by Dan Montgomery | Feb 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
During the years we lived in Canada, my family became fond of Canadian Heritage Moments. These were sixty-second vignettes that depicted formative moments in Canadian history. One of my favorites has the intrepid French explorer Jacques Cartier arriving in the valley...
by Dan Montgomery | Dec 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
“It’s not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.” – Roy E. Disney Values can sometimes seem like the stepchild of strategic planning. The guts of a strategic plan can include a results-oriented vision translated into specific objectives, measures...
by Dan Montgomery | Oct 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
A few years ago I was facilitating a post-merger integration process for an expanding publicly-traded utility company that had bought a smaller, rural utility in order to expand its territory. The parent company had a balanced scorecard, and we created an aligned...
by Dan Montgomery | Oct 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
A few months ago, we got a call from a company asking for help with their balanced scorecard – something that happens every day. What was surprising was that the company was one that was a former winner of the Balanced Scorecard Hall of Fame, and one that I had...
by Dan Montgomery | Sep 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
Years ago, I worked for a Big 5 consulting firm and did a lot of strategic planning projects. In one case I remember we facilitated four three-day workshops with the top 25 executives in a government-owned power generation company in Canada. We went through a pretty...
