Four Steps for Strategic Alignment
- Strategy
- October 25, 2021

Strategy is not about doing the important things but rather the process of choosing and deciding the plan forward. Image Source: Morsa Images / E+ / Getty Images Plus Traditional planning methodologies focus on steering an organization in the direction desired by top management, often referred to as management by objective (MBO). Unfortunately, as we
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Strategy is not about doing the important things but rather the process of choosing, the responsibility of leaders to grasp the situation and decide the plan forward. I always tell others that strategy deployment is a focusing mechanism. This is about sharpening your focus by selecting the vital few breakthrough objectives. The strategy deployment process
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Whether you’re managing a two-person operation or a department of 100, it’s nearly impossible for your organization to grow and move on to the next chapter of success if your whole team isn’t on the same page. Teams are at their best when they work cohesively and rally around shared goals. Alignment in the workplace
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Recently, Pascal Dennis wrote a post that really resonated with me about strategy deployment. His point is that strategy is not about doing the important things but rather the process of choosing, the responsibility of leaders to grasp the situation and decide the plan forward. I always tell others that strategy deployment is a focusing
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Bridging the gap between strategy development and execution is one of the biggest challenges many organizations face. Studies repeatedly show that, regardless of the quality of the strategies, companies find it difficult to successfully implement them and, therefore, to realize the competitive advantages they were aiming for. Probably the most important driver for successful strategy
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So many businesses miss a key point to achieving their goals. It is easy to think that what you need to attain extraordinary success is to focus on results and use these results to measure your progress. There is more success to be had by focusing on outcomes rather than output. Dr. Deming, Dr. Wheeler,
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