Six Disciplines

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

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. In the leadership area, Bluffton currently achieves a 23 out of a maximum 25 score. Measuring Success.

Case Study 91

Case Study Micromanagement Metrics Commitment 91

Six Disciplines

DECEMBER 5, 2014

There is a lack of accountability or of holding the team responsible (13 percent). 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).

Strategy 102

Strategy Core Competence Strategic Planning Public Relations 102

Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Step Back , is to get your leadership team to use their experience and judgement to begin narrowing the focus of planning toward your organization's most important strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. The purpose of looking at strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in Discipline VI.

SWOT 98

SWOT Strategic Planning Analysis Planning 98

Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Step Back , is to get your leadership team to use their experience and judgement to begin narrowing the focus of planning toward your organization's most important strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. The purpose of looking at strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in Discipline VI.

SWOT 98

SWOT Strategic Planning Analysis Planning 98

Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Senior management teams needs to have regular, probably monthly, meetings that focus only on strategy. Leadership sets the ambitious vision and stretch targets. Stage 3: Leadership drives alignment of organizational units and is essential for communicating vision, values, and strategy to all employees.

Balanced Scorecard 98

Balanced Scorecard Execution Strategy Kaplan 98

Six Disciplines

MARCH 6, 2015

One research report revelad that 85% of leadership teams spend less than 1 hour a month discussing strategy. Write the strategy down (3-4 pages max), share it with all team members and give them an opportunity to react and engage. While most organizations have a strategy, most people do not understand it.

Core Competence 70

Core Competence Short-term Long-term Fashion 70

Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Our research over the past decade at Six Disciplines has revealed that the best performing businesses have five factors in common: A strong leadership team. The ability to attract and retain quality people. A disciplined approach to their business. The ability to strategically use technology. The wise use of trusted outside providers.

Organization 115

Organization Download Quality Technology 115

Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Our research over the past decade at Six Disciplines has revealed that the best performing businesses have five factors in common: A strong leadership team. The ability to attract and retain quality people. A disciplined approach to their business. The ability to strategically use technology. The wise use of trusted outside providers.

Organization 108

Organization Download Quality Technology 108

Six Disciplines

MARCH 5, 2014

85% of leadership teams spend less than 1 hour per month discussing strategy. Consider the following: 90% of well-formulated strategies fail due to poor execution. . 60% of typical organizations do not link their strategic priorities to their budget. Only 27% of a typical company’s employees have access to its strategic plan.

Execution 91

Execution Strategy Strategic Planning Middle Management 91

Six Disciplines

DECEMBER 13, 2013

This small team was one of the most productive, spirited and lively groups I''ve ever known. As organizations increase in size, the leadership team moves from generalists to specialists who are responsible for a particular business area. Attracting Team Members. Effective Communication. Timely Decision-Making.

Customer Intimacy 133

Customer Intimacy Hammer Competitive Advantage Organization 133

Six Disciplines

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

SUGGESTION: Take a minute right now, print off this post with the above model, and hand it to your leadership team. Give the same printout of the model to several teams and ask them to do the same. Ask them to honestly pinpoint where they think your organization is today on this model.

Succession 106

Succession Execution Strategy Organization 106

Six Disciplines

AUGUST 29, 2014

Failure to develop new employee and leadership skills. Failure to obtain team member commitment. • . • Can the staff, equipment, and processes handle the stated strategy? Failure to obtain senior leader commitment. Failure to get management involved right from the start. The strategy is not well explained to employees. •

Execution 91

Execution Strategy Incentives Uncertainty 91

Six Disciplines

JULY 20, 2011

Make the strategy of your organization (mission, vision, values, strategic position, vital few objectives, stop list) visible to every person, every day - not just in a binder that sits on the shelves of the senior leadership team that created it.

Execution 98

Execution Strategy Company Competitive Advantage 98

Six Disciplines

APRIL 13, 2011

85% of leadership teams spend less than 1 hour per month discussing strategy.[2]. 3] (Strategy & Leadership Journal, May/June 1999). [4] Fortune again noted in 1999, "In the majority of cases - we estimate 70% - the real problem isn't bad strategy -- it's bad execution.". Kaplan and D. Kotter, Leading Change, 1996).

Norton 101

Norton Kaplan Execution Strategy 101

Six Disciplines

MAY 2, 2011

Here are the top five key differences of top-performing organizations, in order of their importance: Strength of the Leadership Team. Top-performing organizations rated 155% higher than the lower performers.

Organization 101

Organization Teamwork Download Ethics 101

Six Disciplines

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Business Coaching (For All Four Levels Of Leadership In Every Organization). Leadership Development (Everyone Is A Leader). Corporate Leadership (Strategy Execution IS Your Responsibility). Initiative Leadership (Successful Change And The Force That Drives It). Measurement (Fundamental To Organizational Improvement).

Library 98

Library Video Executive Coaching Constraint 98

Six Disciplines

MARCH 21, 2011

Senior management teams needs to have regular, probably monthly, meetings that focus only on strategy. Leadership sets the ambitious vision and stretch targets. Stage 3: Leadership drives alignment of organizational units and is essential for communicating vision, values, and strategy to all employees.

Balanced Scorecard 101

Balanced Scorecard Execution Strategy Kaplan 101

Six Disciplines

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Indeed, more often than not, there are disconnects or gaps between the strategy that is formulated by the senior leadership team, and how the strategy is executed by the rest of the workforce. Here''s a profound observation from management guru, Gary Hamel: "If you want to understand the real strategy, look at what people are doing!”.

Strategy 102

Strategy Hamel Objective System 102

Six Disciplines

MARCH 20, 2015

However, it''s not the senior leadership team that executes strategy - it''s everyone in your workforce. Here are the seven critical elements of strategy execution: People. Strategy formulation often gathers the "smartest people in the room." Get the right people in the right positions. Communication.

Execution 70

Execution Strategy Review Objective 70

Six Disciplines

JANUARY 9, 2015

Failure to develop new employee and leadership skills. Failure to obtain team member commitment. • . • Can the staff, equipment, and processes handle the stated strategy? Failure to obtain senior leader commitment. Failure to get management involved right from the start. The strategy is not well explained to employees. •

Execution 70

Execution Strategy Incentives Uncertainty 70

Six Disciplines

MAY 17, 2013

This small team was one of the most productive, spirited and lively groups I''ve ever known. As organizations increase in size, the leadership team moves from generalists to specialists who are responsible for a particular business area. Attracting Team Members. Effective Communication. Timely Decision-Making.

Customer Intimacy 116

Customer Intimacy Hammer Competitive Advantage Organization 116

Six Disciplines

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

For our clients, it’s all about results, and Six Disciplines framework of strategy formulation, goal setting, initiative planning, and leadership development keeps strategy and execution aligned with everyday activities,” said Petrock. Visit The LEAD Institute on the web, call 800-556-5222 or email Kelly Petrock.

Executive Coaching 101

Executive Coaching Software Consultative System 101

Six Disciplines

JUNE 23, 2011

However, it's not the senior leadership team that executes strategy - it's everyone in your workforce. "The greatest strategy in the world is useless - if you cannot execute it.". Here are the seven critical elements of strategy execution: People. Strategy formulation often gathers the "smartest people in the room." Communication.

Execution 117

Execution Strategy Review Objective 117

Six Disciplines

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

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 teams get built. Management 1.0 How strategies get created. How strategies get created.

Hamel 101

Hamel Management Executive Coaching Software 101

Six Disciplines

MARCH 28, 2011

13% - There is a lack of accountability or of holding the team responsible. The complete whitepaper, " The Powerful Convergence of Strategy, Leadership and Communications " can be downloaded here. The five reasons why strategies fail are: 24% - Unforeseen external circumstances. 18% - The strategy itself is flawed.

Strategy 98

Strategy Core Competence Download Survey 98

Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Those selected meet the highest standards of qualification and peer recognition, demonstrating competencies related to customer focus, communication, ethics, action orientation, team building and analytical skills.

Quality 70

Quality Health Care Case Study Education 70

Six Disciplines

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Frequent communication is essential if plans are to be executed well -- very effective companies have regular dialogues between the leadership team and unit managers. Once a plan is decided upon, there is often surprisingly little follow-through to ensure that it is executed well.

Strategy 98

Strategy Resistance Execution Planning 98

Six Disciplines

AUGUST 1, 2011

Strategy development involves a few people, periodically, but execution involves every team member, every minute of every day. What makes us different is the way we integrate our proven methodology, business coaching, leadership development, and innovative Outlook software, to bring about lasting change for your organization.

Core Competence 103

Core Competence Executive Coaching Software Reference 103

Six Disciplines

AUGUST 1, 2011

Strategy development involves a few people, periodically, but execution involves every team member, every minute of every day. What makes us different is the way we integrate our proven methodology, business coaching, leadership development, and innovative Outlook software, to bring about lasting change for your organization.

Core Competence 98

Core Competence Executive Coaching Software Reference 98

Six Disciplines

APRIL 18, 2011

BOTTOMLINE: A breakthrough strategy execution coaching program has four components: A repeatable methodology to drive leadership. Software to align the activities of every team member every day. Over time, the practice of activity alignment becomes a habit, increasing your ability to continually learn and improve performance.

Executive Coaching 101

Executive Coaching Risk Management Software Definition 101

Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

First and foremost, your senior leadership has to be on the same page with a crisp and clear long term vision. Your team spends 90 percent of its time running the business, so don’t load them up with a bunch of new tasks all at once, as this will make your strategy impossible to execute and your staff resentful. Engage the Team.

Execution 70

Execution Strategy Succession Short-term 70

Six Disciplines

MARCH 24, 2011

In a Harvard Business Publishing article " Lessons Learned from 30 Years of Leadership ", Dick Harrington, former CEO of Thomson Reuters discussed the three most significant lessons learned over his very successful 30-year career as a Fortune 250 executive. What about the execution focus?

Execution 98

Execution Strategy Learning-by-Doing CEO 98

Six Disciplines

MAY 3, 2011

The Six Disciplines framework of strategy formulation, goal setting, initiative planning, leadership training, and 360 review process keeps strategy, policies and professionals aligned and focused on the target,” said Lauth. At the end of the day, it is about results.

Execution 101

Execution Strategy Executive Coaching Consultative 101

Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Apart from nicer offices and bigger paychecks, the perceived difference is that leadership usually stays hands-off on the execution side of things and focuses mostly on strategy. A way to sum up this thought would be: “Leadership develops the vision, management executes it.”. The Five Levels of Leadership…and Management .

Management 70

Management Leadership System Execution 70

Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 20, 2015

The ship is in trouble here, as there is no clear leadership direction and a lot of mistakes being committed. That being said, in Quadrant III “Fire-fighting,” some orders might have to be issued with a “comply or else” attitude — even if it is solely to the executive team to “figure out a plan to get us out of this mess ASAP.”.

Compliance 70

Compliance Tactics Execution Strategy 70

Six Disciplines

JULY 14, 2011

You can think of the Six Disciplines Methodology as a series of annual, quarterly, weekly and daily repeatable cycles which, with each successive pass, helps you and your team learn how to communicate, collaborate, and perform better. Discipline I - Decide What's Important. Discipline V - Innovate Purposefully.

SWOT 103

SWOT Market Segmentation Benchmarking ROI 103