Six Disciplines

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The Importance of Shared Community Learning in Strategy Execution

Six Disciplines

A complete strategy execution program depends upon the power of a shared community learning. First, the power of community is required to change the economics for implementing such a program within small and midsized organizations. Among adult learners, the biggest barrier to fostering a learning community is pride.

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The Five Reasons Strategies Fail

Six Disciplines

The whitepaper, " The Powerful Convergence of Strategy, Leadership and Communications " can be downloaded here. There is a poor match between the strategy and the core competencies of the organization (16 percent). There is a lack of accountability or of holding the team responsible (13 percent).

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The Usefulness of SWOT Analysis Before Strategic Planning

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SWOT analysis is a powerful technique for understanding your strengths and weaknesses, and for looking at the opportunities and threats you face. That's what SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) is all about. The purpose of looking at strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in Discipline VI.

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The Usefulness of SWOT Analysis Before Strategic Planning

Six Disciplines

SWOT analysis is a powerful technique for understanding your strengths and weaknesses, and for looking at the opportunities and threats you face. That's what SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) is all about. The purpose of looking at strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in Discipline VI.

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CapitalWorks - A Six Disciplines Client Case Study Part 3

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Six Disciplines’ program combines continuous business improvement methodology based on proven best-practices, an innovative add-in for Microsoft Outlook, and coaching services to increase self-leadership effectiveness. BPA is one of the most powerful methods available for determining an organization’s health and planning for improvement.

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Building Company-Wide Accountability

Six Disciplines

Holding people accountable is really about the distribution of power and choice. Realize the power of reflective questioning, conversations, and collaborations. Develop Leadership (step back, assess results, develop leadership from within). With accountability comes a measure of discipline.

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Management 2.0 and Six Disciplines

Six Disciplines

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. How power gets exercised. Management 1.0 How strategies get created. How opportunities get identified.

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