Is Success Your Worst Enemy?

by Dana Baldwin | Jun 29, 2026 | Strategic Planning, Strategy Implementation

by M. Dana Baldwin, Senior Consultant In the 80s, families, teens, many of us used to go to Blockbuster Video to select movies for our entertainment.  The business model was simple: go to the store, wander the aisles, select one or more videos to bring home, watch the...

Are You Really On Track? Mistakes Made in Execution

by Denise Harrison | Jun 29, 2026 | Strategic Planning, Strategy Implementation

By Denise Harrison, Vice President Is your team honest with itself when discussing progress of your action plans?  Or is your team convincing itself that things are really on-track when they aren’t even close?  Recently I have come across a number of cases where teams...

Finding Resistance

by Robert Bradford | Jun 29, 2026 | Strategic Planning, Strategy Implementation, Uncategorized

By Robert W. Bradford, President/CEO In strategy, you will inevitably find resistance to your plans.  This resistance is sometimes forceful, and other times something you can overcome with resources and effort.  An interesting question is how to deal with resistance. ...

Everyone Knows Execution is Important – So Why Do We Fail to Execute?

by Denise Harrison | Jun 29, 2026 | Strategic Planning, Strategy Implementation

By Denise Harrison, Vice President Execution of strategy: we know it is important, but why doesn’t it happen? Based on my experience working with over 100 companies on strategy development there are four key areas that lead to execution success. Focus on the few:...

Drowning in Strategic Initiatives? Here is a powerful tool for screening them out.

by Robert Bradford | Jun 28, 2026 | Strategic Planning, Strategy Implementation

By Robert W. Bradford, President/CEO When assessing strategic opportunities, we have for years examined four variables in the Simplified Strategic Planning process – value, probability, management effort and financial risk. Recently, I have taken to including a...

Lessons Learned from Boeing’s Stumble:Risk assessment is Key to a Successful Strategy

by Denise Harrison | Jun 28, 2026 | Strategic Planning, Strategy Implementation

By Denise Harrison Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner has not hit its development milestones, causing Boeing to take a $2.5 billion charge against earnings.  What happened?  Key to Boeing’s past success has been its ability to achieve its “big hairy audacious...