“We have a strategy and just don’t know how to bring it to action.” This is the common refrain of so many of the leaders we work with. How can we look at this old problem from a new lens?
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In our work, we see many triggers for a new strategy - sometimes a change in leadership, technology changes, etc. But one of the most pressing is an acquisition. For the organization being acquired, we would like to offer a few points of advice as learned from an unlikely source - HBO’s Game of Thrones.
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So, you’ve come up with a grand strategy. Your leadership is excited, you have communicated it to your people and they’re all revved up, bought in and raring to go. You’ve won hearts and minds – congratulations! But have you enabled the organization with the capabilities it will require to bring this strategy to life?
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This is the time of year many of us make resolutions with regards to how we wish to improve our lives. As nearly all of us have experienced, those intentions usually come to naught. Studies say less than 10% of new year resolutions are maintained through the end of the year. There are four steps you can follow to help reverse this trend and achieve your resolutions.
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Strategies are often focused on the next big thing – what new market, product, or service will enable the organization to hit its financial targets. Unfortunately, with this focus on the strategy at large, employees can often become an afterthought. Even great strategies fail when they are insufficiently connected with the people responsible for executing them.
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