Archive for Strategic Analysis
How to Stress-Test Your Strategy
Robert Simons, the Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, explains why management teams must ask themselves tough strategy questions. During this interview, Robert covers: obstacles business leaders face when executing their business strategy why companies need to focus on one primary customer the importance in choosing which among shareholders, [...]
Read moreStrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 57 – An Interview with Robert Simons, author of Seven Strategy Questions
StrategyDriven Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve superior results. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag articles on the StrategyDriven website. Special Edition 57 – An Interview with Robert Simons, author of Seven Strategy Questions explores [...]
Read moreStrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 38 – An Interview with Robert Morison, co-author of Analytics at Work
StrategyDriven Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve superior results. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag articles on the StrategyDriven website. Special Edition 38 – An Interview with Robert Morison, co-author of Analytics at Work explores [...]
Read moreStrategic Analysis Best Practice 9 – Comparing Organizational Goals to Resource Assignments
Want to know what the organization is focused on; what it values? Simply follow the money. The purpose of every organization is to maximize value creation as defined by its mission goals. To do so, executives and managers must employ the organization’s resources such that they are focused on the activities most directly supporting achievement [...]
Read moreStrategyDriven Podcast Episode 22 – Identify the Hidden Drivers, part 3 of 3
StrategyDriven Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve better results. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag posts on the StrategyDriven Podcasts website. Episode 22 – Identify the Hidden Drivers, part 3 of 3 elaborates on Strategic [...]
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