These days, when I partner with a client to help them plan and implement a strategic initiative — meaning, one that executes business strategy — I am fortunate enough to be brought in during the early stages. The chief executive…
How To Avoid Unintended Consequences On Your Strategic Initiative
Consider the following strategic initiative scenarios: Leaders for a mid-sized technology company are enthusiastic that their new business structure will enhance innovation, but find only confusion and resentment from employees. An established bank introduces a new target culture, complete…
How quickly can your company execute its strategic plan?
The reality of speed In a recent TIME Magazine article, the CEO of an auto manufacturer, said, “I spend a lot of early mornings thinking about executing our plan quickly.” An executive at a different company said to me recently,…
Barriers to Business Transformation: A Surefire Way To Remove Them
What Barriers To Business Transformation? Consider this scenario: Your organization had all the elements in place to transform the company and move it toward better performance. Your executive team articulated and committed itself to an exciting, breakthrough vision, secured broad leadership…
3 Unexpected Capabilities For Leading Change
This article on leading change originally appeared on huffingtonpost.com. you prepared to lead your organization through constant change in a business environment marked by volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity? As a leader, you may be…
Two questions to help business leaders build change capacity and get smart about change
This article originally appeared on LinkedIn. Two questions to help business leaders build change capacity and get smart about change So you kicked off a number of critical strategic initiatives at the beginning of your company’s operating year, all of which…
Business Transformation and Strategy Execution: Enlightened Decision Makers Answer These 3 Questions To Drive Success
This article originally appeared on LinkedIn. A strategy is only as good as its execution. While this is a much-debated sentiment in business school, it is the super-enlightened leaders who understand how critical the effective execution of new strategies is…