http://blog.kirkleverington.com my take on strategy development and implementation Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:04:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As a planner, there are endless variables that demand your consideration at all times. The intricacies of the organization, the capacity of the decision makers for creating and managing strategy, economic shifts and the integration between various teams are always on your mind, your ability to adapt the processes ... http://blog.kirkleverington.com/?p=97 Designing balanced scorecard measures for a Shared Service (SS) business model is slightly different than for a regular company. It’s not that the basic measures will be completely different, it’s more that there is a recognition that the business is different and it feels like there should be different ... http://blog.kirkleverington.com/?p=93 Different business models and management styles require different types of planning and output needs. If you find yourself newly managing a shared services company, recognize that this requires something different that you have done in the past. Shared services models have some inherent opportunities that don’t exist with many other ... http://blog.kirkleverington.com/?p=92 What % of your leaders see strategic planning as part of their jobs and as a result, really engage the process? Development of strategic direction is only the first in a multi-staged process of seeing strategy through to fruition. The strategy has to be communicated to all levels of the ... http://blog.kirkleverington.com/?p=91 I’m sure all of us have heard or read a story from a really great author or story teller. You feel, hear and see the story, it’s like you’re there. Without that skill, it’s just a bunch of words. If you want people to get excited about ... http://blog.kirkleverington.com/?p=90 There are highly diverse opinions on what strategic planning methodologies are most effective. While the structure that houses the strategy is important, the larger issue is the quality of thinking and the consistency of understanding at all levels of the company. The latter of the 2 relates more ... http://blog.kirkleverington.com/?p=89 Have you ever found yourself in a store, at a till, swiping your card and walked away from any sum of your own money without knowing what you were buying? Not likely. This kind of thing happens every day in consulting houses and agencies all over the world. ... http://blog.kirkleverington.com/?p=87 Plans come from the minds of individuals. The quality of your plan is largely based on the quality of input information available, but even more largely based on the kinds of “thinkers” you have in your organization. While it’s true that strategic people tend to rise to the ... http://blog.kirkleverington.com/?p=88 As you read about companies that were particularly successful in some way, do you see a common thread? I don’t see articles being written about companies that were incredibly effective in their black and white approach to business, how a power and control culture won them new markets, or ... http://blog.kirkleverington.com/?p=85 I have been doing some more work with a client this week to design a set of metrics for a cooperative strategy. Obviously with a strategy like this, there are more dimensions to consider when laying out metrics than for a standard set of team measures. One has ... http://blog.kirkleverington.com/?p=82