Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 4, 2011

In their 2008 book "The Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage" (Harvard Business School Press), Harvard professors Dr. Robert S. Kaplan and Dr. David P.

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Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 4, 2011

In their 2008 book "The Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage" (Harvard Business School Press), Harvard professors Dr. Robert S. Kaplan and Dr. David P.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 2, 2020

Third is execution, how you run your business every day. Some people try to argue that execution is not strategic, but if strategy is your plan to compete, then execution must be central to strategy. It won’t matter if you make the right bets if you don’t execute well on those bets.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2022

Strategies for leaders to align all three.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2016

This layer is responsible for execution. So, when it comes time to roll-out your next key strategy, where do you begin? The middle management team makes or breaks strategic execution! As mentioned, they’re the ones that must interpret the strategies and translate them into something that is actionable by the rank and file.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 31, 2017

Management information is that which is used to determine business direction, to make executive decisions and to set policy. This management information environment must be part of future IT strategy plans to ensure its ongoing refinement and evolution. It is used to respond to changes in the marketplace and react to customer demands.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2016

In most organizations, culture and strategy tend to be discussed in separate conversations. Executives know that culture is important and that a negative culture can hurt company performance, but they often don’t know what to do about it.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 23, 2020

We are on the precipice of an exciting new world of work, one that gives executives an opportunity to chart a new course for what their leadership should look like, feel like, and be like,” the authors say. “Yet, They rely on outdated and ineffective leadership styles that diminish the performance of the companies they lead. “We

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 14, 2012

Strategy should never be dumbed down to match capability. In fact, quite the opposite – capability should always be in the process of being upgraded to keep pace with strategy. Great leaders find a way to develop and/or acquire the best capability in order to create a certainty of execution around a winning strategy.

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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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Six Disciplines

AUGUST 1, 2011

It's building an organization that can execute strategy, while overcoming the unending stream of daily surprises. It's what we refer to as the "Growth Paradox": the better you execute, the bigger the challenges you'll face. Building an organization that can plan, execute, and systematically address daily surprises is not easy.

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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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Six Disciplines

AUGUST 1, 2011

It's building an organization that can execute strategy, while overcoming the unending stream of daily surprises. It's what we refer to as the "Growth Paradox": the better you execute, the bigger the challenges you'll face. Building an organization that can plan, execute, and systematically address daily surprises is not easy.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2015

It is striking how much confusion there is between strategy, implementation, and execution. Is “strategy” a matter of making choices about where we want to go, where we play and how we win, of setting goals and actions, about how we create and capture economic value over time? Let’s start with strategy.

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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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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

When a strategy looks brilliant, it’s because of the quality of execution. In decades of teaching executives at Harvard Business School and interviewing CEOs for my research, I’ve observed that savvy leaders whose strategies succeed tend to focus on four implementation imperatives: Question everything.

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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. Leaders must pinpoint and honor their unsung heroes. Human capital is the source from which competitive advantage flows or falls.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2015

Managers provide the continuity needed to execute efficiently and leaders drive the kinetic energy needed to respond dynamically to the needs of the marketplace. So executives need to leverage platforms in order to access ecosystems. Effective execution is not wholly dependent on capabilities and procedures, but also a set of beliefs.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 26, 2019

What strategies separate winning organizations from the rest? What is required to implement strategy and execute with excellence? In his book Outsizing: Strategies To Grow Your Business, Profits, And Potential , Steve Coughran tackles these questions. What are a few of the common mistakes you see in formulating strategy?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2015

In an ongoing global survey of senior executives , more than half of the respondents said they didn’t think their company had a winning strategy, and two-thirds said they didn’t think their organization had the right capabilities to execute its strategy. What is our chosen value proposition?

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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. Executive Coaching' So, what is your culture?

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 7, 2015

Then, it executed several strategic moves with seemingly little communication and proceeded to churn its executive ranks through a revolving door. While addressing the sacred cow, the company failed miserably to articulate its strategy and gain support for its direction. Third, as you execute that plan, communicate like crazy.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 16, 2012

Whether a company succeeds or fails ultimately depends on whether it hired the right people to effectively execute its strategies. Complimentary Resource – Driving Business Execution Through Integrated Talent Management. The most important decision a company makes about employees is whether to hire them.

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HR Digest

JANUARY 27, 2019

Meanwhile, Apple executives have in recent months been relatively silent over the company's car prospects. When Apple shifted its strategy in 2016, it also laid off workers from this same group. It will be about health," Tim told CNBC.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

Whether a company succeeds or fails ultimately depends on whether it hired the right people to effectively execute its strategies. Complimentary Resource – Driving Business Execution Through Integrated Talent Management. The most important decision a company makes about employees is whether to hire them.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Well, that’s exactly what you get when you read the new book , Roadside MBA: Back Road Lessons for Entrepreneurs,Executives and Small Business Owners. Panhandle developed its strategy around dealing with this uncertainty. Six road trips across the U.S.

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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. A survey of 2,000 executives by Booz found: 64 percent said that their company had too many conflicting priorities. Identifies and eliminates operational and cultural barriers to execution.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Well, that’s exactly what you get when you read the new book , Roadside MBA: Back Road Lessons for Entrepreneurs, Executives and Small Business Owners. Panhandle developed its strategy around dealing with this uncertainty. Six road trips across the U.S.

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Eric Jacobson

JULY 2, 2014

Well, that’s exactly what you get when you read the new book , Roadside MBA: Back Road Lessons for Entrepreneurs,Executives and Small Business Owners. Panhandle developed its strategy around dealing with this uncertainty. Six road trips across the U.S.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2012

Whether a company succeeds or fails ultimately depends on whether it hired the right people to effectively execute its strategies. The most important decision a company makes about employees is whether to hire them. And as many companies have already learned, quality hiring is now mandatory.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 3, 2022

Think like a chief executive. Useem has identified ten principles or capacities that will be called for to supplement traditional leadership capacities. Accelerate your flywheel for growth. Mobilize and engage holistically. Take a learning sabbatical. Partner to lead change. Bring in better leadership. Reconfigure for evolving markets.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2014

Most organizational leaders struggle to align day-to-day activities with strategy, even though they know it’s important to do. The first — which we’ll call Company A — focuses on translating its strategy into action as quickly as possible. Execution Strategy' Why the gap?

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. It’s that time of year again: time for business owners and senior executives to take stock of the past twelve months. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. Ives Sharon Drew Morgen Hank Moore Jamie P.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Nokia was so immersed in executing its strategy that it lost sight of its purpose. The Gap Between Strategy and Execution. Few imagined that this juggernaut, brandishing vast resources with such steely determination, could be quickly brought down. In retrospect, it seems inevitable. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

According to a global survey of 700 executives across a variety of industries conducted by Strategy&, the strategy consulting division of PwC, only 8% of company leaders were said to excel at both strategy and execution. The Gap Between Strategy and Execution. Insight center.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2017

Sales executives with even moderately large, distributed sales forces rely on data to help them understand which activities and behaviors lead to the best outcomes. That leaves executives in the dark about what is actually occurring on the front lines, or whether those activities advance or impede progress toward desired outcomes.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

One day, an advertising executive and a colleague were having lunch in New York’s Central Park. The executive stopped and offered to alter the wording on his sign to increase the donations. For me, IKEA’s success is mostly due to the clarity of its strategy. On the way back, they saw a blind man begging for money.

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