Is strategy execution a rollout?

No. Strategy execution is not a rollout — it is a transformation.

Execution does not happen by plans.

It happens when:
• People share meaning and direction
• Decisions are aligned across levels
• Trade‑offs are made visible and handled explicitly
• Leadership enables agency instead of pushing change

At Mannaz, we see strategy execution as a living organisational capability — not a project phase.

Is strategy execution an organisational capability?

Yes and, in our perspective, there are other equally important capabilities.

Effective strategy execution requires movement at three interconnected levels:

  • People: Leaders and employees need the ability to make sound decisions in complexity.
  • Teams: Collaboration, trust and shared priorities must enable work across boundaries.
  • Organisation: Structures, governance and incentives must support — not block — execution.

Strategy only comes alive when these levels move together.

Insights, webinars and conversations

Explore how organisations navigate strategy execution in complexity:

Webinars on strategy execution and leadership in complex environments.
Thought leadership articles and cases.
Executive conversations and roundtables.

These forums create shared language and insight — before action.

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