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Leadership Inspirations – Success, Work, and a Dictionary

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“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.”

Donald Kendall

co-Founder and former Chief Executive Officer, PepsiCo

StrategyDriven Tactical Execution Forum

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“Execution is where the rubber meets the road.”

StrategyDriven Contributors

Strategy without execution is nothing more than wishful thinking pursued with hope. No organization achieves true success unless it is able to effectively execute its initiatives. It is only through execution that leadership’s strategic vision is married to reality.

Tactical execution refers to the collection of actions taken and decisions made at all levels of the organization in the here and now; actions and decisions that ultimately shape the company’s future. Effective execution occurs when the right things get done efficiently. In organizations that execute effectively, leaders continually focus their workforce on accomplishing the priority activities defined by the strategic plan while workers strive to perform those activities in the most efficient manner possible.

Focus of the Tactical Execution Forum

Execution is the life blood of successful organizations. Materials in the Tactical Execution Forum are dedicated to discussing the leading practices of companies that effectively execute their business initiatives and operations to the fulfillment of the organization’s strategic vision. The following articles, podcasts, documents, and resources cover those topics critical to a effective day-to-day work execution:

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Principles Articles

Best Practices Articles

Warning Flags Articles

StrategyDriven Expert Contributor Articles

StrategyDriven Podcasts

StrategyDriven Podcast – Video Edition

StrategyDriven Podcast – Special Edition

Leadership Inspirations – Step Out of Your Box

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“If you don’t step out of your box; if you don’t come out of your comfort zone where you look good, feel good, or where you’re liked and admired you won’t progress to live beyond your present potential. Instead, you’ll regress and remain in the reality of your own limitation.”

Howard T. Dickens Jr.

StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 13 – Introduction to Strategic Analysis

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StrategyDriven Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve superior results. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag articles on the StrategyDriven website.

Episode 13 – Introduction to Strategic Analysis serves as a foundation for the upcoming series of podcasts focused on the best practices associated with strategic analysis. This discussion:

  • defines what a strategic analysis is
  • describes the components of this in-depth examination of the organization and its business environment
  • identifies how strategic analysis helps an organization become more strategy driven

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Portfolio Management – Managing Shared, Perishable Resources

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Portfolio managers direct deployment of assigned resources across the several programs, projects, and processes they oversee in a manner that maximizes the organization’s return on investment. (See Figure 1) Complicating the portfolio manager’s work is the myriad of differing resource types; resources that are often limited and shared by the portfolio’s many components.

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