“…on average, 95% of a company’s employees are unaware of, or do not understand, its strategy”
(From Harvard Business Review, October, 2005, by Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton)
Which begs the question: If so many people are not following the actual strategy, what are they executing?
The simple answer is that they are making up their own strategies. Or worse, they are undoing ...
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Craig Humphreys is literally the most interesting person that Tim knows in the world. While he is currently the CEO of TransPac Systems and the co-founder and COO of Stygian HC, he is also: A former analyst for the CIA, earning a presidential citation for his efforts to end the Cold War Former member of the SETI team, searching for intelligent life in the universe One of the early pioneers of CGI in cinema Former CTO of HEB A legend in IT consulting, which has led him to support everything from data security at the Super Bowl to helping architect Facebook’s platform when it evolved from college site to social media phenomenon A black belt in three forms of martial arts… and a scratch golfer In this episode, Craig shares the lessons he has learned about how over-shadowing the efforts of your team leads to stagnation – and the changes needed to reverse everything and generate massive breakthroughs. Get the show notes and leader guide here: https://timohai.com/how-to-not-execute-your-strategy-s2e4-craig-humphreys
Dr. Towanna Burrous is the founder and president of the CoachDiversity Institute, an executive coaching and development firm that teaches leaders how to master the power of differences. Under Towanna’s leadership, CDI has exploded in growth – reaching the Fortune 5000’s fastest growing companies list in 2021. In this episode, Towanna shares the lessons she has learned about how information flow can make the difference between high performing teams and teams that generate waste. Get the show notes and leader guide here: https://timohai.com/how-to-not-execute-your-strategy-s2e3-towanna-burrous
Tom Pisello is a marketing guru, author, and serial entrepreneur, having launched and sold two successful businesses. He has just started his third business, Genius Drive, where he and his team help companies develop and successfully transform their value story into powerful customer engagements. In this episode, we dive into how Tom’s own visionary leadership wrecked the execution of a great idea – and what he learned from that experience. Get the leader guide here: https://timohai.com/how-to-not-execute-your-strategy-s2e2-tom-pisello
Tim Ohai is the Founder and Sr. Principal of Kupu Solutions. In this episode, he shares how to diagnose where your execution is breaking down and his best practices to immediately get it back on track. Get the leader guide for this episode here: https://timohai.com/how-to-not-execute-your-strategy-s2e1-tim-ohai/
