Category: Strategy
Activities & Structure

Are Your Employees Focused On What Matters?

Are your activities and structure consistent with your strategy and positioning? Consider the questions below. If you answer “no” at least once, you would be well-served to scrutinize the major activities being performed by your employees and weigh them against your strategy. If employees were asked, would they say that they spend their daily efforts only on tasks that are critical? Is your strategy a clear guide to help employees prioritize their daily activities and priorities? Do all employees clearly see the connection between their work and customer value?Is individual decision-making systematically encouraged?

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May 20, 2021 No Comments
Building Culture

The Predictive Index’s Design Tool helps leaders build great Teams!

It works on any team. Introducing the only tool that lets you see and improve any team’s chance of success. Assess your team’s strategic goals and behavioral style (or “Team Type”) side-by-side — so you can know where the team is suited to succeed and where they may need to stretch. With PI Team Discovery™, your teams work efficiently, and you can stay focused on strategy. Check out the video below! Team Assessment Tool | PI Design | The Predictive Index

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May 20, 2021 No Comments
Performance Metrics
Balanced Metrics

Performance metrics: Are you measuring what matters?

A set of well-chosen metrics allows employees to understand exactly how their activities are going to be tracked and how their output will be aggregated into successful execution. In other words, good metrics will foster the right behaviors to execute. Depending on your strategic intent, these behaviors may lead your organization to innovate (by fostering collaboration), to reduce costs (by systematically rooting out inefficient processes) or to deliver outstanding service (by measuring client satisfaction for example).

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April 22, 2021 No Comments
True North
business

Is True North South of the Equator?

The economic recovery in 2021 will put a premium on execution. Why? Because the operating environment will be more stable and predictable. 2020 was the year of big strategic changes; in 2021, you just need to execute well.

However, how do we even know how well our organizations are currently executing? Financials cannot give the full picture since they don’t tell us how much better we could perform.

We are a PI Certified Partner because we have a passion for execution – after all, you can only execute through your people. However, there is more to execution than human capital.

We recently became a Line-of-SightSM Certified Partner to help our clients execute better. Line-of-SightSM looks beyond talent to help you assess the five Key Success factors for Execution (let’s call them KSEs): Strategic Understanding, Leadership, Balanced Metrics, Activities & Structure, and yes, Human Capital.

We are launching a series of short tips on execution. Every week we will discuss how you can improve each of these five KSEs.

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February 23, 2021 No Comments
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