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Tag Archives: strategy
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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In the absence of strategic thinking, strategic planning will probably maintain the status quo
How to Stimulate Strategic Thinking In last week’s blog we wrote about the importance of advance preparation for strategy sessions. A comment from one of our clients got us thinking more systematically about what kind of advance preparation is most … Continue reading
Posted in creative thinking, organizational change, performance measurement, Preparing for planning, strategic planning, strategic thinking, strategy implementation, Uncategorized, vision
Tagged alignment, Balanced Scorecard, implementation, planning, strategic, 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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If you can’t answer this question, you may be a sitting duck!
What is your business model? Lately we’ve taken to asking every prospective new client the same question in our exploratory discussion: “What is your business model?” A bit of history will help to explain why we think this question is … Continue reading
Posted in business, business model, climate goals, innovation, organization development, organizational change, productivity improvement, strategic planning, strategic thinking, Uncategorized, values
Tagged Balanced Scorecard, business model, objectives, plan, planning, strategic plan, strategic planning, strategies, strategy, transformation
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Is Creative Thinking An Oxymoron in Your Strategic Planning?
Why strategic thinking stops during strategic planning In his book, “The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning”, Henry Mintzberg noted that strategic thinking occurs more or less continuously in most organizations. Paradoxically, it seems to stop only during strategic planning … Continue reading
Posted in brainstorming, business, creative thinking, innovation, Mintzberg, organization development, organizational change, strategic planning, strategic thinking, Uncategorized
Tagged alignment, Balanced Scorecard, creative thinking, objectives, opportunities, performance measurement, planning, strategic plan, strategic planning, strategic thinking, strategy
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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 – 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
Posted in business, communicating strategy, organization development, organizational change, strategic planning, strategy implementation
Tagged Balanced Scorecard, buy-in, communicating strategy, communication, employee engagement, employee involvement, engagement, Gantt chart, implementation, ownership, payback, strategic plan, strategy, strategy implementation
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When is a brand promise broken? Who decides? Will Whole Foods soon find out? TELL US WHAT YOU THINK.
Is a brand promise broken when customers feel it is, even if the facts don’t support their feelings? A recent case involving Whole Foods Markets may soon test this question. A few weeks ago a Florida judge decided to allow … Continue reading
Posted in branding, business, China, rebranding, strategic planning
Tagged brand promise, China, melamine, milk, opinion, strategic plan, strategic planning, strategy, tainted food, Whole Foods
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Strategic Management For Leaders of Strategic Change 