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How do we define Implementation?

Our Glossary defines it as the realization of a strategic plan, implementation is the completion of the actions and tasks that the plan laid out. This is the most difficult part of a strategic plan.

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Excerpt from our feature article on Implementation:

The critical actions move a strategic plan from a document that sits on the shelf to actions that drive business growth. Sadly, the majority of companies who have strategic plans fail to implement them. According to a Fortune cover story in 1999, nine out of ten organizations fail to implement their strategic plan for many reasons:

  • 60% of organizations don’t link strategy to budgeting
  • 75% of organizations don’t link employee incentives to strategy
  • 86% of business owners and managers spend less than one hour per month discussing strategy
  • 95% of a typical workforce doesn’t understand their organization’s strategy…(read more)

Below, we have many more resources on goals as well:

  1. Putting Your Strategic Plan To Work With Implementation
  2. Keeping Your Team Improving (Part 3 of 3)
  3. 10 Way to Keep Your Strategic Plan from Hitting the Shelf
  4. Execution: Review progress, establish schedule, setting up business rules, & strategy review meetings (60 mins)
  5. Running an Effective Quarterly Business Review (60 mins)
  6. MyStrategicPlan New Features: The Dash, Reports, Virtual Strategy Guide (50 mins)
  7. Leadership and Strategy: Pitfalls in the Strategy Leader Role (20 mins)
  8. Running Mid-Year Reviews: Important points to be considered (13 mins)
  9. What Matters Most to Strategy Execution (5 mins)
  10. Optimize Strategic Execution with Effective Reviews
  11. How to Run Effective Strategy Reviews (12 mins)
  12. What is the Balanced Scorecard & How to Use It (18 mins)
  13. Silo-busting Strategic Alignment
  14. M3’s Take on the February 2010 Wall Street Journal Article: “Strategic Plans Lose Favor” (20 mins)
  15. Keeping Momentum After Your Retreat (12 mins)
  16. How to Get the Most of Performance Management Software
  17. Appointing a Strategic Plan Manager
  18. Functional Tactics & Implementation
  19. The Secret to Strategic Implementation