Alignment

Are all elements of your business from market strategy to organisation structure arranged in such a way as to best support the fulfilment of your long-term purpose. Ensure your accountability system reinforces the behaviours needed to implement your strategy. 

Co-ordination

30%

of organisations cite failure to coordinate across units as the single greatest challenge to executing their company’s strategy.

Measurement

60%

of leaders say measuring implementation is the toughest challenge.

Implementation

33%

of leaders rate their organisation as poor or very poor at implementing strategy

Taking Action

5%

of strategy potential is lost to poor action planning.

Planning

32%

say one of the main reasons strategic initiatives succeed is good planning.

Importance

88%

say successfully executing initiatives/projects in order to deliver strategic results is very important or essential for competitiveness.

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