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What is a bad strategy? Whether your strategy is a good one or a bad one comes down to many factors, however, there are some starting points, and approaches, to strategy development that make strategies bad from the start. Not all of these are going to sink...
There are 7 key questions that guide you through the strategy development process: Why do we do what we do? This is your organisation’s purpose, the reason you are in business or the reason you exist. Without this you don’t have a North Star to guide your strategy,...
Being strategic means balancing a focus on results and execution with the ability to construct a vision, sense changes in the environment, and pivot when needed. It’s important to be able to consistently manage the business, keeping things on track, aligning...
It's never too early in your career to start flexing your strategic thinking muscles. Here are 6 ways to get started. Understand your organisation's strategy. Gather as much information as you can on why your organisation has chosen that specific strategy. Read and...
There is a process to effective organisational strategic planning and the cascading of strategic plans. It can seem confusing when you haven’t done it before, but it doesn’t need to be. So, for anyone who has not been involved in an...
Organisational silos exist in almost every medium to large organisation and they become the bane of organisational life if we don't keep them in check. There is a bit of a Goldilocks effect with silos: differentiation between departments is useful, but there is a...
Without committed and effective execution, no strategy is a good strategy. If your people are not fully engaged and motivated about the strategy then you have poor, delayed and half-hearted execution. So what's the best way to motivate and engage your...
To support the execution of a good strategy you need 3 propositions to align: The value proposition: the strategy must add value to customers above the price they pay The profit proposition: the strategy must achieve a profit for the organisation The people...
Driving organisational behaviour change is often a challenging task, especially when it comes to changing beliefs and mindsets. We tend to use “beliefs and mindsets” as justifications for why we cannot help someone change, or why change is hard. However, the real...
Executive teams need to have a healthy level of conflict to be effective. This is important for all their decisions, of which the most important are the decisions made in the development of your strategy. Critical steps in the strategic process...