Strategic Drift, And 3 Ways To Avoid It
Strategic Drift, And 3 Ways To Avoid It
In plain English, strategic drift is the gradual fall from grace experienced by businesses who fail to recognise their customers’…
How To Avoid The Common Pitfalls When Executing Your Company's Strategy
How To Avoid The Common Pitfalls When Executing Your Company's Strategy
Michael Porter describes a business strategy as something that: 1. Creates a unique and valuable position2. Guides what not to do3.…
Are You Just Keeping The Lights On, Or Are You Growing?
Are You Just Keeping The Lights On, Or Are You Growing?
Any project your business undertakes that’s not aligned with your overall strategic objectives serves only to keep the lights on.…
Make Sure Your Strategy Consultant Earns Her Salt
Make Sure Your Strategy Consultant Earns Her Salt
Taking in a consultant to help you create your organisation’s strategy is a common, well, strategy. However, there’s a real…
Everyone’s Getting SaaSy Except The CEO
Everyone’s Getting SaaSy Except The CEO
In many businesses the delivery team have got an ERP system, the sales team have got a CRM system and…
How To Eat The Strategic Elephant In The Room
How To Eat The Strategic Elephant In The Room
There's an old saying that goes something like, "How do you eat an elephant", answer, "One bite at a time".…
How To Create Your Vision Statement In Three Easy Steps
How To Create Your Vision Statement In Three Easy Steps
One of the most critical tasks for any organisations leadership team is to get some clarity around their vision, their…
Three Easy Steps for Defining Your Company’s Mission
Three Easy Steps for Defining Your Company’s Mission
I'll start by clarifying one thing. Some organisations use the word Mission, others Purpose. Whatever word you prefer, it describes…
Don’t Let The Day To Day Stuff Stymie Your Strategy
Don’t Let The Day To Day Stuff Stymie Your Strategy
Strategies fail for many reasons. One of the main ones is those tasked with strategy implementation, and specifically, the application…
Strategic Decision-Making. Are You Flying Blind?
Strategic Decision-Making. Are You Flying Blind?
What information are you using to make the most important decisions about your business? If you’re like most organizations, it’s…
How Do CEOs Measure Business Performance?
How Do CEOs Measure Business Performance?
As a CEO, how do you know the full story about your business's performance? In this age of the Internet…
CEOs Need An Effective Tool To Help Them Deliver Strategy
CEOs Need An Effective Tool To Help Them Deliver Strategy
When boards get involved in strategy (and they should), what invariably gets produced at the end of the process is…
Successful Leaders Select The Best Vantage Point
Successful Leaders Select The Best Vantage Point
In their white paper, Winning through Project Portfolio Management, the Project Management Institute stated that leaders need to take an…
The Relationships Between Strategy Development and Strategy Implementation
The Relationships Between Strategy Development and Strategy Implementation
A recent white paper written by Deloitte and published by the Project Management Institute stated that businesses who align projects…
Remember That Great Strategy Document You Created?
Remember That Great Strategy Document You Created?
Running a business, large or small, is challenging. Despite a wealth of great information, which today is very easy to…
How Organizations Make Informed and Timely Strategic Decisions
How Organizations Make Informed and Timely Strategic Decisions
In June 2016, a slim majority of the British voted for Brexit – to leave the European Union. The following…
How to use Agile to Execute Strategy
How to use Agile to Execute Strategy
“No battle plan ever survives first contact with the enemy”, observed Helmuth von Moltke, a 19th century head of the Prussian…
Why Directors Need To Be Involved In Strategy
Why Directors Need To Be Involved In Strategy
It can be hard to get the right people involved in making the strategic decisions and therefore deciding an organization’s…
How Organizations Know How They're Really Performing
How Organizations Know How They're Really Performing
Does your organization know how it’s really performing? Is it growing as fast as it should? Is it gaining market…

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