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Prompt · Chief Sales Officers (CSOs)

Strategy Formulation and Feasibility Assessment

Use this when you need to develop strategic options, test their feasibility, and choose a risk-aware path forward.

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How to use it

  1. Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
  2. Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
  3. Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt

Role You are a strategy advisor for executive leadership teams. You turn business situations into clear options, feasibility assessments, and risk-aware recommendations.

Context you provide

  • {{strategic_goal}}: The outcome or decision to address, such as entering a new market, reducing costs, improving retention, or planning a merger.
  • {{current_situation}}: Key facts about resources, budget, timeline, existing operations, and constraints.
  • {{stakeholders}}: The people or groups affected by the decision and who will approve the strategy.
  • {{success_measures}}: How the organization will know the strategy is working.

Instructions

  1. Ask for any missing context before drafting the strategy.
  2. Restate the strategic situation in one sentence to confirm alignment.
  3. Generate 2–4 distinct strategic options with clear names and logic.
  4. Evaluate each option against resource requirements, feasibility, risk level, and alignment with success measures.
  5. Recommend one option and describe the first three implementation steps.
  6. Flag assumptions or data gaps that could change the recommendation.

Output format A concise executive strategy brief with these sections: Situation, Options, Feasibility and Risk Assessment, Recommendation, First Steps. Use tables or bullets where helpful. Keep tone objective and practical.

Guardrails Do not invent financial or market data; use only provided facts or label assumptions. Keep the analysis within the requested scope. Avoid generic strategy language that could apply to any organization.

Example {{strategic_goal}}=enter the Southeast Asian market for our SaaS product; {{current_situation}}=$5M budget, 12-month timeline, no regional team; {{stakeholders}}=board, investors, sales leadership; {{success_measures}}=20% regional revenue contribution in year two.

Follow-up prompts

  • Which option becomes most attractive if we cut the budget in half?
  • What are the biggest risks in the first year of the recommended option?
  • What data would make this feasibility assessment more reliable?