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Management 2.0 and Six Disciplines

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In a recent Wall Street Journal article, " Inventing Management 2.0 ", Professor Gary Hamel talks about leadership development, change, and offers his insights as to what needs to change, in order to progress to Management 2.0. " Management 1.0 was built to encourage reliability, predictability, discipline, alignment and control. These will always be important organizational virtues, but in most industries, getting better at these things won’t yield much of an upside.

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The Shocking Stats On Why Strategy Execution Fails

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Consider the following shocking statistics about strategy execution: 85% percent of management teams spend less than one-hour a month on strategy issues. Many organizations don't have a consistent way to even describe their strategy, other than in a large strategic planning binder. Only 27% of a typical company’s employees have access to its strategic plan. 92% of organizations do not report on lead performance indicators. 90% of well-formulated strategies fail due to poor execution. 60% o

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Hardwoods of Michigan Joins The Six Disciplines Client Community

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Hardwoods of Michigan is a forty year-old company that acquires virgin timber, processes the logs, and then cuts the lumber to meet specific customer requirements. The company's annual sales volume is approximately $40 million and employ over 150 people. Their domestic and international customer base exceeds 400. Because the hardwood lumber industry is tied directly with U.S. housing starts, in 2008-09 Hardwoods of Michigan had been in survival mode, focusing more on day-to-day operations as opp

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How Clarity of Mission and Vision Leads To Profitability

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Dan Bobinski, President and CEO of the Center for Workplace Excellence, had a blog post over at Management-Issues, titled " How a clear vision and mission leads to more profits.". In the article, he explains his view on differences between the definitions of mission and vision - which are more often than not misunderstood, or "are intermixed, further clouding their practicality.".

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The Difference Between Transformational and Operational Strategies

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According to the McKinsey article " Brilliant Strategy, But Can You Execute? ", there were two basic kinds of strategies: transformational and operational. A strategy is transformational when the company using it faces significant uncertainty, aims to change the game in the industry, and must address substantial customer, channel, or competitive challenges.

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TRUFAST - A Six Disciplines Client Case Study

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TRUFAST Corporation was founded in Bryan, Ohio in 1981. Owned by Altenloh, Brinck & Co Group since 2005, the company manufactures 100% American made fasteners under the TRUFAST® and SPAX® brands at their ISO 9001:2008 certified complex in northwest Ohio. TRUFAST has been using Six Disciplines since June 2006. Their thoughts about using Six Discipline?

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February Edition of Strategy Execution Newsletter - Now Available

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The February 2011 edition of the Six Disciplines Strategy Execution newsletter, with a focus on execution, is now available for viewing. To subscribe to the monthly newsletter, visit the "Get Started" page - and sign up for free.