by Richard Juarez | Feb 28, 2022 | Blog, Uncategorized
No matter the strategic planning methodology, all strategic plans have objectives (i.e., goals) that the organization must accomplish to achieve specific higher-level outcomes. Once developed, organizations tend to assign ownership of these strategic objectives to...
by Terry Sterling | Feb 16, 2022 | Blog, Uncategorized
If you have watched the recent blockbuster series from Netflix, “The Queen’s Gambit,” you can understand why chess is showing such a resurgence in popularity. In fact, there are many books about how life imitates chess. What I’ve seen in my experience here at Balanced...
by Joe DeCarlo | Jan 19, 2022 | Blog, Uncategorized
As stated by Gerstner, execution (implementation) is really the critical part of a successful strategy. Getting it done, getting it done right, getting it done better than the next person is far more important than dreaming up new visions (or strategies) of the...
by Richard Juarez | Jan 12, 2022 | Blog, Uncategorized
Strategy Teams focus on identifying and implementing strategic initiatives, or the projects that represent ‘how’ an organization accomplishes its strategic objectives. Many of our client strategic portfolios are focused on critical needs to include technology...
by Terry Sterling | Jan 4, 2022 | Blog, Uncategorized
The last two years have presented considerable challenges and disruptions to almost all types of organizations. Many businesses and organizations have not survived. Many governments struggle to provide constituents with expected levels of service. It seems almost...
by Terry Sterling | Dec 14, 2021 | Blog, Uncategorized
The “Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!!” cliché from Wizard of Oz is commonly repurposed to express awe, apprehension, or fear. In our strategy courses, that apprehension is often expressed as “Themes and Perspectives and Maps, oh my!” Over the years, we have seen...
