by Joe DeCarlo | Apr 29, 2022 | Blog, Uncategorized
Managing strategy and sustaining a strategic management system is a multi-faceted effort and includes elements as diverse as: a) how well the organization is maintaining its focus on its strategic vision, plans and initiatives; b) whether or not people, systems, and...
by Richard Juarez | Mar 30, 2022 | Blog, Uncategorized
A few years ago, I asked the Strategy Management Office (SMO) team that I was working with if they thought they had strong employee alignment. I had no reason to doubt them when they confidently responded that yes, their company had excellent alignment at the employee...
by Richard Juarez | Feb 28, 2022 | Blog, Uncategorized
No matter the strategic planning methodology, all strategic plans have objectives (i.e., goals) that the organization must accomplish to achieve specific higher-level outcomes. Once developed, organizations tend to assign ownership of these strategic objectives to...
by Terry Sterling | Feb 16, 2022 | Blog, Uncategorized
If you have watched the recent blockbuster series from Netflix, “The Queen’s Gambit,” you can understand why chess is showing such a resurgence in popularity. In fact, there are many books about how life imitates chess. What I’ve seen in my experience here at Balanced...
by Joe DeCarlo | Jan 19, 2022 | Blog, Uncategorized
As stated by Gerstner, execution (implementation) is really the critical part of a successful strategy. Getting it done, getting it done right, getting it done better than the next person is far more important than dreaming up new visions (or strategies) of the...
