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Strategy Execution and The Balanced Scorecard

Six Disciplines

Kaplan, one of the original creators of the Balanced Scorecard in 1992. Key take-aways from their latest research: Companies often manage strategy in fits and starts. Strategy forumulation needs to be a continual process - not an annual event. Leadership sets the ambitious vision and stretch targets.

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Strategy Execution and The Balanced Scorecard

Six Disciplines

Kaplan, one of the original creators of the Balanced Scorecard. Key take-aways from their latest research: Companies often manage strategy in fits and starts. Strategy forumulation needs to be a continual process - not an annual event. Leadership sets the ambitious vision and stretch targets.

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The Strategy Book

Leading Blog

Strategy is about shaping the future,” writes Max McKeown. There are five basic questions that strategy tries to answer: Where are we? Max McKeown has created a strategy reference work – The Strategy Book – to guide you to the answers. In a sense, strategy creates risk. Where do we want to go?

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Why Leadership Requires Prudence and Temperance

Mills Scofield

Thank you Innovation Excellence for posting my thoughts from Smartblogs on Leadership ! Why Leadership Requires Prudence And Temperance. Balanced Scorecard Culture Innovation Leadership Prudence Strategy Temperance'

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The Strategy-Focused Organization: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

The Strategy-Focused Organization: How Balanced Scorecard Companies Thrive in the New Business Environment Robert S. Kaplan and David P. If anything, the value of what it [.].

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How Leaders Make Business Metrics Meaningful

Let's Grow Leaders

And your business metrics matter – a balanced scorecard, with well-selected key performance indicators, will reinforce your strategy and align actions with goals. We don’t know any healthy people who have ever done this with their blood pressure, but when it comes to leading business teams, we see managers do it all the time.

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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. Unclear Objectives First, and foremost, most employees simply don’t understand the company’s strategies nor their order of priority. If you aren’t sure, you’re not alone. Try this simple test.