http://localhost/ Executive Strategy Manager Blog! en-us Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:05:22 -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 entryId=D890B59B-C298-FFB0-0AD732F39E7B9D25/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 -0500 entryId=D82CDECD-C298-FFB0-0B5F133111B2B30A/EVT/blog/showEntry/ 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 entryId=D81AAC3D-C298-FFB0-0C570415CAA3F11C/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/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/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/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 -0500 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 -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/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 -0500 entryId=3B793B7A-BDF6-84D6-4932FEC71F16681C/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/B84A4AC6%2DB244%2DE291%2DC316705DEC28F39B Implementing a platform for strategy management is an ongoing struggle for business enterprises.  In the mid 1990’s, research cited that 80-90% of businesses fail to execute their strategies.  Organizations then realized the need... [more] Balanced Scorecard Strategy Maps Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:18:00 -0500 entryId=B84A4AC6-B244-E291-C316705DEC28F39B/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/63BB0936%2DB9A7%2DDE95%2DCC1A9E8B0F98E6B8 Bahrain, a small isle in the Persian Gulf has been fully engaged in their government-based economic plan, Vision 2030.  Through Vision 2030, Bahrain hopes to transform itself from an oil rich nation to a fierce global competitor, shaped by ... [more] Balanced Scorecard BSC Hall of Fame Client Success Tue, 04 May 2010 10:25:00 -0500 entryId=63BB0936-B9A7-DE95-CC1A9E8B0F98E6B8/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/FD976D63%2DA4D5%2DFE94%2DBB3603BFF0CDB697 As indicated in previous BSR articles, theme teams are crucial to strategy execution.  Theme teams are designed to link strategy to operations.  In the May-June Balanced Scorecard Report, contributor Mario Bognanno outlined the steps that o... [more] Balanced Scorecard Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:28:00 -0500 entryId=FD976D63-A4D5-FE94-BB3603BFF0CDB697/EVT/blog/showEntry/