Oct 11, 2016 | Strategic Planning
The phrase “best practice” comes up all the time and is often used to justify a change. Occasionally, it is used to repackage old items to sell at a higher price. However, the meaning of ‘best practice’ is far too ethereal to be considered as a viable...
Mar 29, 2016 | Strategic Planning
At the start of a strategic planning project staff need to be motivated. They need to see the project as worthwhile and not just another initiative. They need to be excited and they need to feel ownership. One of the tools in the kit bag to enable this is to...
Feb 2, 2016 | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Planning
Cascading Scorecards with Spider Impact – Cascading scorecards throughout an organisation can be fraught with difficulties without the right process and tools. Frequently we find that even though a scorecard is created at the corporate level as a...
May 28, 2015 | Strategic Planning, Strategy
The Strategy Execution Summit 2015 held this month in Washington DC has once again been a tremendous success. The summit, held jointly by The Balanced Scorecard Institute (holders of the industry de facto standard balanced scorecard methodology) and Spider Strategies...
May 7, 2015 | Strategic Planning, Strategy
A strategy is a living thing, it needs to be constantly monitored and measured to ensure everything is on track. Periodically it should be revised, typically this would be once a year to fit in with a budget or pre-determined planning cycle. One of the major tasks is...
Apr 30, 2015 | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Planning, Strategy
Over the years we have seen many strategic plans being developed. Some good, some not so good. One of the things we have noticed is that there is a basic format for a strategic plan. The first thing that should be noted is that s strategic plan is not a business...
