For leaders to successfully execute strategy and achieve the results they want, everyone in their organization needs to support and buy-in to the plan, from management to the manufacturing floor. The best way to achieve this kind of organizational climate is to ensure you are engaging employees so that they feel ownership of the projects […]
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5 Ways to Increase Employee Engagement in Strategy
Tuesday, May 26th, 2015Posted in Leadership, Newsletter, Strategy Execution
A Path to Becoming a Strategic Leader
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015Strategy 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 of how. Some feel that if they spend a few hours a week, they will become better strategic leaders. Others might believe that an annual retreat […]
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4 Ways to Overcome Strategy Execution Roadblocks
Tuesday, March 17th, 2015Does this sound familiar to you? You’ve held your strategic planning meeting with your management team late last year, identified key strategic projects, assigned responsibilities and you were off and running. Everyone was on board, or so it seemed. What’s happening? Why are we not making any progress against these projects that are critical to […]
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5 Reasons Why Strategy is Important
Monday, November 24th, 2014When we first started strategic planning work over 20 years ago, a client and good friend said that succeeding in strategy management is hard work. It takes time, resources, and distracts from the urgency of running the day-to-day business. Today we would totally disagree. After working with over 200 clients on a wide range of […]
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Is Strategy Execution Worth the Effort?
Thursday, October 16th, 2014If you are a regular reader of our newsletter it will not be breaking news that execution management is critical in realizing the objectives of your strategy. However, Execution management is a capability and like any skill requires time and investment to master. Therefore, it is not unusual for business owners and CEOs to ask […]
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10 Guiding Principles to Manage Strategy Successfully
Friday, May 16th, 2014How often have you wondered why your strategy doesn’t seem to be working? You might be experiencing slower progress then you expected, or in some areas, you might be experiencing complete inactivity. Undoubtedly, planning and executing strategy can at times be quite frustrating, and obstacles seem to constantly get in the way of success. Over […]
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3 Reasons Strategy Fails
Monday, December 16th, 2013At Albu Consulting, our key message to clients and prospects is “Strategy without execution is useless and Execution without strategy is aimless.” We believe those words speak for themselves, but let’s look at the facts. In a recent McKinsey & Co. survey of 197 companies, 97% of leaders believed they had the right strategy, but […]
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The Three Cs of Strategy Execution
Thursday, September 19th, 2013What is one of the most common missing links when it comes to successful strategic planning? Most CEOs we speak to will agree its strategy execution. You can have developed a mediocre plan, and an exceptional execution process will lift that average plan to new heights. Without a solid execution process in place, strategic plans […]
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Are You Fit For Growth?
Wednesday, August 21st, 2013As we talk to current, past and prospective clients, they readily share their concern regarding achieving profitable growth. Their concerns center on the uncertainty surrounding economic policy that is creating business uncertainty and dampening economic growth. They are also finding it challenging to shift their focus from reducing costs (for the past 5 years to […]
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Is Lack of Accountability Holding Back Your Strategy?
Sunday, April 21st, 2013Does this sound familiar…you’ve finished developing a new strategy and everyone on the management team apparently agrees with the new strategic direction, but then the strategy never happens. There are many reasons why strategic plans do not get executed, but we are going to focus on one of the most important reasons, lack of accountability. […]
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