Haines Centre for Strategic Management®

"World Leaders in Strategic Management—Powered by Systems Thinking"

The Haines Centre was Founded in 1990 and has Offices in Over 20 Countries. We provide Consulting, Training, and Materials to individuals, teams and organizations world-wide.

Let us help you develop an integrated Systems Thinking Approach® to Strategic Management (Strategic Thinking, Strategic Planning, and Strategic Change to Deliver Customer Value and Results).

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Reinventing Strategic Planning

Best Practice of the Month

From the State-of-the-Art Best Practices Research Report on Reinventing Strategic Planning

Common Mistake #7:
Ritualistic and meaningless SWOT analyses vs. Best Practices Assessments

Best Practice #7:
Conduct an in-depth, robust and data-rich Current State Assessment

Many organizations conduct a SWOT Analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) as a way to begin their Strategic Planning. There are two problems with this. The first problem is that a SWOT in most organizations is too superficial an analysis. Secondly, it is not rigorous enough with just conducting a brainstorming of the each of the four letters. Instead a much more rigorous analysis should be done of both the SW Internal Assessment and the OT External Assessment.

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GoGreen We have Gone Green - Have You?
The Haines Centre for Strategic Management would like to announce its Go Green- Keep Our Planet Clean promotion.

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Delivering Customer Value Assessment:

We help organizations achieve superior results in twenty ways, organized in four broad value-added areas in Strategic Management (Strategic Planning and Strategic Change):

What are your Goals and Desired Outcomes?

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Find a Consultant or Trainer Near You

The Haines Centre for Strategic Management® is a strategic alliance of master consultants and trainers. Our global network, in more than 20 countries, means you can work with people who have expertise in your local markets and needs but are backed by a world-wide knowledge base and team of master consultants.

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Executive Team

Who We Are:

  • "We are the World Leaders in Strategic Management, Powered by Systems Thinking."
  • Haines Centre for Strategic Management® is a global consulting, keynoting, publishing, training, and assessment firm.
  • We are a Global Alliance of Master Consultants, Facilitators, and Global Partners who are experts in Strategic Management... Our Only Business.
  • We were founded in 1990 and are still growing with offices in more than 20 countries today.

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  • We are led by Founder and CEO, Stephen Haines, "Arguably one of the worlds greatest Systems Thinkers and Strategic Management Practitioners alive today."
  • Steve is a global strategist and prolific author with 16 books in print. He is also an executive facilitator of over 300 strategic plans and successful execution.
  • Steve is a USNA graduate with the Legendary Leadership Class of 1968.
  • Steve is in the Association for Strategic Planning Hall of Fame.

Our ApproachOur Systems Thinking Approach®:

Our Systems Thinking Approach® is based on more than 50 years of scientific research focusing on “The Natural Way the World Works.” This Approach is the basis for our work in Strategic Thinking, Strategic Planning, Strategic Change and Strategic Management.

Currently we have formed the Global Association for Systems Thinking in order to "Take Systems Thinking Mainstream...Around the World."


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