Alignment between strategy and execution is the invisible multiplier behind every high-performing organization.

Organizations using structured scenario planning, distinct from sensitivity analysis, report higher strategic alignment and faster budgeting cycles -- Strategic alignment: Finance teams that use ...

Getting everyone in a company working toward the same goal is crucial for success. When teams aren’t on the same page, ...

Strategy can be nothing but a buzzword, but successful businesses make it mean something. Actually, it means several things: corporate, business and functional strategies are different levels of ...

Six years ago, I wrote (with colleague Jennifer Riel) a Harvard Business Review article on functional strategy. But the questions about functional strategy keep coming unabated. It is a vexatious ...

Safety performance is an outcome of culture—the conditions leaders create through organization, leadership, measurement, and learning. Regular culture assessments, strategic alignment, and data-driven ...

In large companies, the differences between functional and strategic managers are typically fairly distinctive. In a small business, however, the two roles are not always mutually exclusive. As ...

Strategic planning is a critical business practice for positioning an organization for success, aligning leaders to a common plan, and guiding management decisions. Most companies conduct some form of ...

Imagine walking into a meeting room, confident that every discussion, every point raised, and every decision made is seamlessly aligned with your boss’s vision. How is that possible, you ask? Welcome ...