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The Year Is Half Over…Do You Know Where Your Strategic Plan Is?

CO2

According to Robert Kaplan, creator of the Balanced Scorecard, the main cause of strategic planning failure is poor execution. Budget Alignment The budget, incentive structure for the employees, and customer success metrics are not aligned with the strategic plan. If you aren’t sure, you’re not alone.

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The Year Is Half Over…Do You Know Where Your Strategic Plan Is?

CO2

According to Robert Kaplan, creator of the Balanced Scorecard, the main cause of strategic planning failure is poor execution. Budget Alignment. The budget, incentive structure for the employees, and customer success metrics are not aligned with the strategic plan. If you aren’t sure, you’re not alone.

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The Key Observation In Managing Strategy Is Managing Change

Six Disciplines

Dr David P Norton, (co-inventor of the Balanced Scorecard) explains in OutlookBusiness magazine (India) how companies can grow successfully by adopting effective strategy planning and execution. So, these are the five principles that transcend economies and cultures.

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The Key Observation In Managing Strategy Is Managing Change

Six Disciplines

Dr David P Norton, (co-inventor of the Balanced Scorecard) explains in OutlookBusiness magazine (India) how companies can grow successfully by adopting effective strategy planning and execution. So, these are the five principles that transcend economies and cultures.

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Many Strategies Fail Because They’re Not Actually Strategies

Harvard Business Review

Town hall meetings are organized, employees are told to change their behavior, balanced scorecards are reformulated, and budgets are set aside to support initiatives that fit the new strategy. The strategy consultants come in, do their work, and document the new strategy in a PowerPoint presentation and a weighty report.

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How to Help Process Owners Succeed

Harvard Business Review

Incorporate these measures into the company's "balanced scorecard" or dashboard. For example give the process owner access to senior leaders, involvement in all major and monthly review meetings, budget control, a powerful title, and a say in rewards and incentives for managers. Also, process owners control IT budgets.

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