http://localhost/ Executive Strategy Manager Blog! en-us Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:01:29 -0500 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:44:00 -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/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 entryId=D82CDECD-C298-FFB0-0B5F133111B2B30A/EVT/blog/showEntry/ 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 entryId=698A35B0-C297-0424-B7F5105DA463CA83/EVT/blog/showEntry/ 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 entryId=6981219F-C297-0424-B78A38A7DDC7CFF1/EVT/blog/showEntry/ 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 entryId=452A0961-C297-0424-B0DE4ACD55E05F18/EVT/blog/showEntry/ 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 entryId=216C3391-C298-FFB0-0B11FA082B22745E/EVT/blog/showEntry/ 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 entryId=214CEB1F-C298-FFB0-0CAC34280B92EF8B/EVT/blog/showEntry/ 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 entryId=9390869A-C298-FFB0-0C273011550BF42C/EVT/blog/showEntry/ 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 entryId=9C0EA0B3-C297-0424-BC20E8B0EC087C03/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/BD24747E%2DCB71%2D8D22%2D8C036471AE278BC4 Several of our product experts recently returned from Palladium’s 2010 Americas Summit, held this year in La Jolla, CA. It was a great conference – strong attendance, great speakers, and considerable insight to be gained from both the cas... [more] Balanced Scorecard BSC Hall of Fame Business Leadership Client Success Competitive Advantage ESM Features ESM General Information ESM Tips and Tricks Software as a Service Sustainability Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:23:00 -0500 entryId=BD24747E-CB71-8D22-8C036471AE278BC4/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/1C3A52DC%2DB348%2DB2B6%2D35A4E2A3D902F894 Despite its value, most organizations' written, objective-level performance analysis is generally not very good. Most performance analysis does not explain the data, discuss its underlying causes and implications, or integrate it into a broader discu... [more] Balanced Scorecard BSC Hall of Fame Business Leadership Client Success Competitive Advantage Decision Making ESM Tips and Tricks Reporting Sustainability Fri, 05 Nov 2010 09:28:00 -0500 entryId=1C3A52DC-B348-B2B6-35A4E2A3D902F894/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/FAD3FE5D%2DD837%2D8DA7%2D166C5E7CA737AF5C I just came across an excellent account of the Balanced Scorecard effort undergone at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. In this paper, BSC champion and strategy director, Alasdair Macnab, along with Chris Carr and Falconer Michell from Univers... [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 Operational Reporting Reporting Risk Management Software as a Service Strategy Maps Sustainability Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:43:00 -0500 entryId=FAD3FE5D-D837-8DA7-166C5E7CA737AF5C/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/B6DEDD22%2D0335%2DF666%2D4EFC278E40296A9D Congratulations to Abu Dhabi Government with their induction into the BSC Hall of Fame for Executing Strategy on May 20, 2010 at the EMEA Summit in Madrid.  This organization has been using ESM's eLearning for building and managing with the... [more] Balanced Scorecard BSC Hall of Fame Business Leadership Client Success Sustainability Thu, 20 May 2010 13:55:00 -0500 entryId=B6DEDD22-0335-F666-4EFC278E40296A9D/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/B6CBCA6A%2DDFFB%2D5C03%2DE0C3F31DEFD9DB41 Congratulations to Folkhälsan on their induction into the Balanced Scorecard Hall of Fame for Executing Strategy at the EMEA Summit in Madrid on May 19, 2010. [more] BSC Hall of Fame Client Success Sustainability Thu, 20 May 2010 13:35:00 -0500 entryId=B6CBCA6A-DFFB-5C03-E0C3F31DEFD9DB41/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/08612B56%2DA32A%2DF319%2DDA635A23A2CC8CA6 Captain Earl Armbruster: You almost tore that boy's arm off! Action Jackson: So? He had a spare. As a Palladium consultant helping clients implement the Balanced Scorecard, I've had my share of meetings where I've felt like my arm was bei... [more] Client Success ESM Features Reporting Sustainability Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:33:00 -0500 entryId=08612B56-A32A-F319-DA635A23A2CC8CA6/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/978A0F66%2DCC6E%2D04E8%2D0AAEA956C7FB48CB After the first day of ESM training in Nairobi, Kenya, I turned to my new colleague and hesitantly confessed. "You know, when I first heard I would be coming to a company called 'Safaricom,'..." [more] Client Success ESM General Information Reporting Sustainability Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:33:00 -0500 entryId=978A0F66-CC6E-04E8-0AAEA956C7FB48CB/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/3202FD6A%2D9381%2D8F5F%2DBD6C956B7B585CBA We finished up our client upgrade and training of ESM in Jakarta and were blown away by the internal passion around the BSC process and ESM to facilitate their strategy design and meeting management. Hundreds of internal users turned up for the ESM 5... [more] Balanced Scorecard Client Success Sustainability Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:36:00 -0500 entryId=3202FD6A-9381-8F5F-BD6C956B7B585CBA/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/3847B838%2DD778%2D4EE0%2DEB3B1CFD514E115E A recent Financial Times article by Stefan Stern begins with a straight-forward yet vital admission, "We need to talk about strategy." This strenuous economic climate has not only transformed the markets, it argues, but the very nature of our organ... [more] Balanced Scorecard Business Leadership Sustainability Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:46:00 -0500 entryId=3847B838-D778-4EE0-EB3B1CFD514E115E/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/F1097A00%2DD377%2D2C69%2D53566BE99BA1A23C St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers is the only one of 8 Catholic acute care hospitals in New York City to survive from 2007 to 2008. St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers calls their Balanced Scorecard program the Strategic Alignment Roadmap or "ST... [more] Balanced Scorecard Client Success Sustainability Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:45:00 -0500 entryId=F1097A00-D377-2C69-53566BE99BA1A23C/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/F11C1D0F%2DF4D3%2DE265%2DA480630CE09ABB81 With the launch of ESM 5.0, bookmarking capability has expanded into the My ESM dashboard arena. We'd like to break down the feature for you so that you can gain maximum benefit. [more] ESM Features ESM Tips and Tricks Sustainability Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:47:00 -0500 entryId=F11C1D0F-F4D3-E265-A480630CE09ABB81/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/87054744%2DAEC2%2D49BE%2D92F556897F2D9D68 As I attend conferences and events around the globe promoting the Executive Strategy Manager as the Kaplan/Norton solution to drive rapid scorecard design, alignment, and best practice strategy management reporting I always hear the same question: D... [more] Balanced Scorecard Business Leadership Competitive Advantage Sustainability Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:28:00 -0500 entryId=87054744-AEC2-49BE-92F556897F2D9D68/EVT/blog/showEntry/