Transforming Strategy Into Success

Selected As One of "The Year's Best Reference and Reading Material", Industrial Engineer Magazine, December 2004 The authors provide a practical and comprehensive approach to implementing strategic intent in organizations through the use of lean management systems, strategic planning, lean enterprise management, leadership, and team building. This book is filled with real-life success stories that illustrate how companies have profited through the use of this lean methodology. Unique features include a new model for a lean management system, management systems diagramming, and a circular systems model for strategic direction setting. The approach presented is founded upon employee alignment through involvement and building employee buy-in to support implementation. Simple, comprehensive, and practical, Transforming Strategy into Success is a must read for lean practitioners, lean learners, and organizational leadership.

Selected As One of "The Year's Best Reference and Reading Material", Industrial Engineer Magazine, December 2004The authors provide a practical and comprehensive approach to implementing strategic intent in organizations through the use of lean management systems, strategic planning, lean enterprise management, leadership, and team building. This book is filled with real-life success stories that illustrate how companies have profited through the use of this lean methodology.Unique features include a new model for a lean management system, management systems diagramming, and a circular systems model for strategic direction setting. The approach presented is founded upon employee alignment through involvement and building employee buy-in to support implementation.Simple, comprehensive, and practical, Transforming Strategy into Success is a must read for lean practitioners, lean learners, and organizational leadership.

How to navigate your strategy journey in business using a five model framework and methodology that teaches you to play 'SMART' and 'win' in the game of business and career ascension.

Very few companies are successful in undertaking strategic transformation while maintaining long term superior financial performance. This book, by leading strategy experts, draws upon extensive interviews with business leaders and insights from companies faced with this challenge.

Most projects, most initiatives, most companies fail to achieve their desired result. That result can be revenue enhancement, cost reduction, customer satisfaction or any other goal. Most of these efforts may achieve a small portion of their desired results or even none at all. And this is because these companies, these organizations, these leaders, fail to fully develop and execute their strategies. Execution is key. What if your company failed less, and succeeded more? What if you could manage your initiatives to reach your results? This is why you should review your company's business transformation process and determine how it can be improved to increase the likelihood and level of success of your strategies.Aptly titled "The Space Between," this book provides a clear perspective of how to cover the space between developing a business strategy and achieving the desired outcomes. After twenty-five years of business consulting, the author has seen many companies pay the price for their reluctance to embrace the power of a strategic plan and the criticality of execution. Without execution, a strategy is nothing.The author has crafted a guided journey through the process of Business Transformation. The chapters are designed to allow each phase to be reviewed and assessed individually. They include overviews of the process, common pitfalls, tips for success and illustrative examples. Also included is a set of guided questions to allow you to journal your thoughts during each phase of the process. Each phase is balanced between the rational aspects of transformation and the common pitfalls management fall into due in part to their lack of knowledge of the process, speed of implementation, the underestimation of experience required and readiness of employees to absorb and manage transformation initiatives. The process is comprised of eight pillars - Gap Identification, Strategy, Strategic Initiatives, Benefits Realization, Prioritization, Roadmap, Measurement, and Manage and Evaluate. The book also provides high-level insights into the impacts of change management and process improvement on the success of business transformation efforts. A holistic view on what business transformation means and how to manage it successfully, this handbook is suitable for business executives and entrepreneurs dealing with the challenges of implementing strategic business transformation projects. www.greggharden.com

How to close the gap between strategy and execution Two-thirds of executives say their organizations don’t have the capabilities to support their strategy. In Strategy That Works, Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi explain why. They identify conventional business practices that unintentionally create a gap between strategy and execution. And they show how some of the best companies in the world consistently leap ahead of their competitors. Based on new research, the authors reveal five practices for connecting strategy and execution used by highly successful enterprises such as IKEA, Natura, Danaher, Haier, and Lego. These companies: • Commit to what they do best instead of chasing multiple opportunities • Build their own unique winning capabilities instead of copying others • Put their culture to work instead of struggling to change it • Invest where it matters instead of going lean across the board • Shape the future instead of reacting to it Packed with tools you can use for building these five practices into your organization and supported by in-depth profiles of companies that are known for making their strategy work, this is your guide for reconnecting strategy to execution.

Using the exclusive Kepner-Tregoe methodology; management experts Alan Brache and Sam Bodley-Scott draw from their experience to explain the seven essential skills of strategy implementation; providing the tactics and diagnostics needed for success. --