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Sandy Richardson
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON, Canada
President, Collaborative Strategy. Author of Business Results Revolution for Healthcare Organizations.
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Your Company is in WHAT Business?!?
When Facebook founder/CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified last week in front of Congress, I nearly feel off my chair when I heard his answer to the question “Are you a media company or a technology company?” Now – realizing that the options offered in the question may have been too limiting... Continue reading
Posted Apr 16, 2018 at SFO Blog - Helping You Build Your Company into a Strategy Focused Organization
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Real World Advice for Setting Targets for Your KPI’s
If you and your team are going to invest time and effort into measuring the performance of the things you do in your business to put your strategy into motion and move your company forward towards an ultimate success goal, you’ll need indicators (KPI’s). Of course, choosing the right KPI’s... Continue reading
Posted Feb 5, 2018 at SFO Blog - Helping You Build Your Company into a Strategy Focused Organization
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The Three Business Management Horizons All Executives Must Juggle with Ease
To ensure the ongoing success of their company, every business leader must excel at keeping their eye on three important business “horizons” at the same time. This can be tricky to do but all effective leaders/leadership teams manage to find a way to do it. Let’s take a closer look... Continue reading
Posted Jan 22, 2018 at SFO Blog - Helping You Build Your Company into a Strategy Focused Organization
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A Little Less Measurement, A Lot More Conversation
For someone who began their career in strategy management as a Balanced Scorecard practitioner, it might be a bit strange to say this but here goes: In the upcoming year I’d like to see executive teams spend less effort collecting data points and more time talking about what their data... Continue reading
Posted Jan 8, 2018 at SFO Blog - Helping You Build Your Company into a Strategy Focused Organization
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Saving Strategy – How to Make “Doing Strategy” Meaningful in an Age of Disruption
Did you realize that the approach to strategy that most companies (and consultants) use today was formulated in the last century? That’s right. Back in the days when people had to talk face to face and TV was the new kid on the block. A time when if someone called... Continue reading
Posted Sep 11, 2017 at SFO Blog - Helping You Build Your Company into a Strategy Focused Organization
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Four Business Hacks to Help CEOs Sleep Better at Night
A recent article on CNBC.com by Bob Moritz, Chairman of PwC, reported on the results of PwC’s 20th CEO survey. The survey of global business leaders identifies, and delves into, the top issues for CEO’s around the globe. In the article, Moritz summarizes the “four concerns that keep CEOs awake... Continue reading
Posted Jan 31, 2017 at SFO Blog - Helping You Build Your Company into a Strategy Focused Organization
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Four Business Hacks to Help CEOs Sleep Better at Night
A recent article on CNBC.com by Bob Moritz, Chairman of PwC, reported on the results of PwC’s 20th CEO survey. The survey of global business leaders identifies, and delves into, the top issues for CEO’s around the globe. In the article, Moritz summarizes the “four concerns that keep CEOs awake... Continue reading
Posted Jan 31, 2017 at SFO Blog - Helping You Build Your Company into a Strategy Focused Organization
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Is Your Organization’s Strategic Plan Putting Your Business Results at Risk?
Does your organization have a traditional style strategic plan? You know – something that looks like a three year “to do” list? If you’ve ever heard anyone in your organization proudly declare that the strategic plan is “done”, then you know that your organization has a “to do” list strategic... Continue reading
Posted Oct 6, 2016 at SFO Blog - Helping You Build Your Company into a Strategy Focused Organization
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Tips for Creating a Strategy Map for Your Non-Profit Organization
Creating a strategy map for your non-profit organization is as easy as asking and answering a series of important questions as a team. In this short video I go over the key questions you and your team need to ask and answer to create a powerful, agile, and actionable strategy... Continue reading
Posted Sep 20, 2016 at SFO Blog - Helping You Build Your Company into a Strategy Focused Organization
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Are You Expecting Too Much From Your Balanced Scorecard Indicators?
I’m starting to see it again – Balanced Scorecards that suffer from an explosion of measures. More specifically, I’m seeing a trend towards attaching multiple metrics (rather than indicators) to a single strategic objective. The usual result is a Strategy Scorecard on steroids that has become an administrative nightmare, is... Continue reading
Posted Jul 19, 2016 at SFO Blog - Helping You Build Your Company into a Strategy Focused Organization
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Activity ≠ Impact (and the ROI of measurement clarity)
Measuring the stuff we do, and achieve, in business is critically important – performance data and results information give us necessary insight into what’s going on inside AND outside of our organization. Many organizations invest heavily in measurement so it’s important to be sure that that time and effort is... Continue reading
Posted Jun 14, 2016 at SFO Blog - Helping You Build Your Company into a Strategy Focused Organization
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Tips for Getting on Top of the Initiatives and Deliverables in Your Strategic Plan
Posted May 12, 2016 at SFO Blog - Helping You Build Your Company into a Strategy Focused Organization
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Strategy Management Should Be a Core Competency for Every Organization
Is strategy management (i.e. strategy creation, implementation, measurement, and improvement) a core competency for your organization? If not, it’s time to think about bringing this critical capability in-house. When I talk about strategy management I mean that every organization, from a start-up to a Fortune 500 enterprise to a non-profit... Continue reading
Posted May 2, 2016 at SFO Blog - Helping You Build Your Company into a Strategy Focused Organization
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Time is Money and What It Means When It Comes to Strategy
An old saying states that “time is money” and it still applies today. Most people take this sage advice as a reminder to be efficient in their work – that is, the longer you take to do something, the greater the amount of money you spend/waste accomplishing it. However, in... Continue reading
Posted Apr 13, 2016 at SFO Blog - Helping You Build Your Company into a Strategy Focused Organization
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The Value of Giving Your Employees a Seat at the Strategy Table
This short video clip of best-selling author and Harvard professor Cynthia Montgomery really clarifies the essential ingredients for strategy success - choice and making everyone in your organization a part of your strategy! Continue reading
Posted Apr 6, 2016 at SFO Blog - Helping You Build Your Company into a Strategy Focused Organization
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Simplified Not Simplistic Strategy
Let’s agree on one thing. Business is complicated. It doesn’t matter what business or sector your organization is in – there are lots of things going on inside and out that have to come together in just the right way for your organization and people to produce great results. However,... Continue reading
Posted Feb 17, 2016 at SFO Blog - Helping You Build Your Company into a Strategy Focused Organization
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Welcome to StrategyShare!
This is an "on demand" video training series created specifically for Organization Administrators who are using StrategyShare with a FREE subscription. If you are accessing StrategyShare through a paid subscription, you can find the same onboarding videos (PLUS additional information and training resources) in the Strategy Management Coach module right... Continue reading
Posted Feb 7, 2016 at StrategyShare Onboarding Videos
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Consider This Before You Trade In Your Balanced Scorecard For OKR’s
Recently, I’ve noticed a flurry of discussion and debate about the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) versus OKR’s. While some are promoting the idea that the BSC and OKR’s are virtually interchangeable (personally, I’m not convinced that this is really the case but I’ll write more in a future post), others seem... Continue reading
Posted Sep 29, 2015 at SFO Blog - Helping You Build Your Company into a Strategy Focused Organization
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Strategy Cascading – What it is and How to Do It
You may have heard of this term before. In fact, you may even have seen some dialogue in BSC and strategy management forums debating whether we should shift from a “cascading” concept. So, as we usually must when it comes to strategy management concepts, let’s define what we mean by... Continue reading
Posted Aug 17, 2015 at SFO Blog - Helping You Build Your Company into a Strategy Focused Organization
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Where to Start on Your Organization’s Journey to Strategy Execution Success through Strategy Mastery
Posted Jul 21, 2015 at SFO Blog - Helping You Build Your Company into a Strategy Focused Organization
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What Drives Strategy Mastery?
Posted Jun 29, 2015 at SFO Blog - Helping You Build Your Company into a Strategy Focused Organization
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The Essential Elements in the Strategy Execution Black Box
Posted Jun 17, 2015 at SFO Blog - Helping You Build Your Company into a Strategy Focused Organization
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In a Successful Balanced Scorecard, Indicator Relevancy Includes a Reality Check
A golden rule for selecting powerful Balanced Scorecard indicators is to focus on the attribute of relevancy. That is, any given indicator must be a good representative of the thing you are trying to measure. Without indicator relevancy, any Balanced Scorecard quickly loses its power and credibility as a strategy... Continue reading
Posted Jun 1, 2015 at SFO Blog - Helping You Build Your Company into a Strategy Focused Organization
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How to Modify the Strategy Map for the Two-Sided Business Model
Posted May 19, 2015 at SFO Blog - Helping You Build Your Company into a Strategy Focused Organization
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How Strategy Communication REALLY Drives Strategy Execution Success in Your Organization
A recent article in the March 2015 edition of the Harvard Business Review looked closely at the five myths of strategy execution (“Why Strategy Execution Unravels – and What to Do About It”). Myth #3 focuses on my favorite strategy execution “must have”: communication. As the authors rightly point out,... Continue reading
Posted Apr 28, 2015 at SFO Blog - Helping You Build Your Company into a Strategy Focused Organization
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