LSA Global

AUGUST 6, 2021

Why Do So Many Fail at Strategy Execution Strategy execution risks are not new. We know from experience and from a recent IBM survey that less than 10% of carefully crafted strategies are being successfully implemented. Why do so many companies struggle and then fail to execute on their carefully conceived strategies?

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Brimstone Consulting

AUGUST 26, 2021

With no time for planning, we were forced to innovate, to be agile , and be more human. Rather than make a decision for employees, the company decided to conduct a survey and ask where employees would like to work. CHROs share their strategies. When it comes to the way forward, there is no “right” path.

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Consulting Matters

MARCH 3, 2021

Do the following: Do a survey with former and potential clients. Follow up a survey with interviews that allow you to probe for insight, clarity and really good phrases. Gives women who have broken through the glass ceiling but not the love ceiling pragmatic tools and proven strategies to find satisfaction in romance.

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Brimstone Consulting

DECEMBER 15, 2020

A recent survey found that 67% of companies that implemented remote or hybrid work policies in response to the pandemic expect these policies to remain in place permanently or for the long-term. Build Agility. It is also important to differentiate between acting agile out of necessity and acting agile out of design.

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Business Consulting Agency

JANUARY 15, 2024

Tailored Market Entry Strategies Localized experts possess in-depth knowledge of regional markets, allowing them to tailor market entry strategies based on specific geographical and demographic factors. Statistic: A study by McKinsey found that companies with personalized marketing strategies experienced a 10-30% increase in revenue.

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Business Consulting Agency

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Tailored Customer Acquisition Strategies Business Consultants bring a wealth of experience and expertise to the table, allowing them to craft tailored customer acquisition strategies for each unique business. Business Consultants develop comprehensive customer retention strategies that enhance loyalty and reduce churn rates.

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LSA Global

APRIL 2, 2021

What Are the Attributes of an Effective Corporate Strategy? Is your company’s strategy clear enough, believable enough, and implementable enough to be successfully implemented across your organization? That would help to explain IBM’s survey that found less than 1 out of 10 strategies are effectively executed.

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Business Consulting Agency

JANUARY 11, 2024

Marketing and Branding Strategies Benefit: Crafting compelling marketing and branding strategies is essential for product success. Fact: A McKinsey survey found that 85% of executives believe that they need to redesign their business models more frequently to stay competitive.

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Harvard Business

MAY 15, 2018

Increasing volatility, uncertainty, growing complexity, and ambiguous information (VUCA) has created a business environment in which agile collaboration is more critical than ever. Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. Marina Nasr / EyeEm/Getty Images. This story is not unique. Insight Center. Competing in the Future.

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Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2018

Called Agile, the process put customers at the center of product development, encouraged rapid prototyping, and dramatically increased corporate speed and agility. While Agile began as a product development innovation, it sparked a corporate strategy and process revolution. Sponsored by Accenture Strategy.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 3, 2019

A Common Problem When Leaders Disagree on Strategy. After massive investments of time and money, too many companies report failing at strategy execution. A recent McKinsey survey of 800 companies found that a whopping 77 percent of strategic decisions were made outside of the original strategic plan. Consider the Context.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 13, 2018

But, what about the application of AI and ML to agile development, testing and even portfolio management? For nearly two decades, many companies have utilized the principles within the Agile Manifesto to deliver faster time-to-market than traditional, or linear development models. Focus on Outcomes, not Metrics.

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1 to 1

JULY 16, 2020

In a recent TTEC poll, 45% of respondents indicated that they had accelerated their digital transformation strategy; 31% said their transformation was stuck, and 24% were planning to accelerate. Underscoring both of these trends, Jacobs noted, was a shift in how companies think about customer service strategies and the overall CX.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

The strategy-to-execution gap is an enduring problem with no easy solution. ” In their seminal HBR piece , Paul Leinwand, Cesare Mainardi, and Art Kleiner outlined what senior leaders must do to close the strategy-to-execution gap. Translate strategy into everyday processes and capabilities. Hulton Archive/Getty Images.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

MARCH 28, 2022

A recent survey of leaders across companies with under $10m to over $1bn in annual revenue identified the following negative consequences associated with ineffective leadership communication: 52% reported higher stress levels. Cultivate Your Cultural Agility. I experienced the importance of cultural agility early in my career.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Organizational culture is complex, and it can play a powerful — and sometimes destructive — role that is too often overlooked when new strategies are devised and launched. In a new global survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the most frequently cited barrier to implementing strategy was culture.

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Asamby Consulting

MARCH 17, 2023

It involves developing and implementing strategies to improve the overall performance of the organization, including its people, processes, and systems. Organizational development can help small businesses identify inefficiencies in their processes and systems and develop strategies to streamline them.

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Progressus

OCTOBER 27, 2023

And it’s those common links that inform tech investments, transformation strategies, and how firms respond to the disruptive forces that define the modern business landscape. A recent SAP-Oxford survey identified three key models emerging in the professional services industry: 1.

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1 to 1

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Customers still want in-person experiences; nearly half of respondents in a recent survey by Raydiant prefer physical experiences when given the choice. A successful omnichannel retail strategy needs to be a seamless, meaningful, experiential. Remain agile in the face of change. Retail success in 2022. To learn more.

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Makarios Consulting

AUGUST 3, 2022

Consider conducting focus groups or distributing surveys to get customer feedback, and pay close attention to what is said in the reviews you are getting online. Third, be flexible and agile to respond to customer needs. Is purchasing activity decelerating? Are product or service choices shifting?

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Asamby Consulting

MAY 4, 2022

In early 2022, we conducted retrospectives for past client work (as you do in an agile team), and we've also found this pattern. Understand the user(s) and their ecosystem Gather information on the current meeting patterns a short survey is sent to the team to retrieve comparable data (see graphic 3). How do we execute the strategy?

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Brimstone Consulting

JUNE 28, 2021

A recent survey finds that although nine out of ten executives envision implementing a hybrid model going forward, only one in ten organizations have begun to communicate and pilot their vision. It has forced innovation, forced agility, and enabled accomplishments that previously had been unimaginable.

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LSA Global

MAY 11, 2023

Done wrong, organization structures stifle innovation, collaboration, and strategy execution. The Undisputed Value of Engaged Employees Our employee engagement survey data shows that engaged employees drive 8% greater productivity, 12% higher customer satisfaction, and 51% less voluntary turnover.

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Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2018

In this environment, change agility needs to be part of the new organization’s and leaders’ DNA. Successful change-agile leaders at all levels in the organization respond to changes in the business environment by seizing opportunities, including throwing out old models and developing new ways of doing business.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 6, 2018

So with customers expecting more personalized, agile, and on-demand delivery, insurers are now racing to keep pace and deliver more relevant solutions for a changing user landscape. This speed and agility allows the insurance industry to match stride with would be disruptors in the digital age. Inability to attract new customers.

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Makarios Consulting

AUGUST 3, 2022

Consider conducting focus groups or distributing surveys to get customer feedback, and pay close attention to what is said in the reviews you are getting online. Third, be flexible and agile to respond to customer needs. Is purchasing activity decelerating? Are product or service choices shifting?

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Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2017

Digital transformation requires a new approach to strategy. A key tenet of digital transformation is the understanding that digital strategy no longer plays a supporting role for business strategy. Zurich Insurance Group Takes Its IT Infrastructure to the Agile Cloud. Implementing a digital-first strategy.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

AUGUST 1, 2022

Shifting Assumptions and Perceptions Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are key growth strategies for many organizations: entering new marketplaces, acquiring new technologies, and leveraging scale and size. Coaching helps leaders shift assumptions and perceptions and adopt positive cross-cultural motivation, vision, and cultural agility.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Here are the top seven high performer employee engagement warning signs from our Best Places to Work Employee Engagement Survey Data : #1. All too often, policies, rules and processes that were initially created with good intentions, impede the agility that high performers need to succeed. Lack of a Voice.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

In our surveys, more than 66% of CEOs said they expect their companies to change their business model in the next three years, with 62% reporting they have management initiatives or transformation programs underway to make their business more digital. Transform Your Digital Future with Gartner’s Top C-Suite Insights for 2018-19.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 14, 2018

Many companies invest in or buy them, unsure what they’ll yield other than the halo effect they may overpay for, made worse by the fact that most don’t align with the company strategy or meet a market insight. The key is fast experimentation through lean, agile approaches.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 27, 2016

In a 2014 global survey of Human Capital Trends conducted by Deloitte , 57% of respondents said that their organizations are “weak” when it comes to helping leaders manage difficult schedules and helping employees manage information flow, and that there is an urgent need to address this challenge. Develop mental agility.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 25, 2016

But although executives seem to understand that strategy itself is a series of choices — about what your company will excel at and where competing doesn’t make sense — they take a peanut butter approach to cybersecurity, spreading it evenly across the entire business.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Henry Mintzberg defined strategic planning as “a formalized system for codifying, elaborating and operationalizing the strategies which companies already have.” The frustrations with current planning practices intersect with another fundamental managerial trend: organizational agility. The Fayol legacy lingers.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2017

For Equinix, surveys revealed that a third of employees were not confident explaining its company story. Today, the ability to measure data and adjust strategies in real-time enables marketing to prove its value to the business in entirely new ways. This gives marketing an opportunity to measure and manage itself in new ways.

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Cheryl Cran

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

An IBM survey in 2012 stated that companies main focus is technology. Leaders who can skillfully maneuver the fast paced change of technology AND have increased agility in leading change and influencing teams to greater results is increasingly hard to find.

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Cheryl Cran

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Companies with a majority workforce of independent/entrepreneurial workers have more agility, have greater innovation and are highly attractive to high performing talent. Independent/entrepreneurial workers work both in hubs at the office as well as remotely which means the majority will have high levels of technological aptitude.

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