http://localhost/ Executive Strategy Manager Blog! en-us Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:44:53 -0500 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:33:00 -0500 MachBlog http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss esm@thepalladiumgroup.com cfunk@thepalladiumgroup.com;mpurrington@thepalladiumgroup.com http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/D890B59B%2DC298%2DFFB0%2D0AD732F39E7B9D25 The development team is putting the finishing touches on by far the largest iteration of the ESM6 build, measures. Pure agile gurus would have encouraged us to break this iteration up into 8 separate iterations given its size but because of our ... [more] Balanced Scorecard Competitive Advantage ESM Development Team ESM Features ESM General Information Operational Reporting Reporting Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:33:00 -0500 http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/D890B59B%2DC298%2DFFB0%2D0AD732F39E7B9D25 http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/D82CDECD%2DC298%2DFFB0%2D0B5F133111B2B30A Imagine your strategic elements (themes, objectives, measures, driver measures, initiatives, initiative KPIs, and milestones) as an alignment “web” or “family tree” through which there are causal relationships. While some... [more] Balanced Scorecard Competitive Advantage ESM Development Team ESM Features ESM General Information Initiative Management Operational Reporting Reporting Sustainability Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:44:00 -0500 http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/D82CDECD%2DC298%2DFFB0%2D0B5F133111B2B30A http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/D81AAC3D%2DC298%2DFFB0%2D0C570415CAA3F11C As we analyze our Execution Premium Community (XPC) site traffic from this past year we clearly see initiative management take the top spot. Strategy review meetings, leadership facilitation, measurement, and making strategy personal all sit as hot t... [more] Balanced Scorecard ESM Development Team ESM Features ESM General Information Initiative Management Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:23:00 -0500 http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/D81AAC3D%2DC298%2DFFB0%2D0C570415CAA3F11C http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/B57422BC%2DC298%2DFFB0%2D00E325494C1FA9C6 ESM5.5, a minor point release is in final beta testing and available at http://beta.executivestrategymanager.com. We plan to go live with this release next week. More details on it are below. Feel free to use the beta site to do your work. It... [more] ESM Development Team ESM Features ESM General Information Software as a Service Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:48:00 -0500 http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/B57422BC%2DC298%2DFFB0%2D00E325494C1FA9C6 http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/698A35B0%2DC297%2D0424%2DB7F5105DA463CA83 It really is that simple.  You need the right people engaged and supporting the cause within the organization, you need the process in place to ensure youa re taking the right steps in the strategy management framework, and you need to accelerat... [more] Balanced Scorecard Business Leadership ESM General Information Reporting Sustainability Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:57:00 -0500 http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/698A35B0%2DC297%2D0424%2DB7F5105DA463CA83 http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/6981219F%2DC297%2D0424%2DB78A38A7DDC7CFF1 Now that the Execution Premium book by Drs. Kaplan and Norton has been out in the market for a number of years, let's take a look at the benefits that can be realized through the XPP implementation in your organizaiton. Let's take it a couple stages... [more] Balanced Scorecard BSC Hall of Fame Business Leadership Client Success Competitive Advantage Decision Making ESM General Information Initiative Management Innovation Reporting Sustainability Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:42:00 -0500 http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/6981219F%2DC297%2D0424%2DB78A38A7DDC7CFF1 http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/452A0961%2DC297%2D0424%2DB0DE4ACD55E05F18 Now that the Execution Premium book by Drs. Kaplan and Norton has been out in the market for a number of years, let's take a look at the benefits that can be realized through the XPP implementation in your organizaiton. Let's take it a couple stages... [more] Balanced Scorecard BSC Hall of Fame Business Leadership Client Success Competitive Advantage Decision Making ESM Development Team ESM Features ESM General Information ESM Tips and Tricks Initiative Management Innovation Operational Reporting Personal Balanced Scorecard Reporting Risk Management Software as a Service Strategy Maps Sustainability Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:25:00 -0500 http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/452A0961%2DC297%2D0424%2DB0DE4ACD55E05F18 http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/216C3391%2DC298%2DFFB0%2D0B11FA082B22745E The Royal Botabic Garden Edinburg will be showcased as a public sector performance management solution implementation at the CIMA World Conference in October 2012 in Cape Town.  Dr. Alasdair J Macnab captured it's organization's successes in a r... [more] Client Success ESM General Information Sustainability Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:51:00 -0500 http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/216C3391%2DC298%2DFFB0%2D0B11FA082B22745E http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/214CEB1F%2DC298%2DFFB0%2D0CAC34280B92EF8B Now that the Execution Premium book by Drs. Kaplan and Norton has been out in the market for a number of years, let's take a look at the benefits that can be realized through the XPP implementation in your organizaiton.  Let's take it a couple s... [more] Balanced Scorecard BSC Hall of Fame Business Leadership Client Success Competitive Advantage ESM Features Initiative Management Innovation Operational Reporting Personal Balanced Scorecard Reporting Strategy Maps Sustainability Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:19:00 -0500 http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/214CEB1F%2DC298%2DFFB0%2D0CAC34280B92EF8B http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/914B61FB%2DC298%2DFFB0%2D0C86E053A7D8F927 Bain & Company released their 2011 Management Tools & Trends report with the Balanced Scorecard coming in at the 6th position. There were 11,000 respondents and the geographical makeup was 40% North America, 30% EMEA, 20% APAC ... [more] Balanced Scorecard Business Leadership Competitive Advantage Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:11:00 -0500 http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/914B61FB%2DC298%2DFFB0%2D0C86E053A7D8F927 http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/7107AAAC%2DC297%2D0424%2DB32391C0575FBA16 For those of us who have participated in the scorecard creation process know that measures creation is both an art and science.  Arriving at the right measure(s) for an objective is not an easy process once you get out of the financial perspecti... [more] Balanced Scorecard Business Leadership Operational Reporting Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:46:00 -0500 http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/7107AAAC%2DC297%2D0424%2DB32391C0575FBA16 http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/6D5E731F%2DC297%2D0424%2DB05BD335F6B31916 Palladium Group’s surveys conducted in 2009 and 2010 across public and private sector organizations in Asia Pacific concluded that leadership commitment was the most critical factor in effective strategy execution. Surprisingly, only 50% of the... [more] Business Leadership Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:52:00 -0500 http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/6D5E731F%2DC297%2D0424%2DB05BD335F6B31916 http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/47BD7AA0%2DC297%2D0424%2DBD8C4BFC951F1CD1 Organizations, in each of their many dimensions, are fascinating to explore. One of my favorite subject matter experts, Gary Cokins, notes: “[J]ust like our grandmothers each had their own recipe for a holiday fruit cake, organizations are conc... [more] Client Success ESM Development Team ESM General Information Software as a Service Tue, 31 May 2011 16:23:00 -0500 http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/47BD7AA0%2DC297%2D0424%2DBD8C4BFC951F1CD1 http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/4769D2A5%2DC297%2D0424%2DBAAED0789EA07350 Throughout the world, governments at all levels are adopting the Balanced Scorecard system to clarify social, economic, and political goals. Nearly two years ago the ESM team first documented the success of one such city, San Fernando. Located in t... [more] Client Success Tue, 31 May 2011 14:53:00 -0500 http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/4769D2A5%2DC297%2D0424%2DBAAED0789EA07350 http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/9390869A%2DC298%2DFFB0%2D0C273011550BF42C Key to an organization’s success in innovation is the ability to adopt and sustain ideas. In the second part of this innovation series, Cassandra Frangos, Ed.D, Director, Cisco Center for Collaborative Leadership, illustrates a best practice or... [more] Innovation Sustainability Tue, 26 Apr 2011 16:42:00 -0500 http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/9390869A%2DC298%2DFFB0%2D0C273011550BF42C http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/4FA7225C%2DC298%2DFFB0%2D0FA3E32E59E653F4 ESM continues to make it's mark on earth, positively impacting governments and private organizations around the world with their ability to execute strategy. [more] Business Leadership Client Success Competitive Advantage Decision Making Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:11:00 -0500 http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/4FA7225C%2DC298%2DFFB0%2D0FA3E32E59E653F4 http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/BA4404E4%2DC297%2D0424%2DB22C200495DE5779 Gartner's recent press release says that over the next 5 years organizations will be more rapidly moving into SaaS and PaaS as this space continues to rapidly grow through innovation, partnerships, and acquisitions.  ESM was one of those SaaS pi... [more] Software as a Service Tue, 15 Mar 2011 12:02:00 -0500 http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/BA4404E4%2DC297%2D0424%2DB22C200495DE5779 http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/9C0EA0B3%2DC297%2D0424%2DBC20E8B0EC087C03 Judging from recent interviews and articles, it appears Balanced Scorecard co-creator Bob Kaplan’s new favorite case study is Volkswagen Brazil. In particular, he is impressed with the company's ability to communicate strategy to its 22,000 emp... [more] Balanced Scorecard BSC Hall of Fame Business Leadership Client Success Competitive Advantage Decision Making ESM General Information ESM Tips and Tricks Reporting Sustainability Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:19:00 -0500 http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/9C0EA0B3%2DC297%2D0424%2DBC20E8B0EC087C03 http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/91255927%2DC297%2D0424%2DB818B3A3791E6867 First Commonwealth Financial Corp (NYSE: FCF), a $5.8B financial holding company (banking, insurance, investment) in Pennsylvania, and a Palladium ESM client, recently issued a press release about its best practice approach to governance, which inclu... [more] Business Leadership Client Success Mon, 07 Mar 2011 11:25:00 -0500 http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/91255927%2DC297%2D0424%2DB818B3A3791E6867 http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/5D985FAF%2DC298%2DFFB0%2D0698581FD735E638 In a BSR Q&A discussion with technology thought leaders, Frank Buytendijk of BeInformed and Jonathan Hornby of the SAS Institute, we asked them to share their best practices experiences with organizations implementing the Execution Premium Proces... [more] Software as a Service Fri, 25 Feb 2011 11:10:00 -0500 http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/5D985FAF%2DC298%2DFFB0%2D0698581FD735E638