Archive for Tactical Execution
Tactical Execution Best Practice 3 – Timely Reporting of Activity Status
Rarely does unique, creative, or exploratory work complete on-time and on-budget (accounting for personnel, material, and financial resources). Although planners make every effort to accurately predict task needs, the many variables and uncertainties associated with these types of tasks make highly accurate planning nearly impossible. Even highly repetitive tasks can suffer from unforeseeable circumstances that [...]
Read moreTactical Execution Best Practice 2 – Illustrated Priority Systems
“If everything is important, then nothing is.” Original Author Unknown Leaders struggle with the prioritization decision of how to most optimally deploy their limited resources so to return the most organizational value. Professionals also face this choice with respect to allotting their own time and attention to the myriad of assignments before them. Often, a [...]
Read moreTactical Execution Best Practice 1 – Priority System Alignment with Mission Goals
Seldom do leaders assign work to individuals based on the corporate goal of achieving something. Instead, they interpret and internalize the emphasis placed on assignments given them and then translate this emphasis by way of priorities when delegating or performing tasks. But just as a message changes meaning when passed from person-to-person, so does the [...]
Read moreStrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 3 – An Interview with Forrest Breyfogle, author of Integrated Enterprise Excellence, Volume I – The Basics
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 posts on the StrategyDriven website. Special Edition 3 – An Interview with Forrest Breyfogle, author of Integrated Enterprise Excellence, Volume [...]
Read moreTactical Execution – Some Things Get Better with Time, at least for a while
Experience is almost universally valued. Those possessing it are viewed as being superior; able to perform tasks with more practiced efficiency and more easily recognizing and responding to challenges that would otherwise inhibit forward progress. The question, therefore, is this: “For a given position, will one’s experience-based effectiveness grow without limit?”
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