Skip Prichard

JUNE 26, 2019

If the overall experience doesn’t please and excite the customer, a company is hard-pressed to outsize its strategy. I have sat through many strategy meetings listening to bright leaders dream up bold plans without vetting their financial feasibility. Perhaps the biggest team struggle arises when a team lacks commitment.

Strategy 78

Strategy SWOT Company Customer Loyalty 78

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2014

Almost 80% of the more than 1,200 senior executives recently surveyed by PricewaterhouseCoopers believe that their organizations have the right strategic intent — but only 54% think they’re executing that strategy well. Why the gap? Let’s compare two fictional companies to see what’s involved.

Strategy 8

Strategy Restructuring Committee Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Deeply grounded in the Catholic faith, Ascension resembles the Indian exemplars in its commitment to providing high-quality, low-cost health care, especially to the poor and vulnerable, who are often uninsured. Ascension has another solid reason for pursuing its strategy. Ascension’s strategy has no downside, only upside.

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Cost Price 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Nokia was so immersed in executing its strategy that it lost sight of its purpose. At Nestlé, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe introduced Creating Shared Value (CSV) as the operationalization model for fulfilling Nestlé’s Corporate Social Responsibility commitments. In retrospect, it seems inevitable.

Strategy 13

Strategy Company How To Supply Chain 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2016

Using the same 1 – 100 scale ask yourself: How well does our organization support the achievement of our strategy? If your organization is incapable of delivering its strategy, the strategy is effectively worthless and your company’s purpose will go more or less unfulfilled.

Banking 14

Banking Strategy Film Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

We set people up to use their area of expertise, be it strategy, accounting, operations, technology, finance, or human resources. It also ensures that nonprofits get high-quality assistance from a committed organization. A skills-based, or pro bono, approach is about donating skills, not just money.

Skills 8

Skills Real Estate Human Capital Project 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2015

In an ongoing global survey of senior executives , more than half of the respondents said they didn’t think their company had a winning strategy, and two-thirds said they didn’t think their organization had the right capabilities to execute its strategy. First, these companies commit to an identity.

Execution 8

Execution Strategy Fashion Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Caught up in administrative activities such as managing employee records and planning company picnics, human resources departments can too easily lose sight of their primary function: Making sure the organization has the needed human capital to implement its strategy.

Company 8

Company Human Resources Human Capital Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

He also forced partners and distributors to commit in writing to uphold IBM's strict ethical standards. In contrast, IBM kept laser-like focus on building the global organization to execute its strategy, and financial results followed. Microsoft's enterprise services stagnated. Cisco now sells mostly commoditized products.

Globalization 15

Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2012

At a Global 50 consumer products company, management has developed a governance structure that allows it think about risk proactively, and has aligned its risk profile and exposures more closely with its strategy. Little will happen without the right tone from the top and the commitment to change the culture of the business.

Risk Management 14

Risk Management Maturity EBITDA Management 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Employees with disabilities report strengths such as persistence, discipline, and willingness to commit, but feel employers don’t see this potential. Many new employees with disabilities need support to get up to speed, but their colleagues and managers may not know how to help them—or have the patience to do it.

Compliance 8

Compliance Chief Operating Officer Innovation Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

And they love to pursue them, deadline commitments or old strategies be damned. They forget that the strategy which took them from small to midsize has already proven itself a winner. But a new vision is always more exciting to them than the present one.

Strategy 8

Strategy Wireless Company Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2017

. “When I was hired, the company said it had a desire to shift its strategy toward mobile and digital. “I promised myself that in future hiring situations, I would spend more time exploring the company’s commitment to change before I committed to the company.”

How To 8

How To Letter Learning-by-Doing PR 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2017

That’s demoralizing for employees, and a waste for companies, which badly need the full energy and commitment of all their workers. Unproductive routines, corporate bureaucracy, and “administrivia” kill ambition and sap energy for far too many employees. Related Video. Your Scarcest Resource. Redesign the Operating Model.

Organization 13

Organization Zero Based Budgeting Budgeting How To 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2015

Its determination to create a better world necessitated a commitment to nonviolence. That same commitment to nonviolence inspired supporters and diminished opponents. Its mission drove its strategy , not the other way around. Today we remember the movement for what it built, not for what it set out to destroy.

Brand 8

Brand Marketing Sharpe Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2014

The company was heavily committed to its offshore energy project, making it necessary to meet specific deadlines — and pressures were mounting. The underlying agenda, however, was to create alignment and make the team more effective in implementing its strategy.

360-Degree Feedback 10

360-Degree Feedback Offshoring Construction Execution 10

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 24, 2011

…And Its Execution Gap Closer Round-Up Execution Gap Closer #1: Netflix Netflix received considerable media attention this year as it demonstrated its ability to successfully execute its strategy to provide video over the Internet. The big question is whether the company is fully committed to this change.

Execution 68

Execution Company 360-Degree Feedback Cooper 68

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2013

When Better Place was founded, its strategy called for initial rollouts in Israel and Denmark. These were inspired choices to prove the viability of its strategy: They are small countries where gasoline is exceptionally expensive and purchase taxes on gasoline-powered cars are very high.

Mass Marketing 8

Mass Marketing Transportation Depreciation Short-term 8