1. OPERATIONALIZING YOUR
STRATEGIC PLAN
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2. Operationalizing Your Strategic Plan
Approach
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Engagement
Within
Your
Organiza5on
Inability
to
Transi5on
Your
Strategy
to
Ac5on
2
Failure
to
Conduct
Regular
Reviews
3
Employee
Ac5on
Not
Aligned
to
Your
Strategy
4
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Solu5on
#1
Solu5on
#2
Solu5on
#3
Solu5on
#4
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3. Critical Issue #1:
Engagement Within the Organization
“Actively disengaged employees -- the least productive -- cost the American economy an
estimated $350 billion per year in lost productivity.”
- The Gallup Business Journal
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4. Solution #1:
The Engagement Conversation
Key
Player
Manage
Closely
Keep
Informed
Two
Way
Communica5on
Keep
Sa5sfied
Keep
Informed
Influence
High
Priority
Low
Priority
Low
Priority
Moderate
Priority
Moderate
Priority
High
Priority
Interest
• Vision?
• S.W.O.T
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5. Critical Issue #2:
Inability to Transition Your Strategy to Action
Strategy
Strategic Plan
Individual Plan
“Companies realize only 63% of the financial performance their strategies promise
because of defects and breakdowns in planning and execution. More than 1/3 placed
the figure at less than 50%.”
- Harvard Business Review, Fall 2004
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6. Solution #2:
Project Plan and Scorecard
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7. Critical Issue #3:
Failure to Conduct Regular Reviews
“Less than 15% of companies make it a regular practice to go back and compare the business’s
results with performance forecast.”
- Harvard Business Review, Fall 2004
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8. Solution #3:
Establish the 3 Types of Meetings
Tac5cal
Review
Review
current
status
of
weekly
ac5vi5es
and
progress
since
last
mee5ng.
1
Quarterly
Strategic
Review
Discuss
strategic
or
higher
level
issues
that
effect
the
medium
to
long
term.
2
Annual
Management
Review
Review
all
inputs
and
outputs
of
the
management
system
ensuring
their
con5nuing
suitability
and
effec5veness.
3
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9. Critical Issue #4:
Employee Action Not Aligned to Your Strategy
“Only
7%
of
employees
today
fully
understand
their
company’s
business
strategies
and
what’s
expected
of
them
in
order
to
help
achieve
the
company
goals.”
- Driving
Success:
The
Incredible
Power
of
Company-­‐Wide
Goal
Alignment.
SuccessFactors
2007
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10. Solution #4:
The Weekly Productivity Transformer
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Tac5cal
Review
Review
current
status
of
weekly
ac5vi5es
and
progress
since
last
mee5ng
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11. Operationalizing Your Strategic Plan
Solutions to the 4 Critical Issues
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Engagement
Within
Your
Organiza5on
Inability
to
Transi5on
Your
Strategy
to
Ac5on
2
Failure
to
Conduct
Regular
Reviews
3
Employee
Ac5on
Not
Aligned
to
Your
Strategy
4
1
The
Engagement
Conversa5on
Project
Plan
and
Scorecard
Establish
the
3
Types
of
Mee5ngs
The
Weekly
Produc5vity
Transformer
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