LSA Global

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Challenging Times Often Require a More Proactive Corporate Strategy Does your leadership team tend to focus on the immediate issues in front of them (a reactive corporate strategy) or do they pause and look for new opportunities (a proactive corporate strategy)? Our leadership simulation assessment data tells us that leaders need to do both.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Is your leadership team and their direct reports seriously “in it to win it”? The most common corporate strategy execution readiness mistakes leaders make relate to an overreliance on strategy communication vs. active stakeholder involvement and overestimating the amount of strategic alignment from their peers.

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LSA Global

MAY 2, 2023

After a successful strategy retreat , smart leaders ensure that everyone is ready to fully accept and act upon the key strategic priorities in a way that makes sense to the people and the business. To move from strategy to action, leaders and their teams must have the confidence and competence to implement the plan.

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PM Alliance

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Your project team is probably familiar with the risks posed by delays. They have the potential to complicate your budget and even cause ripple effects far into the future. By the time your facility finally comes online, attracting the right talent could be far more challenging. Marketing efforts fall out of sync.

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LSA Global

MAY 4, 2021

Unless you are in that rarefied 10% of companies whose strategies are being successfully implemented, you better figure out how to better execute strategy and fix it. Avoid the slogans that are more like rallying cries than a well-considered plan of what will make a meaningful difference in your particular organization.

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LSA Global

JUNE 4, 2021

The challenge is how to translate goals into actions. Once a leadership team gets aligned on a clear strategic direction , the real challenge is deciding on and collectively implementing meaningful and visible next steps. Major strategic initiatives typically have many moving and interrelated parts with many players in the field.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

How to Better Cascade Your Corporate Strategy. In nature a cascade is a small, steep waterfall that flows in a descending manner from the top to the bottom, from high to low. In business we use the verb “cascading” when we talk about communicating and embedding a corporate strategy throughout the organization.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 3, 2020

Update and Upgrade for Better Strategic Planning. The odds of designing and executing strategies that lead to high performance are not in your favor. Five Tips on How to Do Strategic Planning Right. Have the discussions focus on making strategic choices, not on making tactical plans or budgets.

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LSA Global

MARCH 1, 2022

Leaders need to learn how to boost strategy execution. On average, unengaged employees simply do not have a clear understanding of their role in realizing the strategy, do not buy into the strategic vision , and do not see what’s in it for them. Then agree upon how everyone will be held equally accountable.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Securing Strategic Buy-In to Get Better Results. Experienced leaders know that strategic buy-in matters. Even the most brilliant corporate strategies can fail miserably if your key stakeholders do not understand, believe in, and fully commit to your plans for success. 5 Tips to Increase Strategic Buy-In.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 6, 2021

How can we overcome strategy execution risks? If your strategy is not clear enough, not agreed to, not perceived to be equal to the challenge, or not supported by adequate resources to truly succeed, it won’t. How can we expect employees to commit to a strategic direction if they cannot fully articulate it?

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LSA Global

MAY 20, 2018

Successful Strategy Implementation Starts with Strategic Clarity. Successful strategy execution begins with strategic clarity. Successful strategy execution starts with designing a clear and compelling strategy that will help your business win while guiding decision-making and roles throughout the company. Fight for alignment.

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LSA Global

JUNE 20, 2018

Plan Strategic Changes with Great Care. There are good reasons to plan strategic changes carefully. Sometimes you need to adjust your strategy due to shifts in the marketplace. But, whatever the reason, take care as you make these strategic changes. Articulate Your Strategic Vision.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Defining Strategic Alignment. If you think of corporate strategy as “what” you are trying to achieve, then “how to create strategic alignment” is about ensuring that your resources, investments, efforts, decisions, and actions work cohesively together toward achieving those strategic priorities.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Just as a coxswain guides his crew to pull together in the same direction in a coordinated way, a great strategy guides everyone in the organization to make the right strategic choices and behave in a way that makes sense. Marketing promoting services that do not match your roadmap. What is your value proposition and competitive edge?

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LSA Global

JANUARY 19, 2018

If You Want Strategic Growth, Your Leadership Team Must Think Bigger. If you want strategic growth, you must start with strategic clarity. Our organizational alignment research found strategic clarity accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low growth companies. How To Beat the Odds.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

If you better communicate your strategy, your chances for success increase dramatically. Done right, your strategy should provide the underpinning for everything you do. That is why employees want leaders to better communicate your strategy. 6 Ways to Better Communicate Your Strategy. It’s human nature.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Misunderstood corporate strategies threaten your success. A corporate strategy is the plan you create to achieve specific goals. Strategic clarity sounds important, doesn’t it? The Importance of Strategic Clarity. How Clear Is Your Strategy? Recent research by Timothy Devinney et. Lack of Focus.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

A Smart Strategic Planning Process Provides the Foundation. No matter how simple the business, every effective operation is based upon some kind of revenue-generating plan. Strategic planning is, quite simply, the foundation of any successful business. There are various ways to go about strategic planning.

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LSA Global

JUNE 4, 2018

Just 56% of strategic initiatives have been successfully implemented. Only 41% of respondents say their companies provide sufficiently skilled personnel to implement high priority strategic initiatives. If you want to outperform your peers and close the strategy execution gap, follow these three steps.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 1, 2018

Our organizational alignment research found that strategic clarity, believability and implementability account for 31% of the difference between high and low performing teams and organizations. 49% of leaders surveyed by Booz & Company said their companies had no strategic priorities. Strategy Implementation Success.

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LSA Global

MAY 24, 2019

Upgrade Your Strategic Planning Process. Whether you know it or not, you probably need to upgrade your strategic planning process. Our own organizational alignment research found that employees have 50% less faith in their company’s strategic plan than their leadership team.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

A Better Way to Set Strategic Priorities. We believe that strategy is fundamentally about two things: (1) Making difficult choices about which big bets matter most, and (2) how to stretch limited resources to make those big bets succeed. How to Set Strategic Priorities. A Better Way to Set Strategic Priorities.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Watch Out for Corporate Vision, Mission, and Values Warning Signs Effective corporate vision, mission, and value statements enlist the hearts and minds of your organization by providing strategic and cultural context for their work. And strategic and cultural context matters. Why do they fail?

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LSA Global

JANUARY 2, 2018

How to Develop the Right Strategy. When you can develop the right strategy…one that is clear, agreed-upon and achievable…you are set up to win the game and outperform your competition. Too many of us know what can happen with a strategic plan that is fuzzy, ill-conceived or non-implementable. Increased finger pointing.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

What Is Strategic Alignment? Strategic alignment occurs when your business strategy is clearly articulated, fully understood, and consistently executed across your organization. The steps to create strategic alignment set you and your team up to be collectively firing on all cylinders.

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LSA Global

APRIL 19, 2017

Without it, your employees lack direction, are confused about where they are headed and why, and spend far too much time in unproductive or misguided efforts. What are the critical few business goals of your organization? What are the specific outcomes of your strategy? Agree upon how you will prioritize resources.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

To Simplify Your Strategy You Must Make Tough Choices. To simplify your strategy you must focus and make tough choices. To simplify your strategy you must focus and make tough choices. If your core strategic priorities are too numerous (i.e. Strategic Complexity Creates Strategic Failure.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 10, 2017

Strategic focus can make or break a company when the stakes are high. Settle or stretch…that may be the dilemma you face as you begin the critical strategic planning process. And your business results and the buy-in of your people will most likely depend upon the choice you make. Don’t begin with your budget.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 17, 2019

If you’re finding that your employees are slow, reluctant or confused on how to implement your strategy, it is likely that your strategy communication to employees is lacking. All too often executives understand the plans for success but don’t cascade the strategy well to their workforce. Tell a Story.

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LSA Global

JULY 2, 2019

Is Your Strategy Set Up to Be Operationalized? Are you ready to operationalize your strategy? In most instances the strategic plans were in place, but strategy implementation was poor. How then can we expect employees to commit to a strategic direction if they cannot articulate it? The Problem.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

In chess, strategic moves are made according to an overall plan to get the opponent into a checkmate. In the military, it is the plan that sets up an operation for success. How do you separate a complex set of circumstances into factors that can become part of a winning strategy ? Designing a Business Strategy.

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LSA Global

JULY 1, 2017

Much has been written about strategic clarity and why it is so critical to effective strategy execution. When strategies are unclear or unbelievable, plans never make it across the finish line. The first step toward successful strategy execution is making sure everyone knows the plan and how their job fits into it.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 7, 2017

Sifting through all the different possible directions you could take with your business could drive you crazy and prevent you from making any real progress…but when you have a clear strategy , the path forward keeps you, and your business, on the right track. What you need to know about your business. Priorities.

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LSA Global

MARCH 18, 2019

When it comes to successful strategy execution, how can you beat the odds? When it comes to desired results, a strategic plan is only the beginning, not the end. It is not easy to galvanize a group of people to flawlessly carry out a plan to achieve a common goal together against competitors and changing market conditions.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 2, 2018

There are all kinds of internal and external reasons to purposefully shift your strategy. But they all involve reacting to a major change in your business typically driven by new leaders, new technologies, new markets, new competitors or new disruptions. In order to keep your team motivated and engaged, you need to: 1.

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LSA Global

JUNE 16, 2017

Our organizational alignment research found that strategic clarity accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performing organizations in terms of revenue growth, profitability, customer satisfaction, leadership effectiveness and employee engagement. But repetition does not equal understanding or strategic clarity.

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