Partners In Change Blog
Seeking Strategic Leaders
Partners in Change, LLC is growing! We're always looking for Strategic Leaders to motivate, coach, and inspire people and organizations. Qualifications: Prior experience with Strategic assessment, consulting and implementation, Leadership development and strategic...
How Taking a Clarity Break Pays Off
By Gino Wickman I’ve been writing these Clarity Break Thoughts (aka passionate pleas) for about eight years now. They’re called Clarity Break Thoughts because the idea is to give you something to ponder during your next Clarity Break that will help you get...
Three Reasons Diverse Organizations Perform Better
By Kelsey Pytlik, Co-Founder, Gild Collective For many organizations, diversity is a core value that has been baked into the company since day one. For others, it is a gray area, without a clear understanding of how to approach the concept. For some, it is something...
Executing Your Plan & Managing Performance
by Heyden Enochson One of the hardest parts of strategic planning is putting your plan in place and implementing a process that ensures it’s being executed. It’s one of the places we see organizations most often fail. Having a complete plan is gigantic step in the...
How to Write Clear Objectives that Produce Better Results
When looking to create better business results, your first crucial step is to create or review current business objectives. Organizational goals serve four major functions. They provide guidance and direction, facilitate planning, motivate employees, and help evaluate...
Why so many strategic plans are useless
Let’s be honest with ourselves and call out something that almost all businesses are doing horribly wrong – strategic plans.
Success Is a Journey
Richard St. John believes that success isn’t a one-way climb up the business mountain. It’s a circular journey that requires the consistent application of eight key principles. In his 4-minute TED Talk, you’ll hear about he regained business success by remembering to...
Peer Learning
by Harry Robinson Have you ever asked someone for advice? Of course, you have. Everyone asks for advice for just about everything in life. How to be happier. How to be healthier. How to make friends and find love. How to live financially independent lives. But in the...
Strategic Budgets: Critical for Strategic Planning
Strategic Budget A strategic budget is a high-level forecast of income and expenses that helps a business identify future financial needs and plans based on expected profit, expenses and cash flow. If a business doesn't have the budget to support its strategic plan,...
Strategy In Motion
Seeking Strategic Leaders
Partners in Change, LLC is growing! We're always looking for Strategic Leaders to motivate, coach, and inspire people and organizations. Qualifications: Prior experience with Strategic assessment, consulting and implementation, Leadership development and strategic...
Only the Brave Implement
Fact: Less than 15% of companies track strategic outcomes. Are you kidding me? Over 70% of organizations struggle with execution according to a recent article from the Harvard Business Review entitled Why Strategy Execution Unravels - and What to Do About It. Here are...
Knowing Your Primary Customer
I attended an insightful workshop at my 15th Harvard Business School reunion, Seven Strategy Questions by Professor Robert Simons. He started by making 3 propositions: Successful strategic execution requires tough, uncomfortable choices based on simple logic and...
The Leaders Rule of Three
Recently I heard a great message while quietly sitting in the church pew! It reminded me of the responsibility we have as leaders of our organizations. Thank you Chad, at Horizon Community Church, for making me think differently about the Laws of Leadership. Rule #1:...
Strategic Planning Training Dates for 2014 Released
Dates for the first Internal Strategic Planner (ISP) training session of 2014 have been released: February 14 and March 14 9:00 am - 2:30 pm Location: TBD Due to the overwhelming response, we are currently seeking to fill 3-4 open spots (industry exclusive)....
Operationalizing Strategy
Excerpt: It has probably happened in your organization. Plans are made in a one or two day marathon planning session, then the team disperses to return to their regular day jobs... with the best of intentions to follow through on completing the action items assigned...
Benefits of Using an Outside Facilitator for your Strategic Planning
Many companies make a bad decision even before their first strategic session - they choose to facilitate it themselves. Internal facilitation can cause the participants to not fully disclose their thoughts, keep to themselves more and don't fully become engaged or...
5 Tips for Strategic Planning Success
So, you have decided to commit to strategic planning! Yeah, but you are unsure where to start. With a little guidance, and understanding of our basic five tips, you'll be able to get moving right away. Here are the five tips for your company to consider now!...
How to Succeed in Strategic Planning
SIDEBAR: What is strategy? Competitive strategy is about being different. It means to deliberately choose a different set of activities to deliver a unique mix of value.After more than 10 years of working with companies on their strategic planning initiatives, we have...
Top 3 Reasons Strategic Plans Fail
I am sure many of you have updated their strategic plan for this year or are in the process… right?? Remember, good plans need to be assessed and updated as internal and external factors change. As you think about your strategic planning “process” this year, I...
Don’t Just Talk About Change, Show It
Congratulations to our strategic planning client, Sur-Seal, who stepped out of the box and earned a profile in a New York Times article, titled "Don't Just Talk About Change, Show It" showcasing their newly created visual workplace. Here's a little background: In...
Is your Strategy in Motion?
Strategy in Motion (SIM) relates to our belief that strategy is not a one time project, it's an ongoing process that is in need of monitoring. Whether you are engaged with a strategic planning consultant or you are running your strategy with internal resources, clear...
Six Questions to Help Identify Your Core Strategy
Is your leadership is aligned with your company's strategy? Do you have the right people implementing? Are your initiatives for 2012 preparing your company for success! All these questions and more determine whether your core strategy is aligned. In an effort to...