by David Barrett | Jul 17, 2019 | Blog, Strategy Execution
Most organizations are still planning too far out. In this day and age, realistically, how can we? With so many changes to our markets, politics and competitive playing field, we need to be more agile in our approach to strategic planning. Breakdown your long-range...
by David Barrett | Jul 10, 2019 | Blog, Strategy Execution
The plan looks good and you seem to have all the pieces in place, but when asked, no one seems to know what success will actually look or sound and feel like. Sound familiar? I was working in an environment recently where there was no confusion about strategy success...
by David Barrett | Jul 3, 2019 | Blog, Strategy Execution
Happy Summer, 2019! In this first week of July, I continue my summer series on the seven Clear Signals That Your Strategic Plan Is Going to Fail and what you can do about it. You have created a strong team, held a very productive, off-site strategic planning...
by David Barrett | Jun 26, 2019 | Blog, Strategy Execution
You have created a strong team, held a very productive, off-site strategic planning session, documented all the ideas and plans, published the official “Strategic Plan” and told everyone about it at one of your Town Hall Meetings. And nothing is happening. Your...
by David Barrett | May 29, 2019 | Blog, Strategy Execution
Originally posted June 10, 2015 “(Strategy) execution is the great unaddressed issue in the business world today. Its absence is the single biggest obstacle to success and the cause of most of the disappointments that are mistakenly attributed to other causes.” ― Ram...
by David Barrett | May 1, 2019 | Blog, Strategy Execution
Every great organization conducts a strategic planning session, of some sort, every few years, which produces a strategic plan that, in the majority of cases, goes no where. Forbes.com suggests that most organisations don’t do a very good job with ‘life after...
