To share or not to share?

To share or not to share?

Sharing your strategy – Once your business has created its strategy, the next challenge is to successfully communicate it throughout the organisation. Sharing your Strategy Business leaders invariably want to know how much of the company strategy they should...
Collaboration – the missing ingredient

Collaboration – the missing ingredient

Collaboration – the missing ingredient to maximising potential! Have you ever experienced a team that needs 5000 volts before they can be innovative? Or perhaps the enthusiasm isn’t exactly palpable when you suggest getting sales AND marketing teams to go and...
Are you a strategic thinker?

Are you a strategic thinker?

We talk about strategy as a process, but strategic planning – and strategic execution – all require us to have a certain mindset. Great leaders are invariably excellent at strategic thinking and able to see the bigger picture; weighing up different...
Building an effective scorecard

Building an effective scorecard

All organisations need to build an effective scorecard in order to track and present KPIs in a readable, intuitive and meaningful way. Scorecards are often created using a red, amber, green system as described in the article by Natasha Johnson. Whichever method you...
Is a Purpose the same as a Mission?

Is a Purpose the same as a Mission?

Purpose vs Mission – Only a few years ago, organisations were tying themselves in knots to create the perfect mission statement. This big-ticket item was emblazoned across corporate literature and meant to drive business direction. Organisations were mission-led and...
Red, amber, green – RAG reporting

Red, amber, green – RAG reporting

Every business needs to understand its strategic strengths and pain points and will use Key Performance Indicators (KPI) to do this within a framework such as the Balanced Scorecard. But when managers need to review reports, they must rapidly and accurately evaluate...