Many organizations struggle to achieve sustainable growth when funding, market insights, and partnerships are fragmented. Without clear tools for diversifying revenue, systematic market and competitor analyses, or structured partner engagement, organizations risk overreliance on limited funders and missed opportunities. Weak or under-resourced proposal development further compounds the problem, leading to lost bids, inconsistent pricing, and stalled impact.

Embarking Blue amplifies your growth strategy through:

• Funding Alignment – adapting tools and processes to expand and/or diversify revenue streams
• Market Landscaping – landscape analyses, client diversification strategies, competitor analyses, country/regional expansion strategies
• Partner Engagement – partner strategy analysis, outreach, partner meeting facilitation
• Proposal Writing – management, drafting, review, and/or pricing

Strategic planning is often treated as a one-time exercise rather than a living, iterative framework. Plans are often too generic, disconnected from real conditions, or quickly outdated by shifting markets, funding landscapes, or political contexts. Without a clear, adaptive, and actionable strategy, organizations risk drifting from their mission, misallocating resources, and missing opportunities for long-term impact.

Embarking Blue can sharpen your organizational strategy through:

• Landscape Analysis – to better understand funding, policy, partner, competitive, geographic, and/or market dynamics
• Expansion Strategies – for client diversification, expanding partner networks, or defining growth targets
• Mission, Vision, and Values Clarification– to better, articulate your purpose, and guidance principles
• Strategic Roadmapping – at both the team and organizational levels, to create a clear direction
• Talent and People Planning – to develop vision for inclusive and impact driven culture ensuring effective resourcing

Organizations often struggle to keep accountability and compliance aligned with day-to-day operations, especially when facing rapid change. Entering new markets, scaling up or down, adjusting to shifts in funding, or navigating political and economic transitions can expose gaps in policies, procedures, and tools. Without an adaptive operations framework, compliance risks increase, efficiency suffers, and the organization may be unprepared for crises or sudden disruptions.

Embarking Blue helps mitigate or address these gaps through:

• Facilitation Services – workshops, dialogues, and retreats for problem-solving.
• Feedback & Adaptation – surveys, town halls, data analysis for continuous improvement.
• Operational Tool Development & Optimization – manuals, policies, procedures, templates, job aids, and software workflows.
• Strategic Planning & Risk Assessment – roadmaps, risk matrices.
• Systems Review & Change Management – scheduled evaluations, change procedures, and communications.
• Training Design & Delivery – adult-learning-based training plans, Training of Trainers

Turning strategy into execution, is a challenge that many organizations face. Strong governance and support in areas like compliance, grantee/partner management, and knowledge management systems, reduce risks, delays, and cost overruns–leading to greater impact. 

In addition, feedback loops and performance management to keep strategy on track and inform accelerative growth.

Embarking Blue advances your project management operations through:

• Communications & Reporting – drafting materials, report writing
• Contract & Compliance Support – review of NDAs, contracts, grant agreements; compliance matrices; audit preparation
• Grantee & Partner Management – selection, due diligence, oversight
• International Project Advisory – guidance on global operations and implementation
• People Management – employee engagement plan, career pathing, and performance assessment support
• Project Planning & Governance – workplans, project charters, RACIs, planning workshops
• International and Domestic Operational Setup & Transitions – establishing or closing in-country presence