A straightforward strategic initiative technique is this: drawing an organizational timeline, starting with the founding of the organization and continuing to the present. Interspersed along the timel… more →
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wrote 2 months ago: Project Management is not commonly associated with the Strategic Planning Process, but it should be. … more →
wrote 3 months ago: CEOs are born dreamers… and I say this as a complement. They dream about some place in time when the … more →
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wrote 7 months ago: In the November HBR there’s a new piece by seminal uber guru of change management John Kotter … more →
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wrote 1 year ago: Complex strategic initiatives involved numerous actors making decisions for different reasons, delay … more →
wrote 1 year ago: A secret of strategic initiative success is to establish effective starting conditions. One of the f … more →
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wrote 1 year ago: Strategy execution often flounders unless the organization manages this fundamental question: how mu … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Many people find the ABCDE Model* to be a very useful model for understanding the flow of strategy f … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I believe that an essential leadership skills is the practice of asking more and better questions, a … more →
wrote 1 year ago: A simple, powerful idea for portfolio management Observers of strategy have long recognized the tens … more →
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wrote 1 year ago: Many organizations have a performance gap in their cost structure. They launch strategic initiatives … more →
wrote 1 year ago: This is scary, weird, and a little stupid! One (of four) important leadership roles is the Chief Sto … more →