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Paper illustration for VMGS
Business Strategy
VMGS
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping
Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S
Purposedifferent
VMGS arranges vision, mission, goals, and strategies into a clear guiding logic. Direction, purpose, and priorities are connected so teams can decide more coherently.When stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy.When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first.McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
2-4 h60-90 min60–90 min2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
3-123-62-83-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Vision Statement, Mission Statement, Goals, StrategiesSalience Diagram, Strategy per ClassStakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions
Tagsno overlap
VisionGoalsStrategy
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange
OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange
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