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Making Your Vision a Reality: Strategic Projects
Welcome to the fifth in the series of weekly articles working through the Intrafocus 7-Step Strategic Planning...
Measuring Success – KPIs and Targets
Measuring Success - We're moving on at a pace with our deep-dive into the Intrafocus 7-step Strategic Planning Process...
Strategic Objectives and Why Are They Important?
Welcome to the third in the series of weekly articles working through the Intrafocus 7-Step Strategic Planning...
The Importance of Strategic Assessment
Welcome to the second instalment of our seven-step strategic process series. Last week we looked at how to Lay the...
Laying the Foundation for Strategic Success
Welcome to the first in a series of weekly articles that will work through the Intrafocus 7-Step Strategic Planning...
Who Should Participate in Strategic Planning?
Who should participate in Strategic Planning? We're kicking off 2023 with a new series about strategic planning,...
Pelé and the Beautiful Game
Pelé, who died last week, is regarded as one of the greatest football players ever. He is the all-time leading...
How to Track an Executive Incentive Plan
Love them or hate them; the fact is 'executive incentive' or bonus schemes are here to stay! Today, we're going to...
The Eco-Centric Consumer
As world leaders gather in Egypt for COP 27, consumers at home are making strides towards the net-zero economy with...
Four Hurdles to Strategy Execution
In their book, Blue Ocean Strategy, W.Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne describe four organisational hurdles to strategy...
Is that really a KPI?
At Intrafocus, we often act as facilitators of a three-day strategy workshop based on the Balanced Scorecard strategic...
Things to consider when creating a strategic team
If you want to develop a successful business strategy, you need to put the right people in place when creating a...
7 strategic lessons you can learn from Wimbledon
Strategic Lessons Wimbledon is more than a sports event - it's a cultural phenomenon that defines British summer. And...
Red Amber Green
Red, Amber, Green Reporting A Key Performance Indicator (KPI) is meaningless unless you can compare its value to...
Consistent Monthly Reports?
Monthly reports Two of the most successful productivity tools in existence today are spreadsheets and PowerPoint...
Managing Your Company’s Finances Effectively
Making a profit is almost certainly one of the reasons you decide to go into a business. That means handling cash...
Top 15 KPIs for Small Businesses
Top 15 KPIs - All businesses, large and small, need to have a clear strategy and accompanying KPIs if they are to be...
Seven Plus or Minus Two
Today, we will look at two useful points for business strategy development. They both relate to Key Performance...
ALMI Tankers – Case Study
Almi Tankers is an oil tanker management company committed to offering top quality, reliable, cost-effective, safe and...
The Focused Organisation
The Focused Organisation - To develop and deliver a successful business strategy, we need to focus. When asked what...
Power Jacks – Case Study
Power Jacks is a British design and manufacturing company, specialising in electromechanical actuation, lifting, and...
OBF – Case Study
Consolidated Paper Mills (known in Russia as ОБФ) is a group of manufacturing enterprises in the pulp and paper...
Gexcon – Case Study
Gexcon is a world-leading company in the field of safety and risk management and advanced dispersion, explosion, and...
KPI Monitoring Software
KPI Monitoring Software Welcome to our fifth and final article in our series about Key Performance Indicators. For...
Interpreting KPI Results
Interpreting KPI Results Welcome to the fourth article in our series on Key Performance Indicators, or KPIs. This week...