http://localhost/ Executive Strategy Manager Blog! en-us Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:08:20 -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/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/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/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/171D7733%2D909D%2D36F7%2DA41E403AE7B8352A This is the thought-provoking title of an article by David J. Collis and Michael G. Rukstad in the April 2008 issue of the Harvard Business Review. The authors’ argument is that “It’s a dirty little secret: Most executives cannot ar... [more] Competitive Advantage Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:34:00 -0500 entryId=171D7733-909D-36F7-A41E403AE7B8352A/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/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/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/3A6B8223%2DD6C4%2D2E99%2DB63CC89CAAB69AB9 In trying times like these many organizations fight to change strategy to adapt to new economic conditions. While these changes in strategic direction have clear implications for high-level objectives, management teams must also turn this strategy i... [more] Business Leadership Competitive Advantage Reporting Sustainability Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:36:00 -0500 entryId=3A6B8223-D6C4-2E99-B63CC89CAAB69AB9/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/CE1CABDF%2DD1AB%2DE8C1%2DCA775A365B005F28 Rather than simply thinking about risk as a hazard to be avoided  a natural disaster or a fluctuation in the market or currency  companies should also think of risk as the flip side of the coin that is opportunity. This is the contention of a recen... [more] Competitive Advantage Decision Making ESM Features Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:29:00 -0500 entryId=CE1CABDF-D1AB-E8C1-CA775A365B005F28/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/AF5E350A%2DCF90%2D7FD9%2DE57587929C41034F Harvard Business School Professor Rosabeth Kanter writes, "in good times, the temptation to accumulate can be indulged because growth masks inefficiencies." What about times like today? Kanter suggests that companies should consider shedding unnecess... [more] Balanced Scorecard Business Leadership Competitive Advantage ESM Features Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:34:00 -0500 entryId=AF5E350A-CF90-7FD9-E57587929C41034F/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/8BB5BB6A%2DB87B%2D89A3%2D42814BB21684BDC9 Creating alignment is a daunting task for many corporations, as individual business unit goals often create lines of conflict. While many corporations find getting aligned a struggle, maintaining alignment is an even bigger challenge. Drs. Kaplan a... [more] Business Leadership Competitive Advantage Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:23:00 -0500 entryId=8BB5BB6A-B87B-89A3-42814BB21684BDC9/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/7180A29A%2DDE99%2DEDDD%2DB11B68AB969233A7 To maximize employee alignment and productivity, it is not sufficient to just change the way compensation is structured  companies need to ensure their employees are plugged in to the strategy, and are aware of how their performance affects it. Trav... [more] Balanced Scorecard Competitive Advantage ESM Features ESM Tips and Tricks Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:09:00 -0500 entryId=7180A29A-DE99-EDDD-B11B68AB969233A7/EVT/blog/showEntry/ http://localhost//index.cfm/EVT/showEntry/entryId/5D1C2FF4%2D0676%2DA2EF%2DB50287A16F22B2FE Initiatives play the pivotal role of change agents for the Strategy Focused Organization (SFO). Many organizations fail to appropriately manage their initiative portfolio, and in turn lack the mobility to execute on their strategy. The successful S... [more] Business Leadership Competitive Advantage Initiative Management Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:14:00 -0500 entryId=5D1C2FF4-0676-A2EF-B50287A16F22B2FE/EVT/blog/showEntry/