Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

From the new landmark research study recently released from Six Disciplines, and detailed in this 30-page research paper, " 7 Key Findings About What Employees Say Drives Performance and Engagement ", survey results find that the #4 key finding about employee engagement is that senior management underestimates the need for management practices across (..)

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Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Top-performing organizations rate not just a little better in these five areas -- but at least 100% better. Our whitepaper looks at the results of the research, and identifies five factors that the top 25% of all high-performing organizations have in common. The ability to strategically use technology.

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Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

From the new landmark research study recently released from Six Disciplines, and detailed in this 30-page research paper, " 7 Key Findings About What Employees Say Drives Performance and Engagement ", survey results find that the #5 key finding is that employee engagement drops an average of 5-7% for each succeeding management level in the organization. (..)

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Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Top-performing organizations rate not just a little better in these five areas -- but at least 100% better. Our whitepaper looks at the results of the research, and identifies five factors that the top 25% of all high-performing organizations have in common. The ability to strategically use technology.

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Six Disciplines

APRIL 4, 2014

Do you - and your organization- need more than a business coach? Are you challenged with any of these? A lack of a solid strategic plan - mission, vision, values, strategic position, vital few objectives.

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Six Disciplines

APRIL 13, 2011

When an organization stumbles badly everyone loses: shareholders, employees and customers. How do yesterday’s icons become today’s also-rans? How does excellence degrade? What are the causes of corporate dysphoria? These are important questions. Through the years, I’ve seen a lot of companies lose their way.

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Six Disciplines

MAY 2, 2011

Ever wonder why some organizations (businesses, not-for-profits, churches, etc.) 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. just seem to perform better than others?

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Six Disciplines

DECEMBER 19, 2011

It is a systematic way for your organization to learn how to set, and more importantly, to execute strategy. It's a practical way for organizations that use Outlook to help every individual to learn how to execute strategy. It's a holistic way for an organization to transform itself into one that can predictably perform.

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Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

That’s over a million dollars a year for any organization with $15 million dollars or more in annual sales. Poor leadership is responsible for up to 30% of the reasons why people leave their organizations according to exit interviews conducted by The Saratoga Institute. The three big culprits? Employee turnover.

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Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

That’s over a million dollars a year for any organization with $15 million dollars or more in annual sales. Poor leadership is responsible for up to 30% of the reasons why people leave their organizations according to exit interviews conducted by The Saratoga Institute. The three big culprits? Employee turnover.

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Six Disciplines

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Those who have worked both in small and large organizations have a much better appreciation for how fundamentally different large companies are from small ones. The best performers want to belong to an organization that’s on a mission, and they need to see how they’re contributing to that mission. They include: 1. I feel like a number.

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Six Disciplines

JANUARY 17, 2014

Let''s first consider strategic thinking , which involves viewing your organization from a holistic perspective. . Before considering the viability of ideas, consider their potential contribution to the future of your organization. . Align your thoughts to your organization. Strategic formulation and implementation.

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Six Disciplines

MAY 17, 2013

Those who have worked both in small and large organizations have a much better appreciation for how fundamentally different large companies are from small ones. The best performers want to belong to an organization that’s on a mission, and they need to see how they’re contributing to that mission. They include: 1. I feel like a number.

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Customer Intimacy Hammer Competitive Advantage Organization 116

Six Disciplines

JANUARY 31, 2014

A formal process in their terminology means "strategy maps, derived projects and process improvements from it, and associated key performance indicators (KPIs) with targets reported in scorecard dashboards and cascaded down into the organization.". What kind of strategy execution process is your organization using? The results?

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Six Disciplines

MAY 9, 2014

Execution represents a disciplined process that enables an organization to take a strategy and make it work. Developing such a logical approach, however, represents a tremendous challenge - particularly to leaders of growing organizations. Despite its importance, execution is often handled poorly by many organizations.

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Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

An organization that learns a systematic way of setting its priorities, that learns how to build detailed plans, that learns how to proactively manage those plans and communicate in an organized way is in a much better position. It enables an organization that learns how to develop its people to their fullest potential.

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Six Disciplines

JUNE 21, 2013

In a recent post by Banchard Leaderchat , author and consultant William Schiemann might have part of the answer—only 14% of the organizations he polled report that their employees have a good understanding of their company’s strategy and direction. Organizations that adopt a total performance excellence program address this issue directly.

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Six Disciplines

JULY 25, 2014

A SWOT analysis is a tool used to assess an organization''s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. The purpose of using the SWOT tool is to uncover or reveal the organization''s competitive advantages, and what opportunities (sales, profitability) to capitalize upon. Having trouble starting out your SWOT analysis?

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Six Disciplines

MARCH 5, 2014

Most organizations suffer a major disconnect between strategy formulation and its execution. And while it''s more pronounced in larger enterprises because of complexity, smaller organizations need to make sure they do something (anything!) 60% of typical organizations do not link their strategic priorities to their budget.

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Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 10, 2014

A business-building methodology must include the steps that are essential for an organization to build and sustain a healthy, growing business. It must define how the organization sets its goals and priorities and organizes its resources to best achieve these goals.

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Six Disciplines

JULY 11, 2014

To achieve strategic objectives, your organization must develop short-term measurable objectives that logically relate to the company''s strategy, as well as a plan for how your organization plans to compete: how you will be different from your competition.

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Six Disciplines

MARCH 7, 2014

The Six Disciplines strategy execution program integrates the business-building elements of strategy, planning, organizing, executing, innovating and learning, and offers a systematic way for organizations to continually improve and achieve lasting business excellence. . Discipline III. Align Systems. Discipline VI.

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Six Disciplines

APRIL 26, 2013

The participants, who were all owners or senior leaders in their organizations, rated their businesses on many different areas of performance. For this analysis, we evaluated organizations based on a combined factor of growth and profitability. We found several areas where the contrasts were significant.

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Six Disciplines

MAY 3, 2013

Instead of “shooting from the hip,” top-performing small businesses take the time to plan well in advance for changes that are likely to affect their organizations. Such organizations have developed a culture that figures out ways to deploy technology, not for technology’s sake, but to better serve their strategy.

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Six Disciplines

APRIL 11, 2011

For many organizations, strategy (the " why we're going to do what we're doing") is one of those mysterious, behind-closed-doors activities conducted annually by a small group of senior leaders. Only 5% of employees understand their organization's strategy. And, successful organizations need people with BOTH skills.

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Six Disciplines

DECEMBER 21, 2012

In a recent post by Banchard Leaderchat , author and consultant William Schiemann might have part of the answer—only 14% of the organizations he polled report that their employees have a good understanding of their company’s strategy and direction. Organizations that adopt a total performance excellence program address this issue directly.

Strategy 123

Strategy Survey Consultative Report 123

Six Disciplines

JULY 17, 2015

A business-building methodology must include the steps that are essential for an organization to build and sustain a healthy, growing business. It must define how the organization sets its goals and priorities and organizes its resources to best achieve these goals.

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Execution Strategy Document Learning-by-Doing 70

Six Disciplines

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Organizations everywhere are looking for ways to effectively and efficiently meet their missions and achieve their visions. Thousands of organizations use the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence to guide their enterprises, improve performance, and get sustainable results. Strategic planning. Customer focus. Workforce focus.

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Six Disciplines

OCTOBER 11, 2013

First, they should be learning organizations. Individuals in the organization should be like members of an Olympic team, where the best keep learning how to get better. As you read on, you’ll learn a step-by-step approach that helps your organization learn, lead and last.

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Six Disciplines

JANUARY 16, 2015

An organization that learns a systematic way of setting its priorities, that learns how to build detailed plans, that learns how to proactively manage those plans and communicate in an organized way is in a much better position. It enables an organization that learns how to develop its people to their fullest potential.

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Six Disciplines

MARCH 21, 2014

The need for measurement may seem obvious, however, more often than not, it''s overlooked as being unnecessary by many leaders of small and midsized organizations. Let''s look at the top 10 reasons why your organization needs to measure its results: Measurement clarifies expectations. Measurement facilitates feedback.

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Six Disciplines

JANUARY 24, 2014

Is your organization "drowning" in too many strategic initiatives? Bradford, President/CEO of the Center for Simplified Strategic Planning, your organization should only take on between 3 - 10 strategic opportunities, depending on the size, breadth of your team and its resources. According to Robert W.

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Six Disciplines

APRIL 25, 2014

Done properly and repeatedly, the organization thrives. Ignore it, and the organization is doomed to failure. BOTTOMLINE: Hiring right (from position description, to sourcing, to interviewing, to selection, to assessment, to hiring, to orientation, to development, to succession planning) - are all keys to building the right team.

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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

JULY 11, 2014

To achieve strategic objectives, your organization must develop short-term measurable objectives that logically relate to the company''s strategy, as well as a plan for how your organization plans to compete: how you will be different from your competition.

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Six Disciplines

JANUARY 30, 2015

The primary role of the execution system component is to help organizations get the right things done. Think of an organization as a system for deciding what to do (a strategy, a plan) and the managing the execution of that plan. An execution software system enables an organization to focus on learning to identify. BOTTOMLINE:

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Six Disciplines

AUGUST 15, 2014

The best way is to have an individual plan (we recommend quarterly) - of daily activities that you''re responsible for, which support the organization''s goals, initiatives and projects. The goal is to spend the most time on the most important activities that get you closer to achieving the organization''s goals.

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