Six Disciplines

APRIL 27, 2011

One of the most counterproductive rules in business is to distribute information on the basis of "need to know.". Employees are a rich source of information about how to do a job and how to do it better. Communicate fully. Face up to poor performance. Promote teamwork. Most work requires a team effort in order to be done effectively.

Management 101

Management Teamwork Motivation Advice 101

Six Disciplines

MARCH 24, 2011

Companies operated alone, rather than being part of partner networks or plugging their people into informal relationships. It was an ineffective way to operate, especially after the information technology revolution took place, and to break out of it, companies needed management ideas.

Execution 101

Execution Six Sigma Strategy Information Technology 101

Six Disciplines

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

SWOT analysis groups key pieces of information into two main categories: Internal factors - The strengths and weaknesses internal to the organization. SWOT is a strategic planning tool used to evaluate the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats involved in your business.

SWOT 92

SWOT Uncertainty Analysis Strategic Planning 92

Six Disciplines

APRIL 5, 2011

Only 12 percent of respondents who monitor staff goals and their execution have an IT system that delivers the information needed for goal management and execution. Two-thirds of organizations have a pay-for-performance policy, but of those, only one in five always ensures that rewards are accurately aligned to contribution.

Strategy 98

Strategy Company System Execution 98

Six Disciplines

AUGUST 1, 2014

SWOT analysis groups key pieces of information into two main categories: Internal factors - The strengths and weaknesses internal to the organization. SWOT is a strategic planning tool used to evaluate the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats involved in your business.

SWOT 95

SWOT Uncertainty Analysis Strategic Planning 95

Six Disciplines

AUGUST 24, 2011

Work Sketch-ups : Most non-routine processes will also be highly informal. Hyper-connected: Hyper-connectedness will lead to a push for more work to occur in both formal and informal relationships across enterprise boundaries, and that has implications for how people work and how IT supports or augments that work.

Agility 146

Agility Insurance Influence Content 146

Six Disciplines

AUGUST 8, 2011

Information. The information domain involves developing a technology platform to enable core processes and support the analytic needs of the enterprise. The operations domain entails analyzing the drivers of business performance and linking operational processes to the execution of strategy.

Execution 85

Execution Strategy Strategic Planning Operations 85

Six Disciplines

AUGUST 24, 2011

Work Sketch-ups : Most non-routine processes will also be highly informal. Hyper-connected: Hyper-connectedness will lead to a push for more work to occur in both formal and informal relationships across enterprise boundaries, and that has implications for how people work and how IT supports or augments that work.

Agility 133

Agility Insurance Influence Content 133

Six Disciplines

MAY 22, 2015

BOTTOMLINE: For small and midsized businesses to remain competitive, a formalized process of knowledge transfer (of trends, policies, procedures, information gathering, competitive intelligence, and so on.) must be deployed. to share, capture, retain, and disseminate the knowledge.

Competitive Intelligence 70

Competitive Intelligence Report Mentor Analysis 70

Six Disciplines

AUGUST 14, 2015

The interface has been redesigned to streamline the presentation of critical information and to make it touch friendly for easier use on today’s mobile devices. This updated edition of the Six Disciplines program features a new touch-based user interface.

Management 70

Management Software Strategic Planning Operations 70

Six Disciplines

JULY 23, 2015

We would like to announce the release of our new Stakeholder Analytics Program which allows clients to gather information from stakeholders inside or outside the organization using web based surveying.

Software 70

Software Survey Project Consultative 70

Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

A complete strategy execution system schedules strategy review meetings at a different time from operational review meetings, so that each meeting has its own frequency, agenda, information system, and participation.

Balanced Scorecard 98

Balanced Scorecard Execution Strategy Kaplan 98

Six Disciplines

JUNE 29, 2011

In a recent 2011 survey about status meetings, conducted by Harris Interactive of 2,373 information workers found: 70 percent don’t believe status meetings help them accomplish work tasks. Almost 40 percent feel that such meetings are a waste of time. Even though 55 percent spend one to three hours per week attending such meetings.

Brainstorming 98

Brainstorming Survey Efficiency Planning 98

Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Business coaches provide information to help build business best practices and close the gaps and accountability to meet performance objectives. Instead of getting paid for billable hours or project work like consultants, business coaches get paid for the value they deliver to clients.

Consultative 101

Consultative Project Objective Education 101

Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Business coaches provide information to help build business best practices and close the gaps and accountability to meet performance objectives. Instead of getting paid for billable hours or project work like consultants, business coaches get paid for the value they deliver to clients.

Consultative 98

Consultative Project Objective Education 98

Six Disciplines

AUGUST 24, 2011

SWOT analysis groups key pieces of information into two main categories: Internal factors: These are the strengths and weaknesses internal to the organization. SWOT is a strategic planning tool used to evaluate the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats involved in your business.

SWOT 103

SWOT Uncertainty Strategic Planning Analysis 103

Six Disciplines

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Transformational strategies, by contrast, require a company to use inadequate information to make timely options-based decisions about product or market priorities, investments in technology, the configuration of business systems, and industry partnerships.

Operations 98

Operations Strategy Core Competence McKinsey 98

Six Disciplines

AUGUST 24, 2011

SWOT analysis groups key pieces of information into two main categories: Internal factors: These are the strengths and weaknesses internal to the organization. SWOT is a strategic planning tool used to evaluate the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats involved in your business.

SWOT 98

SWOT Uncertainty Strategic Planning Analysis 98

Six Disciplines

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

On any given day, your inbox may be suffering from information overload, but Six Disciplines offers a practical way to make sense of it all. For many of us, Microsoft Outlook has become the central place where work is received, managed and delegated.

Software 98

Software Delegation Goal Commitment 98

Six Disciplines

JANUARY 12, 2012

Such resources include competitive analysis, market focused business analytics and information about customers' forward-looking strategies. Companies with continuous-improvement programs also were far more likely to employ forward-looking resources in their strategic planning process.

Competitive Advantage 82

Competitive Advantage Metrics Maturity Strategic Planning 82

Six Disciplines

JUNE 4, 2011

Over the next few weeks, we'll be releasing more information (and videos) that show our Outlook Edition software in action. If you use Outlook - I mean REALLY use Outlook - we're just about to release Six Disciplines Outlook Edition.and you owe it to yourself to find out more. It's already getting a lot of buzz from those who are using it.

Balanced Scorecard 101

Balanced Scorecard Covey Software Efficiency 101

Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Research shows they process information more deeply and retain it longer (new attitudes, new habits.). Anything that anyone does at work, from the most basic task to the most exalted, is an improvable skill. The missing elements? Mental discipline. Feedback & Learning. Armed with that mindset, people go at a job in a new way.

Magazine 110

Magazine Objective Motivation Article 110

Six Disciplines

APRIL 24, 2012

SWOT analysis groups key pieces of information into two main categories: Internal factors: These are the strengths and weaknesses internal to the organization. SWOT is a strategic planning tool used to evaluate the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats involved in your business.

SWOT 78

SWOT Innovation Uncertainty Strategic Planning 78

Six Disciplines

MARCH 31, 2011

Measure the progress being made toward the goals and provide ongoing feedback to the employee on a formal and informal basis. Provide ongoing and frequent direction and support while the employee applies energy and focus toward accomplishing the goals. Assess Performance. Provide Reward.

Management 98

Management Strategic Planning Short-term Long-term 98

Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

They won’t do what they know they are supposed to do, even though they have been trained and informed they are being held accountable. People leave, so it is crucial to have as much information written down as possible, rather than solely retained in the memories of staff members who might or might not be around in a year or two.

Execution 70

Execution Strategy How To Learning-by-Doing 70

Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Strategy informs execution and execution informs strategy. Get them to buy into the overall strategy (which might require a PR campaign using internal cheerleaders), have them figure out how they are going to make it happen — and let them get on with it! Review and Adjust.

Execution 70

Execution Strategy Succession Short-term 70

Six Disciplines

APRIL 24, 2012

On any given day, your inbox may be suffering from information overload, but Six Disciplines offers a practical way to make sense of it all. For many of us, Microsoft Outlook has become the central place where work is received, managed and delegated.

Software 78

Software Delegation Goal Commitment 78

Six Disciplines

MARCH 25, 2011

The ultimate test of an information system is that there are no surprises. No decision has, in fact, been made until carrying it out has become somebody's responsibility. It's much easier to sell the Brooklyn Bridge than to give it away. Nobody trusts you if you offer something for free.

Drucker 136

Drucker Cost of Capital Definition Commitment 136

Six Disciplines

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

BOTTOMLINE: According to Porter: "Years ago, corporate strategy was considered a secret known only by top executives for fear competitors might use the information to their advantage. You need a leader with a lot of confidence, a lot of conviction and a leader who is really good at communication.

Porter 98

Porter Execution Strategy Consensus 98

Six Disciplines

MARCH 21, 2011

A complete strategy execution system schedules strategy review meetings at a different time from operational review meetings, so that each meeting has its own frequency, agenda, information system, and participation.

Balanced Scorecard 101

Balanced Scorecard Execution Strategy Kaplan 101

Six Disciplines

MARCH 24, 2011

There is a point at which additional information or research will not change the basics of your strategy. Third, it always comes back to the customer and the fact that you have to manically know your customers and drive everything from that. What is an "approximately correct" strategy?

Execution 98

Execution Strategy Learning-by-Doing CEO 98

Six Disciplines

MARCH 7, 2014

Empowering principles, such as Embracing Constraints and Taking Informed Risks, plus tools like the 100-Point Exercise and 5-Step Problem Solving, are but a few examples of what’s included in Discipline V. . These goals will align with company priorities, and then employees use their innate creativity to meet or beat those goals.

Constraint 106

Constraint Goal Tools Objective 106

Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

For information on the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program and the Baldrige Award application process, call (301) 975-2036, send an e-mail to baldrige@nist.gov, or visit [link]. ### More.

Quality 70

Quality Health Care Case Study Education 70

Six Disciplines

MARCH 27, 2015

Your company will gain more competitive advantage from actually executing its plan, even if information about the plan falls into the hands of competitors, than it will from keeping the plan a perfect secret, and, as a result, not doing anything.

Strategic Planning 70

Strategic Planning Planning Competitive Advantage Hotels 70

Six Disciplines

APRIL 27, 2011

Solve Problems Innovatively (get to root causes quicker, make more informed decisions). Align Systems (streamline processes and resources so everything supports the goals). Execute the Plan (each employee’s plans and activities support the goals). Develop Leadership (step back, assess results, develop leadership from within).

Company 101

Company Micromanagement Goal Definition 101

Six Disciplines

MARCH 16, 2011

Innovate Purposefully (get to root causes quicker, make quicker and more informed decisions). Work the Plan (assure and measure so that each employee’s plans and activities support the goals). Step Back (assess strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, appraise performance results).

Organization 98

Organization Goal Learning-by-Doing Definition 98

Six Disciplines

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Poor or inadequate information sharing among individuals or business units responsible for strategy execution. Here''s a list of the primary execution challenges, based on surveys of organizational leaders: - Inability to manage change effectively or overcome internal resistance to change.

Execution 70

Execution Strategy Incentives Guidelines 70