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The Disconnect Between Strategy And Execution

Six Disciplines

While all of us agree there's a disconnect between strategy formulation and strategy execution, the developers of the Balanced Scorecard (Robert Kaplan and David Norton) offer up this terrifying observation: On average, 95% of a company's employees are unaware of, or do not understand, its strategy. Find out more today.

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A Closed-Loop Strategy Execution System

Six Disciplines

Norton (creators of the Balanced Scorecard) offer their insights concerning the "rules" of successful strategy execution: The failure to balance the tensions between strategy and operations (execution) is pervasive. Plan Operations: improve key processes; develop sales plan; plan resource capacity; prepare budgets.

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A Closed-Loop Strategy Execution System

Six Disciplines

Norton (creators of the Balanced Scorecard) offer their insights concerning the "rules" of successful strategy execution: The failure to balance the tensions between strategy and operations (execution) is pervasive. Plan Operations: improve key processes; develop sales plan; plan resource capacity; prepare budgets.

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Are CEOs Really Necessary Anymore?

Strategy Driven

If we have enough past information of competitive successes and failures, BDAI is capable of helping leaders develop options. CEO’s Role- Wisdom and Innovation. The second is to lead innovation. But, what about agency, or intentionality, or what today we generally call strategy?

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Salty to Sweet: The Transformation of Mount Franklin Foods

Change Starts Here

Dubbed the Transformation Team, the group of 35 managers would be responsible for developing and executing the strategy of the organization. Using the Balanced Scorecard methodology, the team developed a one-page strategy map, which detailed the objectives the team was trying to achieve and showed how they were connected.

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Performance Measurement

Strategy Driven

Pharmaceutical companies have long needed deep scientific-innovation leadership capabilities but relatively few general managers. Numerous organizations have subsequently advocated and implemented the balanced scorecard idea. As with the other measures, what is important varies by industry.

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8 Reasons Companies Don’t Capture More Value

Harvard Business Review

Their innovation efforts tend to be focused wholly on the creation of new value; meanwhile, the question of how exactly they will be compensated for it usually goes unexamined. But in truth businesses rarely focus on only profitability; most strive to satisfy various stakeholders and meet the goals of balanced scorecards.