Entries by StrategyDriven

Organizational Accountability – Increase Opportunities with Accountability

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Every day, executives and managers are presented with opportunities to enhance their organization’s success. Frequently, these opportunities go unrecognized, unexplored, or unexploited because the organization is not prepared for them. Certainly, some opportunities are beyond an organization’s reach because of resource limitations. However, ensuring the organization possesses key attributes will better enable it to take advantage of those opportunities for which it has the resources and that are consistent and aligned with its mission.

The Advisor’s Corner – How Do You Sell a Major Change?

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Question: Feedback indicates my company’s current leadership training program, though inexpensive, yields little to no value. My research shows that an alternative training program has produced superior, measurable results at other organizations. How should I go about selling my manager and the organization on the need to change from our current training program to this […]

Decision-Making Best Practice 4 – Identify the Target

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Decision-makers and implementers must clearly understand the desired opportunity or problem outcomes in order to effectively select and execute appropriate actions. Without a well defined focal point, decision-makers and implementers risk selecting and performing either inefficient or inappropriate actions; expending resources on low value adding activities thereby diminishing an opportunity’s benefits or increasing a problem’s adverse impacts. Clear, concise opportunity and problem statements enable decision-makers to more readily identify the appropriate solution alternative and give implementers a target against which they can judge the effectiveness of their actions.

New Model Release – Information Development Model

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StrategyDriven contributors are pleased to announce the release of our sixth model: Information Development Model. This model illustrates the evolution of raw statistical data collected from business operations and the marketplace into highly refined information that provides executives and managers with the insights necessary to set strategic direction and establish day-to-day priorities.