HBR – Uniting the Senior Team
This Harvard Business Review article discusses the misalignment that had set forth in the company Swisscom in 2016. Once a market leader, they were stuck between status quo and need for growth. Their leaders couldn’t agree on the proper path. Swisscom leaders were brought together to develop a plan forward and to have alignment with […]
Take these 3 Steps to Revive your Strategic Plan
You have a strategic plan. Does it sit in many drawers in offices? Does it not have the traction you thought it would when you led its creation? You are not the first, or last, organization that’s had a strategic plan not fully embraced and executed. That doesn’t mean the plan is horrible or can’t […]
3 Ways Organizational Misalignment Causes Your Initiatives to Fail and How You Can Fix It
You’ve put a lot of time, effort and resources towards a key initiative for your organization. You may have spent a lot of political capital to get it moving and a lot is riding on its success. But, it’s not going as planned. Deadlines are being missed. Costs are higher than the plan. Different people […]
Your Plan isn’t Worth the Paper it’s Written On – 4 Questions to Ask to Make it Thrive
Great strategic plans have been written on the backs of envelopes and on napkins. They aren’t that hard to come up with. There are a lot of smart people with great insights on how to serve customers. Putting those down and calling it a plan isn’t rocket science. Even if you’ve included a lot of […]
4 Ways to ‘Sell’ Your Strategic Plan, even Before it’s Launched
Earlier, we wrote about how your Strategic Plan isn’t worth the paper it’s written on. If you, as a leader, don’t align the plan to your Mission and Vision and regularly sell it to employees at all times, your organization is at risk of floundering and of missing its goals. What are some ways you […]
