http://localhost/ Executive Strategy Manager Blog! en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 14:49:39 -0400 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:25:00 -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/F45901D7%2DC297%2D0424%2DB79FB0D7A2472B2A After determining gaps, sizing, and scaling analysis and dependency analysis of your strategic initiatives, you can now begin the process of initiative prioritization. In ESM6, this is a specific activity within the Design Center. The outcome out t... [more] Balanced Scorecard Client Success Decision Making ESM Features ESM Tips and Tricks Initiative Management Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:25:00 -0400 entryId=F45901D7-C297-0424-B79FB0D7A2472B2A/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/942C6D1C%2DC298%2DFFB0%2D07BE239B0A618C53 Comision Nacional Bancaria y de Valores (CNVB)—This agency of the Mexican government oversees and regulates the Mexican financial system.  Its strategy is based on three pillars: fostering competition while maintaining stability, financial... Balanced Scorecard BSC Hall of Fame Business Leadership Client Success Competitive Advantage ESM General Information Innovation Reporting Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:04:00 -0400 entryId=942C6D1C-C298-FFB0-07BE239B0A618C53/EVT/blog/showEntry/ 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/C3862B24%2DC297%2D0424%2DBEA25DB04277FCCE Coming off a recent Ghana trip where we learned to eat entire fish meals with our hands and a trip to Brazil where they have cuts of meat that I’ve never heard of in the states, I am blown away by the global power of the scorecard concept and h... Balanced Scorecard Client Success Competitive Advantage ESM Features ESM General Information Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:38:00 -0400 entryId=C3862B24-C297-0424-BEA25DB04277FCCE/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/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/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 -0400 entryId=47BD7AA0-C297-0424-BD8C4BFC951F1CD1/EVT/blog/showEntry/ 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 -0400 entryId=4769D2A5-C297-0424-BAAED0789EA07350/EVT/blog/showEntry/ 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 -0400 entryId=4FA7225C-C298-FFB0-0FA3E32E59E653F4/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/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 -0400 entryId=91255927-C297-0424-B818B3A3791E6867/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/4C2F52B9%2DC298%2DFFB0%2D03FFDDFEAAB0E54A This week the ESM team had the opportunity to partake in Palladium's strategy practice day. The two day-session allowed the strategy practice team to share Balanced Scorecard (BSC) best practices uncovered in recent projects. Dr. David P. Norton joi... [more] Balanced Scorecard BSC Hall of Fame Client Success Mon, 03 Jan 2011 08:58:00 -0400 entryId=4C2F52B9-C298-FFB0-03FFDDFEAAB0E54A/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/3B7DD255%2DEA8C%2D8F34%2DE30A188E26B8A3A4 For more than 100 years the national investigative force now known as the Federal Bureau of Investigation has fought corruption and crime in the U.S. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 resulted in a change in strategic priorities, the firs... [more] Balanced Scorecard BSC Hall of Fame Business Leadership Client Success Thu, 11 Nov 2010 10:09:00 -0400 entryId=3B7DD255-EA8C-8F34-E30A188E26B8A3A4/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/3B793B7A%2DBDF6%2D84D6%2D4932FEC71F16681C The mission of Boys and Girls Clubs of America—an association of more than 4,000 local clubs—is to enable youth, especially those in need, to reach their full potential as productive, responsible citizens. The Boys and Girls Clubs of Puer... [more] Balanced Scorecard BSC Hall of Fame Client Success Thu, 11 Nov 2010 10:04:00 -0400 entryId=3B793B7A-BDF6-84D6-4932FEC71F16681C/EVT/blog/showEntry/