Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 2, 2020

Again, the company adjusted its strategy and made a new huge bet on original content. Then Netflix recognized, that to stay competitive, it could not rely on other companies’ content, since these companies would start their own streaming services over time.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 14, 2016

In the global economy, each company is constantly adjusting its strategies to enable it to stay ahead of its competition. When confidence is not there, leaders encourage their people to continue their journey that ultimately enables them to achieve things they otherwise could not achieve.

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Six Disciplines

MAY 10, 2011

While all of us agree there's a disconnect between strategy formulation and strategy execution, the developers of the Balanced Scorecard (Robert Kaplan and David Norton) offer up this terrifying observation: On average, 95% of a company's employees are unaware of, or do not understand, its strategy.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 31, 2017

This management information environment must be part of future IT strategy plans to ensure its ongoing refinement and evolution. New roles, like Data Storyteller , may need to be established in order to enable the realization of this kind of management information setting.

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Information Management Storytelling Fashion 150

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2022

Strategies for leaders to align all three.

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Six Disciplines

MARCH 21, 2011

The cumulative effects of misalignment are a significant constraint on the ability of an organization to execute its strategy. It's what we describe in detail in Discipline III. Align Systems (see video).

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Constraint Objective Video Resources 101

First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 1, 2012

Every company needs to determine if its strategy requires an [.]. To read the complete article, check out other resources, obtain subscription, and sign up for email alerts, please click here. * * * We’re not living in ordinary economic times.

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leaderCommunicator

MARCH 25, 2019

Changes in the healthcare landscape forced sweeping changes to its strategy. A major division of a healthcare company that’s part of a Fortune 50 global healthcare conglomerate faced a tough road.

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leaderCommunicator

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Leaders need their employees to stay on board during the changes and continue to contribute to its strategy. Many businesses are undergoing enormous transformations, restructuring their business models and reorganizing their employees.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Instead, take the time to think about all of the implications and likely actions that you would want them and their people to tackle in helping the organization execute its strategies. Craft a template for them to use to deliver the message.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 7, 2024

With a new AI Select Sales team to join the AI Solution Sales team, the company intends to narrow down the exact elements of its strategy and begin work on making the most of emerging trends. Dell’s AI layoffs are not unique as we’ve seen other organizations free up resources to explore how they can intertwine their services with AI.

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Planning Restructuring Team Resources 52

LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Strategy bottom of the pyramid prahalad strategy' By focusing on the collective affordability of the BoP not only can you disrupt existing business models but you can also create new ones. To quote the late, great C.K. Prahalad “Any company that cannot imagine the future won’t be around to enjoy it.”.

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Competitive Advantage Prahalad Blue Ocean Strategy Glocalization 154

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2024

If you’re leading your team through big changes, this episode is for you.

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Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 17, 2014

The critical question for every business leader is, “ How do I build an organization that consistently executes its strategy?”. The answer: it takes a complete program. The reasons other approaches do not last is that they are missing key elements. Technology (i.e., performance mangement software) alone is not enough.

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Six Disciplines

AUGUST 1, 2011

BOTTOMLINE: Building an organization that executes its strategy is the greatest core competence an organization can have -- and doing so is the greatest challenge in business. To make it even more urgent, overcoming today’s challenges leads to growth - which makes tomorrow's challenges even more difficult.

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Core Competence Executive Coaching Software Execution 103

In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 24, 2017

The glue that binds leadership, strategy, and execution is people—at every level of the organization. This is a transparent way to reiterate the organization’s purpose, its strategy, and culture. That’s why Culture is the strategy for so many success stories such as Google and Amazon.

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Company Apparel Competitive Advantage Long-term 177

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2022

The board-level search provides understanding surrounding the performance and contributions of each Director, enabling the Board to best execute its strategies and achieve its future goals. A search for a new Board Director can greatly impact board governance by improving overall performance effectiveness in the long term.

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Six Disciplines

AUGUST 1, 2011

BOTTOMLINE: Building an organization that executes its strategy is the greatest core competence an organization can have -- and doing so is the greatest challenge in business. To make it even more urgent, overcoming today’s challenges leads to growth - which makes tomorrow's challenges even more difficult.

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Core Competence Executive Coaching Software Execution 98

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 16, 2021

They can consistently remind you of your company’s vision, its mission, its goals, and its strategies for achieving them. While it’s easy to get distracted or overwhelmed by entrepreneurial opportunities, a business coach can help you stay focused and streamlined in your approach. The future of your business is now.

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CO2

APRIL 30, 2013

In both of the cases I’ve outlined here, the organization’s culture usually dictates its strategy. When it doesn’t (when strategy isn’t shaped by culture), customers and employees tend to get thrown by the bull. So, what is your culture?

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Six Disciplines

MARCH 15, 2013

The critical question for every business leader is, “How do I build an organization that consistently executes its strategy?” Or to rephrase the question using the business excellence model, “How can we spend the maximum amount of time in Quadrant II, balancing the right directional choices with the ability to get there.”.

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Execution Strategy Executive Coaching Learning-by-Doing 87

Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 4, 2011

By management system, they're referring to the integrated set of processes and tools that a company uses to develop its strategy, translate it into operational actions, and monitor and improve the effectiveness of both. By creating a closed-loop management system, companies can avoid such shortfalls.

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System Balanced Scorecard Execution Strategy 98

Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

The critical question for every business leader is, “How do I build an organization that consistently executes its strategy?” Or to rephrase the question using the business excellence model, “How can we spend the maximum amount of time in Quadrant II, balancing the right directional choices with the ability to get there.”.

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Execution Strategy Executive Coaching Learning-by-Doing 83

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Strategy is about the “how.” A policy may have an implementation strategy behind it. They’re prescriptions for the way things might operate in an ideal world. How do you move toward a desired end, despite limited means and huge obstacles?

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Strategy Freedman Policies Constraint 120

Six Disciplines

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

The cumulative effects of misalignment are a significant constraint on the ability of an organization to execute its strategy. In fact, research has shown that up to 50% of the resources of a typical organization are not being effectively applied to the mission and vision of the company.

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Change Starts Here

JUNE 21, 2016

Sure, there are some common threads, but over time the responses have changed as the organization and its strategy has changed. After almost 5 years and counting, I still ask the questions a few times a year at the end of each management team workshop.

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HR Digest

AUGUST 25, 2023

With the rapid evolution of technology and the gig economy, the EEOC acknowledges the need to adapt its strategies to address novel forms of discrimination. The Implementation Process of the EEOC’s Latest Strategy Implementing the new EEOC Strategic Plan requires a comprehensive and coordinated approach.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 23, 2020

Strategy : Actively aligning business strategy and IT strategy and weaving technology investments together to better seize opportunities. This could entail delivering technology-augmented training that is personalized and experiential for working with technologies of the future.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Everyone thinks they have a digital strategy these days. But while your company may have a business or IT strategy that incorporates digital technology, an IT strategy does not equal a digital strategy. Because most IT strategies treat technology in isolation.

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IT Strategy Strategy Class Offshoring 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2016

” What most executive teams typically fail to do is to connect the company’s culture with how the company makes its strategy work. Or they attempt to improve the situation by launching a culture initiative to “make the workplace more positive.”

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IT Strategy Strategy Diversity Bond 15

Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 4, 2011

By management system, they're referring to the integrated set of processes and tools that a company uses to develop its strategy, translate it into operational actions, and monitor and improve the effectiveness of both. By creating a closed-loop management system, companies can avoid such shortfalls.

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System Balanced Scorecard Execution Strategy 85

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2023

How one 200-year-old regional bank in the U.S. used intrapreneurship to compete with online lenders.

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Banking IT Strategy Strategy Supply Chain 19

Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Panhandle developed its strategy around dealing with this uncertainty. Another theme for small business was how to think about strategy when competing against larger companies -- we called it "Battling the Big Boys."

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Travel Learning-by-Doing PR Open-book 82

LDRLB

MARCH 14, 2011

It is not concerned with preaching to leaders what information is needed to develop a strategy. Strategy cognitive strategy surveyingstrategy' Rather, it seeks to get inside those leaders minds and discover what information strategists are using and how they are using it.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Panhandle developed its strategy around dealing with this uncertainty. Another theme for small business was how to think about strategy when competing against larger companies -- we called it "Battling the Big Boys."

Travel 76

Travel Learning-by-Doing PR Open-book 76

Eric Jacobson

JULY 2, 2014

Panhandle developed its strategy around dealing with this uncertainty. Another theme for small business was how to think about strategy when competing against larger companies -- we called it "Battling the Big Boys."

Succession 78

Succession Travel Learning-by-Doing PR 78

Tim Milburn

AUGUST 14, 2012

The first step toward rapid realignment is to get leadership team members aligned with The Main Thing of the enterprise and its strategy. Track progress and provide feedback. Align the Leadership Team. A survey of 2,000 executives by Booz found: 64 percent said that their company had too many conflicting priorities.

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