Strategic Execution

The enterprise, government and 'not for profit' organizations of today face an operating environment that is at the most competitive historical levels due to a number of factors that include:



1. globalization,

2. demand from stakeholders for greater productivity and return on investment,

3. greater customer and stakeholder sophistication

4. scarcity of resources

5. skills and labour shortage,

6. the aging work force

7. increased domestic competition with greater strategic capabilities

8. ever improving information technology and telecommunications capacity/capability

9. triple bottom line requirements

10. etc, etc.



The business texts are rich with instruction to business leaders on methods to address this highly demanding environment with a clear message that every organization must embrace the demands and continually change in order to evolve and hence prosper or at least survive.

Innumerable methods are offered but underlying the vast majority of them is a clear Vision and commensurate Vision founded on lofty Values that are translated into a Strategy which is "artistically" devised and implemented by leaders who are highly skilled with a combination of "hard" and "soft" skills.

The result of the implementation of any Strategy is action to arrive at the desired outcomes. It is at this stage that there are all too often major delays and even complete (and costly) failures to achieve the required results.

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