Aug 29, 2013 | Strategic Planning, Strategy
If you are part of an executive team that is asking the question “how can we communicate our strategy” then the chances are you have already left it too late. Strategic change within an organisation or company has a facet that is peculiar to itself. That is, it has to...
Jul 29, 2013 | Strategic Planning
Critical Success Factors. To ensure success in strategic planning there are several things that need to be in place before you even start. These usually take the form of an agreement to do things in a particular way. If these ‘principles’ are in place as you set out...
Jul 5, 2013 | Strategic Planning
We live in an age where we are dependent on the immediacy of data we sometimes forget that business performance can only be determined by how well we have done in the past. We are often fighting so many fires we cannot find the time to examine past performance to...
Nov 6, 2012 | Strategic Planning, Strategy
Last week we asked the question; do 90% strategies really fail due to poor execution? The question caused a flurry of activity on LinkedIn and various blogs exploring where the statistic actually came from. As suspected, the stat is very old originating from a survey...
Aug 29, 2012 | Strategic Planning
How to Create Objectives – Performance measures are based on Objectives. A performance measure should not exist unless it is contributing to an objective. It is true that the thought processes that go into creating performance measures and objectives can move so...
Aug 15, 2012 | Strategic Planning
Seven is the Intrafocus methodology that guides you through the process of developing clear objectives and performance measures to support your company strategy. It ensures performance measures have targets and provide evidence that objectives are being met or...
