Closing the strategy-to-execution gap

According to a survey conducted by OnPoint Consulting:

• 49% of leaders surveyed feel that a gap exists between the strategies they develop and their company's ability to execute on those strategies
• 64% say they don't have full confidence that the gap can be closed
• 75% believe that their companies have "clear and inspiring" visions

So, if it's not the vision that's the problem, and it's not the strategy that's the problem, why do so many leaders experience frustration with putting plans into action?

Skip Reardon, author of the Six Disciplines blog, identifies eight central factors that differentiate those who perceive a strategy-exection gap, from those who are confident about their abilties to execute. They include:  excellence in change management from the top, down; well-coordinated decisions across levels of management; effective human resource systems to ensure proper placement and compensation of employees, and; a proper balance between centralized and decentralized responsibility.

Do you perceive a strategy-execution gap in your organization? If so, to what do you attribute that?

If not, what are the key competencies or factors in place in your organization that support effective execution?

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Closing the strategy-to-execution gap

According to a survey conducted by OnPoint Consulting:

• 49% of leaders surveyed feel that a gap exists between the strategies they develop and their company's ability to execute on those strategies
• 64% say they don't have full confidence that the gap can be closed
• 75% believe that their companies have "clear and inspiring" visions

So, if it's not the vision that's the problem, and it's not the strategy that's the problem, why do so many leaders experience frustration with putting plans into action?

Skip Reardon, author of the Six Disciplines blog, identifies eight central factors that differentiate those who perceive a strategy-exection gap, from those who are confident about their abilties to execute. They include:  excellence in change management from the top, down; well-coordinated decisions across levels of management; effective human resource systems to ensure proper placement and compensation of employees, and; a proper balance between centralized and decentralized responsibility.

Do you perceive a strategy-execution gap in your organization? If so, to what do you attribute that?

If not, what are the key competencies or factors in place in your organization that support effective execution?

 

 

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Latest stats on social networking

According to the latest study conducted by comScore, "social networking sites reach a higher percentage of women than men worldwide. Other key statistics:

• Women spend 30% more time on social networking sites than men
• 75.8% of online women visited a social networking site in May 2010, compared with 69.7% of men
• North American women lead the pack - 90.3% of them visited a social networking site in April 2010, followed by online women in Latin America (83.6%) and Europe (83.4%)
• Social networking sites now capture the greatest share of all women's total time and attention online (16.3%)
• 45+ female segment is driving the greatest proportion of growth for the social networking category in both visits and time spent"

Visit MarketingProfs for an indepth discussion and to view charts and comparisons. (Free registration is required.)

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Today's solutions for tomorrow's problems

The Australian Commwealth Scientific and Industrial Reserach Organization (CSIRO) has recently published a report titled, Our Future World.

The report describes the outcomes from a CSRIO global foresight project and it presents "five global megatrends and global risks that may redefine how people live."

The five megatrends discussed are:

1. More from less. The world's depleted resources will demand innovations in efficiency.
2. A personal touch is about the growth of the services industry and innovations in targeted services.
3. Divergent demographics  - some countries have an aging population that is suffereing from "lifestyle and diet related health problems" while others are experiencing population growth and food shortages.
4. On the move. People move more. They switch jobs. They move their families. They travel more.
5. iWorld. "Everything in the natural world will have a digital counterpart."

Read the report here.

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