http://localhost/ Executive Strategy Manager Blog! en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 15:47:29 -0400 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 04:27:00 -0400 MachBlog http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss esm@thepalladiumgroup.com cfunk@thepalladiumgroup.com;mpurrington@thepalladiumgroup.com http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/F7928C1D%2DC297%2D0424%2DB0B25D72AEB86CD6 How does an organization avoid BSC burn out after they’ve been scorecarding non-stop for 5, 7, or 10+ years. This month I’m in the Middle East working with several clients who are in this predicament. I see it as a good problem to ha... [more] Balanced Scorecard BSC Hall of Fame Business Leadership Client Success Competitive Advantage Decision Making ESM Features ESM General Information ESM Tips and Tricks Initiative Management Innovation Reporting Software as a Service Strategy Maps Sustainability Mon, 24 Sep 2012 04:27:00 -0400 entryId=F7928C1D-C297-0424-B0B25D72AEB86CD6/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/3BABE4BC%2DC297%2D0424%2DB263B6323EDAC142 In mid February Kent Smack, Director of Palladium Group, Inc.’s Executive Strategy Manager™ (ESM), and I traveled to Ghana to oversee ESM implementation and training at Vodafone Ghana. Historically Vodafone Ghana had been managing their s... [more] Client Success Sustainability Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:24:00 -0400 entryId=3BABE4BC-C297-0424-B263B6323EDAC142/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/5E8FEC20%2DC298%2DFFB0%2D01ED2DC8548909F5 Alasdair Macnab, FCMA, CGMA, director of corporate services for the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, has adapted the Balanced Scorecard to create a new way of measuring the HR and financial costs of meeting strategic objectives. In this article... Balanced Scorecard BSC Hall of Fame Business Leadership Client Success Competitive Advantage Decision Making ESM Features ESM General Information ESM Tips and Tricks Innovation Operational Reporting Reporting Strategy Maps Sustainability Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:51:00 -0400 entryId=5E8FEC20-C298-FFB0-01ED2DC8548909F5/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/5E84EE12%2DC298%2DFFB0%2D0B328404BB823B7D Drs. Kaplan and Norton recently shared with us the future of the most powerful management concept of the past 75 years (according to Harvard Business School). As published in the CGMA inaugural issue a few days ago, the gurus lay out five key ... [more] Balanced Scorecard BSC Hall of Fame Business Leadership Client Success Competitive Advantage Decision Making ESM General Information Initiative Management Innovation Operational Reporting Reporting Risk Management Strategy Maps Sustainability Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:48:00 -0400 entryId=5E84EE12-C298-FFB0-0B328404BB823B7D/EVT/blog/showEntry/ 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 -0400 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 -0400 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 -0400 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 -0400 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 -0400 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 -0400 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 -0400 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 -0400 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 -0400 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 -0400 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 -0400 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 -0400 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 -0400 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 -0400 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 -0400 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 -0400 entryId=3202FD6A-9381-8F5F-BD6C956B7B585CBA/EVT/blog/showEntry/