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How the Most Successful Teams Bridge the Strategy-Execution Gap

Harvard Business

To do this, we examined how 49 enterprise leadership teams spend their time and also looked at their perceived effectiveness on critical behaviors of a senior team. That time is spent establishing financial and operational metrics, aligning goals with overarching strategy, allocating resources, and reviewing key metrics.

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Revitalize Your Vision for 2021

Makarios Consulting

To establish an engaging vision for your company, we recommend using eight key questions delineated in the Entrepreneurial Operating System ® (EOS®): What are your Core Values ? Here’s where the rubber really meets the road: what are you going to do in the next 90 days? Metrics are vital for effective execution.

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Revitalize Your Vision for 2021

Makarios Consulting

To establish an engaging vision for your company, we recommend using eight key questions delineated in the Entrepreneurial Operating System ® (EOS®): What are your Core Values ? Here’s where the rubber really meets the road: what are you going to do in the next 90 days? Metrics are vital for effective execution.

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We Shouldn’t Always Need a “Business Case” to Do the Right Thing

Harvard Business

” It’s a relief to have finally moved on from the era in which corporate responsibility meant feel-good philanthropic efforts divorced from an enterprise’s main activities. Metrics Are Not Your Friends. It can cost more to ensure better labor standards in a supply chain, or to meet environmental standards.

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How to Make Agile Work for the C-Suite

Harvard Business

Many companies are attempting a radical — and often rapid — shift from hierarchical structures to more agile environments, in order to operate at the speed required by today’s competitive marketplace. Reprioritize your enterprise backlog when new initiatives are added. This takes time. Systematic Inc.,

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It’s Time for Companies to Be Strategic About Energy

Harvard Business

Last week, at an internal Cisco meeting, the company’s VP of Supply Chain, John Kern, proudly reported that the project had identified ways to cut energy use by approximately 30%, which will likely save $1 million per year. Disclosure: I was at the meeting as a paid speaker on sustainability strategy.). Insight Center.

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How to Tie Executive Compensation to Sustainability

Harvard Business

The challenge of running a sustainable enterprise has taken center stage among shareholders. And at many companies, sustainability efforts are measured with well over 10 internal metrics. If executives hit sustainability targets at unacceptable cost, safeguards are needed to make payouts contingent on meeting core financials.

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