http://localhost/ Executive Strategy Manager Blog! en-us Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:06:03 -0500 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:57:00 -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/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/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/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 entryId=914B61FB-C298-FFB0-0C86E053A7D8F927/EVT/blog/showEntry/ 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 entryId=7107AAAC-C297-0424-B32391C0575FBA16/EVT/blog/showEntry/ 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 entryId=6D5E731F-C297-0424-B05BD335F6B31916/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 -0500 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 -0500 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 -0500 entryId=91255927-C297-0424-B818B3A3791E6867/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/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 -0500 entryId=3B7DD255-EA8C-8F34-E30A188E26B8A3A4/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/680CAA57%2DBC2B%2DDDB8%2D3CB9F5FCB8C6D7CD Palladium’s research also involved surveying 101 organizations representing a wide range of industries in order to explore the relationship between their management practices and the performance results they have achieved. Among our most import... [more] Business Leadership Competitive Advantage ESM Tips and Tricks Operational Reporting Reporting Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:43:00 -0500 entryId=680CAA57-BC2B-DDB8-3CB9F5FCB8C6D7CD/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/291F9D3C%2DBC36%2DBF4E%2DCA659945206CE3D2 In the recent Harvard Business Review article, "Managing Alliances with the Balanced Scorecard" Authors Robert S. Kaplan, David P. Norton and Bjarne Rugelsjoen use the Solvay/Quintiles case to demonstrate how the Balanced Scorecard management system ... [more] Balanced Scorecard Business Leadership Client Success Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:16:00 -0500 entryId=291F9D3C-BC36-BF4E-CA659945206CE3D2/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/23CDDECC%2DE8AA%2D6627%2D282152C5BFBC5179 After a fairly significant amount of flying to get to Jakarta I set up the ESM booth, jumped online and logged into the ESM without issue. I was "blown away" by the speed. In fact, I think it was faster than many days I navigate within the applicat... [more] Balanced Scorecard Business Leadership Client Success Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500 entryId=23CDDECC-E8AA-6627-282152C5BFBC5179/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/859939BF%2DEA54%2D76AA%2D20B1517B393911FF In 2005, the pharmaceutical industry was experiencing unprecedented changes which threatened the very sustainability of both the global industry and all those within it. Patents protecting an entire generation of products were set to expire, innovat... [more] Balanced Scorecard Business Leadership Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:06:00 -0500 entryId=859939BF-EA54-76AA-20B1517B393911FF/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/