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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. They need to understand that managing strategy is managing change and they may need to be the change agent.

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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. They need to understand that managing strategy is managing change and they may need to be the change agent.

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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. These are pretty sobering statistics, given all the time and effort you and your management team likely put into the preparation of your 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. These are pretty sobering statistics, given all the time and effort you and your management team likely put into the preparation of your strategic plan. If you aren’t sure, you’re not alone.

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8 Reasons Companies Don’t Capture More Value

Harvard Business Review

One typical reason is that top executives haven’t managed to clarify something even more fundamental: how much priority they place on increasing profit margins. But in truth businesses rarely focus on only profitability; most strive to satisfy various stakeholders and meet the goals of balanced scorecards. Why is it that?

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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. A common mistake in the bottom-up implementation process is that many top managers cannot resist doing the selection themselves.

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How to Help Process Owners Succeed

Harvard Business Review

The problem, as I described in my last post , is that six things militate against success in the role: The management team's attention shifts to other priorities. Make the role permanent and incorporate it into overall performance management. Incorporate these measures into the company's "balanced scorecard" or dashboard.

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