by Robert Bradford | Jan 19, 2018 | Strategy Implementation
Note: This post is the second in a series of posts from Robert Bradford’s article Aligning Departments with Strategy originally posted in Compass Points in November 2002. Part One (click here) introduced the topic and discussed the affect that the Purchasing...
by Robert Bradford | Jan 5, 2018 | Strategy Implementation
Note: This post is the first in a series of posts from Robert Bradford’s article Strategic Alignment originally posted in Compass Points in November 2002. Part One introduces the topic and discusses the affect that the Purchasing and Accounting departments...
by Robert Bradford | Dec 8, 2017 | Strategic Planning
Every so often, someone will refer to something we’re talking about in the strategic planning process and say “That doesn’t seem very strategic”. What does this mean? In business strategy, we should be examining the big questions – What do we do? For whom do...
by Robert Bradford | Oct 13, 2017 | Competitive Strategy
By Robert W. Bradford Note: This article was first published in Compass Points in April 2003. The info is still relevant today, and it will be nostalgic reading the examples from 2003. Part One was an introduction to this series from Bradford’s article The...
by Robert Bradford | Oct 9, 2017 | Strategy Implementation
By Robert W. Bradford One of the five key elements of getting better execution from your strategic planning is writing better objectives. Ideally, the objective sets a clear target for implementation that helps focus the team and makes prioritization of action steps...
