If you read about Backbone Support for Collective Impact, the typical approach to providing backbone support relies on appropriately-trained staff to achieve the desired coordination. The staff of the backbone organization spends most of its time managing information and communication. As described in the earlier posts, most of...
Strategy Management—Managing The Future
Numerous studies in the business world have shown that even when strategies are well-crafted, most organizations fall short when it comes to execution. One key reason for this, I believe, is that organizational leaders are usually not equipped with the appropriate tools for strategic management. Tools and techniques that help…
The Two Questions that Only the CEO Can Answer
Every employee wants to know where they fit and how their contribution matters within their organization. Unfortunately, few CEO’s actually take the time to clarify the bigger purpose, vision and strategy of their organization in meaningful terms that genuinely motivate employees. We have all felt the excitement and creative energy …
Who Owns the Alignment for EMR Deployments
I recently had an interesting discussion with some people who had been involved with selling and implementing Electronic Medical Records at various hospitals. Everyone agreed that a successful deployment of EMR technologies required many different things to be aligned—process changes, training, physician engagement, system design and configuration that would support …
Strategy Management—Five Essential Steps for Best Results
What is the best way to improve organizational performance? There are 5 essential steps. And they need to happen sequentially. The Five Essential Steps for Strategy Management Best Results Strategy must be crisp, concise and communicated so it is understood by everyone. Communicate with words and visual aids. Measures must …
The Hypotheses of Strategy
I’ve often asserted that all organizations need to change their strategy in response to change in the environment; to realize new opportunity and to defend against threat. I’ve said that the organization that fails to change its value proposition will lose relevance, and ultimately become extinct. Most leaders understand intuitively …
Project Prioritization Through Balanced Scorecard and Six Sigma
The achievement of an organization’s strategy using the Balanced Scorecard is through the identification and execution of select strategic initiatives. Most Balanced Scorecard methodologies do not have a well-defined process for prioritizing and selecting from amongst the possible strategic initiatives and also do not have a well-define methodology for managing …