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How to prioritize for faster strategy implementation


The hard choices of strategic prioritization So you know you have to finally decide  Say yes to some and let the other ones ride  There’s so many choices, not all can be tried  Yes you know you have to finally … Continue reading

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Grow your payoff by investing more in the highest leverage leadership activity.


What is the highest leverage leadership activity? Since we began consulting on strategic planning in 1989, we’ve been strong advocates of advance preparation for planning sessions.  When client teams short-change advance preparation, it takes longer to create plans.  Perhaps worse, … Continue reading

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Strategic ch-ch-ch-ch-changes – turn and face the strain?


Keys to successful strategic change management A client recently remarked that strategy seems to be more about what glam rocker David Bowie once called ch-ch-ch-ch-changes than any other factor. We couldn’t help but agree. Change is what drives the need for … Continue reading

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The Weak Linkage Between Employee Engagement and Productivity


Look Before You Leap Managers often leap from the notion that “employee engagement is low” to “engaging employees will increase productivity and our strategic success”. While there may be a strong link between these ideas in some cases, it is … Continue reading

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20 Tips for Successful Strategy Implementation: Part IV – Evaluation and Adjustment


Phase IV Evaluation and Adjustment Ongoing strategic success requires vigilant management—continually tweaking the strategy, implementing changes quickly and effectively, and keeping the strategy fresh and alive. A fast, flawless implementation may yield better results than a “brilliant” strategy poorly implemented. … Continue reading

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20 Tips for Successful Strategy Implementation – Communicating Your Strategy


Vision without action is merely a dream, just as a strategy without change is nothing but noble words. So how do leaders turn the noble words of their strategies into successful change? Our next four blog posts will describe 20 … Continue reading

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Part 2 – When Creating Strategy, Speed Kills


In the first post of this series, I wrote about how trying to plan too hastily kills the quality of a new strategy. In this post, I’ll write about how short-changing implementation planning risks squandering the advantages that come from … Continue reading

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When creating strategy, speed kills.


When making strategy, speed can kill in several ways. This will be the topic of my next three blog posts. First, I’ll explain how trying to plan too hastily kills the quality of a new strategy.  In the second post, … Continue reading

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