Many strategy execution efforts are slowed down or even killed by strategy tourists. They ruin performance. But there is also an upside. I believe their behaviour offers a very useful career guide for the strategy execution hero. Tourist show how execution heroes should not behave. So take advantage of all the strategy tourists in your [...]
[Continue reading...]‘We have a strategy map’ is not the same as ‘We have a strategy’
When I see a strategy map, my favourite question is “Where’s the strategy?”. Just because you have a strategy map, doesn’t mean that you have a strategy. A strategy map often looks fancy but mostly it’s a lot of ‘map’ and very few ‘strategy’. BEYOND THE FANCY POWERPOINT I like a written strategy document in [...]
[Continue reading...]20 Ways to Sustain Motivation When You’re Struggling — Personal goals series (3/3)
– Personal goals series – The second half of motivation is to keep yourself going when you don’t feel the same excitement as you did in the beginning. Perhaps something new has come into your life and your old goal isn’t as much of a priority anymore. Perhaps you skipped a day or two and now [...]
[Continue reading...]8 Ways to Motivate Yourself From the Beginning — Personal Goals Series (2/3)
– Personal goals series – Often the problem with goals is not setting them, but sticking to them. If you can stick with a goal for long enough, you’ll almost always get there eventually. It just takes patience, and motivation. Motivation is the key, but it’s not always easy, day in and day out, to find [...]
[Continue reading...]5 tips to pick the right goals — Personal Goals series (1/3)
– Personal goals series (1/3) – Did you know that the goal-setting theory is one of the most scientifically valid and useful theories in organisational science? The positive results of setting objectives within the world of work are widely supported by substantial research – more than 100 scientific studies involving 40,000 participants from different industries. [...]
[Continue reading...]33 tips to achieve your goals in 2012!
”100 scientific studies involving 40,000 participants from different industries show that goal setting is one of the best things you can do to improve your performance” We are almost at the end of 2011. 2012 will start very soon and offers new opportunities to achieve great things. During the Christmas holiday season, most of us take [...]
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