The legendary Alabama football coach Paul “Bear” Bryant retired with 323 wins over 38 seasons. He was one of the most successful college football coaches, taking 29 teams to bowl games. He would often say that players on winning teams ask for five things: Tell me what you expect of me Give me an opportunity […]
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5 Building Blocks to Successful Strategy Execution
Monday, March 18th, 2019Posted in Leadership, Newsletter, Strategy Execution
Recession: When is it coming? How do we prepare?
Friday, February 22nd, 2019These are questions we have heard frequently from our clients over the last quarter. Owners and CEOs are wondering when will the economy enter another recession. Good questions given the geopolitical uncertainty caused by Brexit and trade tariff wars, as well as partisan politics whipsawing that led to the longest government shutdown and legislation stalemate. […]
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Business Killer: Accepting the Status Quo
Tuesday, January 15th, 2019The status quo is defined as the current or existing state of affairs. To maintain the status quo is to keep things the way they are. Isn’t that the easier way? Wouldn’t it be nice if we all could just keep things the way they are and not change? Unfortunately, the world does not work […]
Posted in Business Killers, Leadership, Newsletter, Strategy Development
Top 10 Strategy Management Quotes of 2018
Monday, December 31st, 2018Top 10 Strategy Management Quotes of 2018 As is our custom this time of year, we offer you our top ten strategy quotes for you to reflect on. We wish you all a healthy and prosperous New Year! Strategy Management “Without strategy, execution is aimless. Without execution, strategy is useless.” Morris Chang, CEO of TSMC […]
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Execution Without Strategy is Aimless
Monday, November 26th, 2018Execution Without Strategy is Aimless Based on research by Harvard’s Norton and Kaplan (The Execution Premium), 80% of companies never achieve the full value of their strategy. That is a scary statistic and there are many reasons for this disappointing performance. The reason we hear most is that short term needs take precedence over long […]
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What is Strategy Driven Innovation?
Wednesday, October 24th, 2018When the word innovation is brought up, the common thought process is to get a group of people in a room, brainstorm lots of ideas, some practical and some crazy, choose a few, and hope that you find the next big idea. People struggle to define what innovation is in an organization. Peter Drucker, the […]
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Short-Term Thinking = Missed Opportunities
Tuesday, September 18th, 2018Now that Labor Day is behind us, many business leaders have turned their attention to 2019 planning. This is a perfect time because it gives the organization sufficient time to reflect on year to date performance, forecast the last quarter, and begin to gather data to plan resources for the new year. That’s all very […]
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What Does a Strategic Leader Look Like?
Thursday, August 16th, 2018Strategy tends to take a back seat in the lives of many senior executives. It’s not that they don’t want to be more strategic, rather, they are not sure how. Some feel a few hours a week is enough to be a strategic leader. Others might believe that an annual retreat with key managers is […]
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Go Long – No It’s Not About Football
Thursday, July 26th, 2018The subject of our July blog is near and dear to our hearts – taking the long-term view to strategy. Being Strategist’s, we are always pushing the benefits of long-term thinking in leading and managing a business to current and prospective clients. So naturally we get excited and want to share when we come across […]
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Why You Need a Chief Execution Officer
Tuesday, June 19th, 2018Why You Need a Chief Execution Officer One would think the answer to this statement should be simple. However, the sad reality is that most organizations really do not understand what the title and responsibilities of Chief Execution Officer involves. In our experience, the problem stems from the fact that most Chief Executive Officers only […]
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