Do you ever feel like the world is moving faster and faster, leaving you struggling to keep up? Frustrated with a sense you’re behind and can’t catch up? If you do, you’re not alone.
The pace of change in today's business environment is relentless, making the conditions that prompted my 2012 book Managing Performance in Turbulent Times seem almost tame in comparison. We are truly in an accelerating VUCA world - one that is volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. Add in D for digital transformation if you really want the full measure of the challenge.
Yet every day, there are some leaders successfully taking their organizations forward despite these shifts. To meet the pace of today’s business environment, clarity of vision, focus on delivering results, and speed of action are critical. If you’re on a management team that’s not where it needs to be, there’s good news regarding how your leaders can overcome obstacles and start delivering results from your strategy efforts.
Leveraging my research and the work in my first book, I developed what I call the Strategy-thru-Results Process. It has five steps:
Envision your future
Plan the strategy
Align your organization
Execute strategy projects
Adapt and course correct
In this blog series, I’ll dive into each of these steps and share useful frameworks and tools that busy leaders can use to drive results in their organizations. I’ve worked with many organizations using these very resources to improve their execution capabilities in my consulting engagements, professional training, and classroom teaching with hundreds of leaders. Now you can leverage them too.
But this isn't just about sharing what I’ve learned—I want to hear from you regarding your own team’s experience. What challenges do you face in driving results from your strategy? What questions do you have? Share your thoughts and I’ll tailor this content to address your specific interests and needs.
You can join the conversation and connect with other strategic leaders in my LinkedIn group—Strategy Education. We can leverage the power of the group to navigate the complexities of today's business landscape and make real strategic change—and measurable results—a reality.