Here’s an interesting question: Do you truly have control over your value proposition? The first question here is one of your employees know what it is. Do your leaders know what it is? Organizational alignment is the first step over having control of what it is. Once you move past Read more…
A lot of people think of strategy as “blue-sky†thinking, coming up with a series of stratagems that position your organization to take market share and wallet share from competitors and ensure that you end up with advantages no one else has. And while to a large degree this is Read more…
As a planner, part of your job is to see the organization from a perspective that no one else sees. Much of what defines management norms in an organization is determined by past experience of the individual and what we learn from watching those around us. Given the influence that Read more…
Transformational change is rare. Most organizations don’t know how to comprehensively shift, essentially turning the existing company into another company. These kinds of shifts require a recipe which most organizations don’t have the ingredients to make. For the few and the proud, having this rare skill is a highly valuable Read more…
As we know, planning is not a check-mark responsibility. Planning is the process of doing the hard work of thinking about and then committing to a course that has the potential to position an organization for success. Some organizations love planning, but most people do not. It requires a great Read more…
One of the realities of your role in strengthening the planning efficacy of your organization is the need to sell your great ideas to the executive and then the management of your company. The planner is like an organizational chiropractor or mechanic. You see a problem in the overall performance Read more…
Every organization sees this role a little differently. This is what I see as the role of a planner. __________________________________ Direct accountabilities: Act as primary liaison to the executive management team in the management of a planning system that accomplishes the following: Ensure the organization has a clearly defined strategy Read more…