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Tag Archives: speed
Why plan in a retreat setting?
Retreats can be highly productive During my career I’ve worked with more than 100 client organizations, public, private, for-profit and not for profit. The most productive planning meetings I’ve facilitated have been multi-day meetings held offsite, usually in locations requiring … Continue reading
Posted in creative thinking, innovation, organization development, organizational change, performance measurement, Preparing for planning, strategic planning, strategic thinking, strategy implementation, teamwork, Uncategorized
Tagged Balanced Scorecard, engagement, implementation, initiatives, metrics, objectives, performance measurement, plan, planning, planning at a resort, planning retreat, planning venue, speed, strategic plan, strategic planning, strategy
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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
Posted in business, creative thinking, Mintzberg, organization development, Preparing for planning, productivity improvement, strategic planning, strategic thinking, strategy implementation, teamwork
Tagged implementation, initiatives, opportunities, payback, speed, strategic planning, strategy
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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
Posted in business, change management, change process, innovation, organization development, organizational change, skills to manage change, strategic planning, strategy implementation
Tagged Balanced Scorecard, engagement, implementation, payback, speed, strategic plan, strategic planning, strategy, transformation
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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
Posted in business, employee engagement, organization development, organizational change, performance measurement, productivity improvement, strategic planning, strategy implementation, talent management, Uncategorized
Tagged alignment, Balanced Scorecard, business model, engagement, implementation, initiatives, metrics, payback, planning, productivity improvement, speed, strategic, strategic plan, strategic planning, strategy, talent management
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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
Posted in business, communicating strategy, organization development, organizational change, performance measurement, strategic planning, strategy implementation
Tagged alignment, Balanced Scorecard, business model, implementation, initiatives, metrics, new plan, objectives, opportunities, payback, performance measurement, speed, strategic plan, strategic planning, strategy
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20 Tips for Successful Strategy Implementation: Part III – Tracking and Managing Progress
Phase III – Tracking and Managing Progress This is the third in a series of four posts describing 20 effective practices to help you accelerate the implementation of your strategy. In the first few months of implementation changing environmental conditions, … Continue reading
20 Tips for Successful Strategy Implementation: Part II – Aligning Your Organization
Phase II Aligning your organization This is the second in a series of four posts describing 20 effective practices to help you accelerate the implementation of your strategy. A new strategy is certain to disrupt the complex system of people, … Continue reading
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
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
Strategic Management For Leaders of Strategic Change 