Sat.May 04, 2019

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Engagement in the Implementation of Strategic Intent

Strategy Driven

The Opportunity. Every day, I see businesses struggling to achieve high levels of long-term performance. Upon scrutiny I often find that they have – on paper – excellent and well thought out strategic plans. Their shortcomings are normally in the applications of the strategic plan and I find they usually fall into one of three areas; I call them gaps: As they seek to improve on their year to year performance, I find many firms ardently working on the focus and alignment gap.

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Following Leadership’s Qs

Strategy Driven

What makes a good leader? If tasked with answering this question, some might devise a 10-page list of traits. Leaders need to be visionaries. They must be genuine, hardworking, respectful, and pragmatic. They should connect with employees. They should be story-tellers. We hold leaders to a high standard, attaching a lengthy list of prerequisites to any governing role.

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How Sustainable Innovation is Changing the Face of Business

Strategy Driven

The climate crisis has been going on for decades, but the issue has only become a contentious one in the last few years due to huge public backlash against companies and governments alike. There is no room for debate on the issue, either. A contentious study has estimated that we have wiped out 60% of wildlife since 1970. Over 200,000 acres of rainforest are burned every day, plastics have become so pervasive they now exist in every fish tested, and in turn in our own digestive systems.