I was having a conversation with someone I met at a conference recently who told me that she was promoted to a management role about a year ago. She manages a staff of 10 and she recalls how excited she was when she was promoted. She isn’t any longer. She recounted this story about [...]
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 By Jeroen De Flander, on November 30th, 2011 Best-selling author Paul C. Nutt did extensive research on decision making for his book Why Decisions Fail. He found that more than 50 percent of all decisions fail. They are either quickly abandoned, partially implemented or never adopted at all. 81 percent of all managers pushed their decisions through persuasion and edict. And only [...] Print This Post
By Jeroen De Flander, on November 22nd, 2011 On average, companies lose 40-to-60 percent of their strategic potential during execution. Imagine the amount of money you could save by closing that gap. HOW TO CLOSE THE EXECUTION GAP? But in order to take the next step – to close that gap – organisations need a more detailed view of exactly where [...] Print This Post
By Jeroen De Flander, on November 10th, 2011 Michael Smith is Vice President Group Strategy and Planning at Coca-Cola North America. He helped me write Strategy Execution Heroes. Here’s a selection of Michael’s tips: Steer the frontline Make sure you are able to take a complex strategy and turn it into three-to-five priorities for the frontline. Not everything can be important. And it’s [...] Print This Post
By Jeroen De Flander, on October 25th, 2011 Let me start by reassuring you: the chances that you are a strategy tourist are close to zero. You are proving you are interested in getting things done by reading this action-oriented blog. (Unless, of course, you have mistaken this blog for something completely different). But I’m sure you do know a strategy tourist. Most likely [...] |
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