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The Benefits Of A Formal Strategy Execution Process

Six Disciplines

Scott Cleveland reports that a managing director of the Palladium Group (think: balanced scorecard) conducted a survey that compared two groups, one with and one without a formal strategy execution process in place.

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The Benefits Of A Formal Strategy Execution Process

Six Disciplines

Scott Cleveland reports that a managing director of the Palladium Group (think: balanced scorecard) conducted a survey that compared two groups, one with and one without a formal strategy execution process in place.

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Four Facets of Measuring Change

Change Starts Here

It’s no coincidence that my transition to change practitioner included balanced scorecards to measure strategy execution. Others quickly decide to measure the obvious (usually a process measure or something they can survey people about) and then ignore some of the things they need to measure to ensure progress.

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Salty to Sweet: The Transformation of Mount Franklin Foods

Change Starts Here

By the end of 2011, the company had gained some ground, but it was clear a change in management style and better decisions at the top would not be enough to realize the improvements that were needed to turn the company around. They also created a scorecard to measure their performance against each objective.

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Study: Female Executives Make Progress, But Mostly in Support Functions

Harvard Business Review

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.

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Big Data Doesn't Work if You Ignore the Small Things that Matter

Harvard Business Review

Hound you with robocalls until you answer a survey? It might take a scorecard approach for you to figure out that the sales peak coincided with a particular phase in the staff-training schedule. A scorecard that links financials with learning initiatives and other operations would serve as a cross-check for managers.

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With Change Agents, One Size Does Not Fit All

Harvard Business Review

In our research on change agents at the Phoenix Community of FCB Partners , we have found that there are three distinct challenges which require different kinds of change leaders: (1) transformational leaders, (2) innovation instigators, and (3) innovation managers. The Innovation Manager. The Transformational Leader.