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The 3 Pillars of an Effective Data Management Strategy: Monitoring, Tracking, and Reporting

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

SME Strategy is a strategy consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations align their teams and operations around a shared vision, mission, values, goals, and action plans. However, without a data strategy , the likelihood of achieving successful outcomes is greatly diminished.

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How to Measure the Effectiveness of Corporate Training

LSA Global

Do You Know How to Measure the Effectiveness of Corporate Training? While most companies believe in the need to upskill their employees to execute their strategies and retain top talent, leaders are frustrated with the return on their training investments. Improved leadership execution effectiveness of key corporate strategies.

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How to Cure a Bad Case of Metric Fixation

Strategy+Business

In The Tyranny of Metrics, history professor Jerry Muller reminds us that not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

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How to Cure a Bad Case of Metric Fixation

Strategy+Business

In The Tyranny of Metrics, history professor Jerry Muller reminds us that not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.

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What’s Wrong With Detailed Gantt Charts and How to Make Fewer Details Work for You

Johanna Rothman

That's why I wrote Project Lifecycles: How to Reduce Risks, Release Successful Products, and Increase Agility. ) See this series about how to see dependencies with value stream maps in various kinds of teams, starting with A Common Tool Trap: the Tool Will Help Your Delivery and Planning Problems. That does work.

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How to Move from Strategy to Action

LSA Global

Strategy without Action Is Just Wishful Thinking Despite the time and effort leaders put into crafting a clear business strategy , one of the most distressing statistics, is that, according to a recent IBM survey, 90% of strategies fail to meet expectations. Where did things go wrong from strategy to action?

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How to Align Middle Management with Strategy

LSA Global

Middle Management Needs to Be Deeply Engaged in Strategy Design and Planning. For strategic plans to succeed, companies need to align middle management with strategy. Make the inevitable strategic and tactical adjustments to keep the strategy on track. What Executives Need to Do to Align Middle Management with Strategy.