LSA Global

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

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. Strategic clarity accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performing organizations.

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LSA Global

APRIL 12, 2023

Can Your Approach to Talent Management Maximize Employee Potential? This requires leaders to effectively manage both day-to-day needs and to invest time, money, and effort into future workforce planning and strategy. This “reality” sets the foundation to maximize employee potential.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

3 Dimensions for Understanding the Essence of Executive Capabilities Executives must set a clear and compelling strategic direction, align the organization’s culture and business practices, and mobilize talent to execute against strategic priorities.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Are Your Leaders Unlocking the Power of Strategic Prioritization at Work? We know from our leadership simulation assessment data that resource constraints can be a significant obstacle to unlocking the power of strategic prioritization at work and achieving your strategic objectives. The consequence?

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Diagnosing the Cause of the Bumps in the Road When Organizational Change Stalls Change management consulting experts know that very few change initiatives move forward without encountering bumps (e.g., Do the rank and file really understand the business case for the planned change and what success would look like?

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LSA Global

APRIL 4, 2023

Why Leaders Need to Create Faster Strategy Execution We think of strategic speed as the ability of an organization and its leaders to move quickly enough to take advantage of market opportunities and offset competitive threats. If you are moving in a different or uncharted strategic direction (e.g.,

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Strategic Alignment We define strategic alignment as the point at which your organization’s resources, investments, decisions, and actions work cohesively together to achieve your corporate priorities. Read on for 3 steps to strategic alignment. Read on for 3 steps to strategic alignment. to-1 Employee Engagement 16.8-to-1.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 9, 2023

Why do HR Business Partners continue to struggle when business leaders know that their ability to attract, develop, engage, and retain top talent is a vital ingredient for their success? Lack of Change Management Expertise The last piece of the puzzle is leading and managing change.

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LSA Global

JUNE 2, 2023

Is It Time to Challenge Your Current Strategic Direction? Most companies run annual corporate strategy retreats to agree upon the key strategic priorities for the next twelve to thirty six months. Getting leaders on the same strategic page makes sense. But nothing in the marketplace stays the same.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 8, 2024

For most businesses, investing in the skills, knowledge, and attitudes of their workforce is not just a strategic choice – it’s a requirement for high performance. Done right, strategies to maximize employee talent development should increase employee engagement, retention, and performance.

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The Management Centre

MARCH 8, 2021

Development enables your team members to grow in their role, to feel stretched and supported, and to stay motivated and engaged. Whether you are supporting a new team member, or working with a long-standing and high performing colleague, the following five top tips can help you plan their development. Identify development areas.

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LSA Global

MARCH 1, 2022

One Simple Answer The simplest answer is that key stakeholders, those you count on to execute the strategy, are not fully committed or engaged. 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.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Align Teams Around Goals to Better Execute Strategies According to research by IBM, 9 out of 10 business plans fail to achieve strategic goals. Strategic clarity accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performing companies. In your efforts to control outcomes, do not eliminate team autonomy.

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LSA Global

JUNE 1, 2022

The Challenge of Strategic Clarity Unfortunately, far too many corporate leaders struggle to create the strategic clarity required to set themselves and their teams up for success. They need to be able to prioritize strategic initiatives. And the farther you get from the board room, the higher the level of strategic ambiguity.

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LSA Global

JUNE 9, 2023

Unfortunately, Leadership Succession Planning Often Fails to Meet Expectations While most leaders know that they should develop a leadership pipeline, leadership succession planning often fails to make a measurable impact. Getting succession planning right takes a lot of dedicated time, effort, resources. Why is that?

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LSA Global

JUNE 6, 2020

Middle Management Needs to Be Deeply Engaged in Strategy Design and Planning. Our organizational alignment research found that strategic clarity accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performance. It also found that middle management plays a powerful role in getting strategically aligned.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

We know from our change management simulation data that most leaders are challenged by unpredictable situations where the future is uncertain, and the stakes are high. But a lucky few react with a degree of strategic clarity and mental agility that allows them to adapt with relative ease. Do you get frustrated when plans change?

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LSA Global

MAY 10, 2022

The Role of Chief People Officers (CPOs) In essence, CPOs are responsible for attracting, developing, engaging, and retaining the top talent required for the business to meet its strategic objectives in a way that makes sense for the people AND the business. Not an easy task in the best of times.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 1, 2021

More Is Being Expected from Leaders Strategic expectations for leaders continue to increase. But today, we expect strategic leaders to set entire businesses and functions up for future success at the same time as they are meeting current demands. When Times Are Tough We need strategic leaders especially when times are tough.

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LSA Global

MAY 4, 2021

Our organizational alignment research found strategic clarity accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performance in terms of revenue, profitability, customer loyalty, and employee engagement. Too many strategic workstreams dilute energy, create complexity , and invite misalignment. Strategy matters.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Performance Management Defined Simply put, performance management is a process to help managers and employees to know where they stand. Done right, performance management can lead individuals, leaders, and teams to higher levels of performance results and better alignment of behaviors with desired cultural values and norms.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Companies that want to outperform their peers must place a premium on reskilling and upskilling talent to meet ever-changing strategic demands. Because the employee journey is nuanced at every company, L&D must co-create what makes sense with their various stakeholder groups. We know that the same is true with training strategies.

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LSA Global

MAY 29, 2018

Actively Involve Stakeholders to Accelerate Change. When you seek to initiate change in your organization – from a strategic shift to a cultural transformation to an important project – actively involve stakeholders to accelerate change as early in the process as possible. The Definition of Key Stakeholders.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 1, 2018

The role of middle managers in strategy implementation is key to success. 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. They need the active support of middle management.

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LSA Global

JULY 26, 2023

Communication can make or break a leader’s ability to lead teams, create strategic alignment , motivate employees, navigate organizational change , and serve customers. Leaders must be able to influence, inform, and build relationships with various internal and external stakeholders with different needs and styles.

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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. Create Unquestionable Strategic Clarity. 61% acknowledged that their firms struggle to implement strategies.

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LSA Global

MARCH 17, 2022

The most effective leaders have strategic influence skills. They deftly navigate the unwritten rules and the real way decisions are reached across multiple stakeholders, agendas, and perspectives. Why Are Strategic Influence Skills Required? What Happens if You Do Not Possess Strategic Influence Skills?

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Epicflow

MARCH 16, 2023

According to Gartner , by 2030, 80% of project managers’ tasks will be run by AI, powered by big data, machine learning (ML), and natural language processing. This statement was perceived as a threat to project managers, whose job was supposed to be undertaken by AI-driven project management software. But is this really so?

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

To truly meet strategic targets, your plans must be understood, committed to and implemented by your employees. Our own organizational alignment research found that strategic understanding, buy-in and commitment decrease 50% outside of the executive leadership team. Strategic Clarity – The “What”.

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LSA Global

MARCH 29, 2022

So, You Want to Be a People Manager Almost everyone who has been encouraged to take on the role of people manager at work has succeeded first in their role as individual contributor or team member. But do they have the fundamental skills for every people manager? But we’re talking here about your innermost layers.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Strategic Alignment is Important. Strategic alignment is important because it is all about performance – for your people, for your customers, and for your business. Why Strategic Alignment Matters. to-1, and to engage employees 16.8-to-1. The Organizational Elements Required for Strategic Alignment. Your Strategy.

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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

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. Scrap the Annual Ordeal.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 10, 2019

New Managers are Struggling. Do you know the role and responsibility of a new manager at your company? Senior executives and non-executive managers are unhappy with the performance of their companies’ frontline managers. The Role and Responsibility of a New Manager in 5 Stages. Effective new managers are decisive.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The 3 Most Critical Things Managers Should Do in Their First 90 Days. New managers are eager to make their mark and, as a result, are apt to try to do too much too fast. What managers should do in their first 90 days is just the opposite: slow down, take stock, and focus on what matters most. Of your team? Of my team?

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Growth strategy is clear, believable, and implementable enough to their key stakeholders ? Workplace culture is healthy, high performing, and strategically aligned with topline revenue growth behaviors across the entire organization ? Which sales growth strategy tips apply to your unique situation? Are you aligned for growth?

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LSA Global

JULY 25, 2017

Better talent management matters. Recent research by Bersin found that organizations with highly effective talent management strategies achieve 26% more revenue per employee and have 41% low turnover. A critical aspect of better talent management is managing performance. Ongoing, meaningful feedback.

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