First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 15, 2011

The Strategy-Focused Organization: How Balanced Scorecard Companies Thrive in the New Business Environment Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton Harvard Business Press (2000) The Perilous “Journey&# to Breakthrough Performance Note: This is another “business classic” I read when it was first published and then recently re-read it.

Balanced Scorecard 89

Balanced Scorecard Norton Kaplan Organization 89

Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

And your business metrics matter – a balanced scorecard, with well-selected key performance indicators, will reinforce your strategy and align actions with goals. We don’t know any healthy people who have ever done this with their blood pressure, but when it comes to leading business teams, we see managers do it all the time.

Metrics 266

Metrics Balanced Scorecard Stress Learning-by-Doing 266

Six Disciplines

JUNE 7, 2011

Measurement (KPIs, balanced scorecard). It's about following a repeatable method (Six Disciplines), continually improving your self leadership (you may call this accountability or perhaps the discipline) to do the right things, becoming more effective - and efficient - over time. Project management. Performance management.

Balanced Scorecard 101

Balanced Scorecard Software Strategic Planning Document 101

Innovation Excellence

DECEMBER 20, 2017

He is also the co-author of The Institute Way: Simplify Strategic Planning and Management with the Balanced Scorecard. Dan Montgomery is a practitioner of Strategic Agility and shares his simple and practical tools in this interview. He has helped several organizations create strategic plans and add agility.

Agility 67

Agility Balanced Scorecard Strategic Planning Productivity 67

CO2

APRIL 18, 2012

If you use a Balance Scorecard model take employees through the basics so that they can understand the meaning behind what you are about to explain to them. Explain any new terms or definition of terms.

Strategic Planning 145

Strategic Planning Planning Strategy Balanced Scorecard 145

Six Disciplines

APRIL 27, 2011

” (Trevor Hall, Servant-Leadership Blog). Skip Angel, Random Thoughts of a CTO). “This is a guidebook, with practical business advice, that if followed, will enhance your business and provide solutions to every day small business problems. “What makes this book unique, not to mention worthwhile?

CTO 101

CTO Books Balanced Scorecard Norton 101

CO2

AUGUST 14, 2017

According to Robert Kaplan, creator of the Balanced Scorecard, the main cause of strategic planning failure is poor execution. Failure to Focus On Strategy The senior leadership team will often spend less than an hour a month reviewing and discussing the strategic plan. If you aren’t sure, you’re not alone.

Strategic Planning 78

Strategic Planning Planning Balanced Scorecard Kotter 78

Change Starts Here

JULY 9, 2013

A revolving leadership door had ushered four CEOs in and out in two years. Using the Balanced Scorecard methodology, the team developed a one-page strategy map, which detailed the objectives the team was trying to achieve and showed how they were connected. This article is also available as a 1-page pdf document.

Balanced Scorecard 95

Balanced Scorecard Workshop Supply Chain Objective 95

Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

Pharmaceutical companies have long needed deep scientific-innovation leadership capabilities but relatively few general managers. Numerous organizations have subsequently advocated and implemented the balanced scorecard idea. As with the other measures, what is important varies by industry.

ROIC 62

ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

CO2

AUGUST 14, 2017

According to Robert Kaplan, creator of the Balanced Scorecard, the main cause of strategic planning failure is poor execution. The senior leadership team will often spend less than an hour a month reviewing and discussing the strategic plan. If you aren’t sure, you’re not alone. To be clear, this is not the employees’ fault.

Strategic Planning 60

Strategic Planning Planning Balanced Scorecard Kotter 60

CO2

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Monthly staff meetings are usually reserved for reviewing financial performance, balance scorecard objectives, and major actions that have been forecasted in the annual strategic planning meetings. The post Effective Meeting Models appeared first on Elements of Leadership. Monthly Staff Meetings.

Balanced Scorecard 79

Balanced Scorecard Review Strategic Planning Real Estate 79

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

If BDAI had been in place at Olympus Camera on the day that Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone, would the company’s management information system have warned leadership that the pocket camera industry, at that moment, was entering an irreversible swoon? CEO’s Role- Wisdom and Innovation.

CEO 65

CEO Balanced Scorecard Supply Chain Sharpe 65

Strategy Driven

MARCH 7, 2014

Courage and leadership. I was then challenged to come up with such a program, the result being the Leadership in Action Awards. However, recognition programs are a balanced scorecard that involves the scrutiny of the company and its leaders by credible outside sources. Mature confidence and informed judgment.

Balanced Scorecard 68

Balanced Scorecard Budgeting Learning-by-Doing Risk Management 68

Lead Change Blog

APRIL 9, 2021

“Honey, you really need to start dusting every day. If the neighbors drop-in, they’ll think you’re a bad housekeeper.”. Mom had moved in about a month earlier, and this wasn’t the first time she’d commented on my inferior housekeeping skills. Growing up, we lived in the cleanest and best-maintained home on the street.

Self-aware 150

Self-aware Comparison Media Banking 150

Chartered Management Institute

MAY 23, 2011

Related Content: Decision Making and Overcoming Indecisiveness To what extent does your organisation value Authentic Leadership? Measuring performance of the MD through hard, soft, personal and strategic measurements and bring all these measurements together in a coherent manner. Can you force innovation? Revised Checklist to help you.

Long-term 63

Long-term Succession Content Innovation 63

First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 27, 2013

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Blog 95

Blog Review Books How To 95

First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 13, 2013

BOOK REVIEWS Likeable Social Media: How to Delight Your Customers, Create an Irresistible Brand, and Be Generally Amazing Dave Kerpen Taking Flight!

Blog 95

Blog Media Brand Review 95

Chartered Management Institute

MAY 23, 2011

Related Content: Decision Making and Overcoming Indecisiveness To what extent does your organisation value Authentic Leadership? Measuring performance of the MD through hard, soft, personal and strategic measurements and bring all these measurements together in a coherent manner. Can you force innovation? Revised Checklist to help you.

Long-term 49

Long-term Succession Content Innovation 49

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2014

My gender consultancy firm, 20-First, has just published its annual Gender Balance Scorecard ( pdf ) of the top 300 companies in the world across the US, Europe and Asia. As usual, we try to broaden the focus from the current buzz around corporate boards to the more relevant metric of the gender balance of executive committees.

Execution 15

Execution Committee Balanced Scorecard Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Some boards attempt a "balanced scorecard" approach , considering more than current year financials , with mixed success. In this case the leadership team decided to focus on creating long-term value, not quarter-by-quarter improvement, through a values-based culture with empowered employees.

Long-term 15

Long-term Attrition Six Sigma Balanced Scorecard 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2013

When I was CEO of Campbell Soup Company, we used a balanced scorecard to create an explicit understanding of each employee in terms of what they were expected to accomplish, including financial objectives, market share objectives and key project objectives. This scorecard defined the "what."

Mission Statement 19

Mission Statement Balanced Scorecard Objective Long-term 19

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2011

Incorporate these measures into the company's "balanced scorecard" or dashboard. Select process owners with strong leadership skills and develop those skills even further. For example, Air Products set up process owners for each of the major steps in its supply chain, including plan, source, make, build, and fulfill.

Process 15

Process Supply Chain Balanced Scorecard Engineering 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 8, 2015

But in truth businesses rarely focus on only profitability; most strive to satisfy various stakeholders and meet the goals of balanced scorecards. Price leadership: A no-frills airline constantly advertises the lowest fares on any route served. Business models Pricing Balanced scorecard'

Balanced Scorecard 8

Balanced Scorecard Company Price KPI 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

The timeline showed five improvement initiatives matching the eras of five presidents: Quality Action Teams (1992-1995), Total Cycle Time (1995-2000), Perfect Order (2000-2003), Grainger Performance System (Balanced Scorecard and Six Sigma) (2004-2007), and Lean (2008).

Six Sigma 15

Six Sigma TQM Kaizen Balanced Scorecard 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2017

To ensure consistency, develop strong dashboards and balanced scorecards to assure outcomes are consistently reached and continually improving. And empower those people to speak up and challenge you. Complement this organization model with operational process.

Agility 16

Agility Balanced Scorecard COO CFO 16

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Take over responsibility and leadership. Take over responsibility and leadership. But it must be HR that decides how things are done, based on the professional knowledge and insights only HR people will have. To all HR people: be proud about the responsibility you have — or should have. Most companies need a strong HR.

CIO 16

CIO Guidelines Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence 16

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

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Books 15

Books Guidelines Banking Telecommunications 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2014

He looks at his leadership team as a kind of sales force, each member of which should be developing a pipeline of opportunities to add more value all the time. With his experience in various change methods, such as business reengineering, Balanced Scorecards , and Lean, he applies just the right tool and method to fit the situation.

Balanced Scorecard 10

Balanced Scorecard Innovation Globalization Micromanagement 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

As Tom Davenport, Larry Prusak, and I talk to people about our current research, we hear broad support for its central thesis: that good judgment is not only something required of individuals in leadership positions; it is something that must be embedded in organizations as a whole.

Guidelines 15

Guidelines Education Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

I wrote a couple of months ago about Chinas leadership in the clean tech race , but at the macro level. I wrote a couple of months ago about Chinas leadership in the clean tech race , but at the macro level. Thats what Chinas Hi-Tech Fair is doing. Its another thing to see the green focus up close.

NGO 15

NGO Chemicals Guidelines Telecommunications 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

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Guidelines 15

Guidelines Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence Balanced Scorecard 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

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Guidelines 15

Guidelines Telecommunications Emotional Intelligence Balanced Scorecard 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Operations : Approaches problems practically; stands firm on issues, perseveres; maintains a standard of consistency and quality; provides stable leadership and supervision; develops detailed plans and procedures; implements projects in a timely manner; keeps financial records straight. Is the balance right in your organization?

Process 15

Process CEO Insurance Banking 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2017

Kaplan’s balanced scorecard or Clayton Christensen’s disruptive innovation. A follow-up article, coauthored with Amy Edmondson and Francesca Gino, delved more deeply into such issues as psychological safety, openness to new ideas, and leadership attention. Great leadership is extraordinarily difficult.

Management 12

Management Balanced Scorecard NPV Article 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

You might expect organizations that teach the latest in leadership theory to practice what they preach. There is a raft of research showing that improving gender balance leads to enhanced business performance. Business schools could play a crucial role in educating both men and women about gender-balanced companies and leadership.

Balanced Scorecard 8

Balanced Scorecard Case Study Organizational Behavior Education 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

For instance, make sure targets are gender neutral and focused on balance, not women, e.g., a minimum of 35% (or 50%) of either gender at all levels across all functions. Our annual Global Gender balance Scorecard shows that 63% of the women sitting on Executive Committees of the top 100 US companies are in support functions, not P&L roles.

Diversity 10

Diversity Balanced Scorecard P&L Committee 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

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Banking 17

Banking Crisis Merton Guidelines 17