It is striking how much confusion there is between strategy, implementation, and execution. Is “strategy” a matter of making choices about where we want to go, where we play and how we win, of setting ...

To make sense of the growing attention to strategy execution, we first need to understand what this trend looks like—and whether it is actually a trend, a temporary peak, or something else. Since we ...

The merits of strategy are not in form but in execution. Strategies remain incomplete until handed off and executed—often to people uninvolved in the planning process. These individuals are crucial ...

We all know the question, "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" I'd like to propose an alternative: "If a strategy is developed and no one implements it, ...

Creating strong and effective strategy is challenging, to say the least. Much literature, academic research and industrial resources have been invested in creating sound strategy for firms and their ...

While many companies focus on developing plans, the most important element in planning is implementation. Making the plan happen is critical as it is the actual execution that leads to results.

Strategy can mean different things to different people but the biggest question to answer might be: Who owns the strategy? Strategy has different meanings to many people. It can be a process, project, ...

A grand strategy can lead the way to small business success, but companies must be structured in such a way as to encourage good strategy execution to achieve real results. To accomplish this, a ...

Just a few months after releasing an updated and comprehensive National Cybersecurity Strategy, the White House released its National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan delegating ...