There are three main reasons why organisations fail to extract full value from their strategy creation to strategy execution process:

1. We fail to align on a single source of the truth.
2. We don’t place enough emphasis on strategy execution.
3. We get lost in translation.

Strategy creation is not a passive delegation process. It is an active participation process that happens at every level in an organisation in order to breed success for every individual.

What to expect in this episode:

(06:40): Why your strategy might be failing.

(10:06): Is your strategy getting lost in translation?

(12:00): How to prevent losing sight of the purpose when there’s so much focus on goals and measures of success.

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My essential reading list:

📕‘The Balanced Scorecard’ by Kaplan by Robert S. Kaplan, David P. Norton - https://www.amazon.com/Balanced-Scorecard-Translating-Strategy-Action/dp/0875846513

📕 ‘Scaling Up’ by Harnish Verne - https://www.amazon.com.au/Scaling-Up-Build-Meaningful-Business/dp/0986019526

📕 ‘Strategy Execution Heroes’ by Jeroen De Flander - https://www.amazon.com.au/Strategy-Execution-Heroes-Jeroen-Flander/dp/9081487310

📕 ‘Good to Great’ by Jim Collins - https://www.amazon.com.au/Good-Great-Some-Companies-Others/dp/0066620996

📕 ‘Traction’ by Gino Wickman - https://www.amazon.com.au/Traction-Get-Grip-Your-Business/dp/1936661837

📕 ‘Prove It!’ by Stacey Barr - https://www.amazon.com.au/Create-High-performance-Culture-Measurable-Success/dp/0730336220

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Fostering a culture of openness and transparency means regularly evaluating and reviewing performance.

People leaders provide clarity and alignment by setting goals and KPIs during performance reviews and Team Plan workshops. These are revisited in regular forums to evaluate progress, celebrate wins and reflect on lessons learned along the way.

Regular evaluation and review forums create context, meaning and connection to your company’s purpose, values and vision. They create a cadence around which all work activities revolve and help teams remain not just accountable, but motivated, because they are times when we actively observe progress and experience a sense of achievement.

What to expect in this episode:

(07:35): How to effectively evaluate and review performance.

(10:11): What can happen at an annual leave if there’s criticism?

(16:53): Where CEOs need to be heavily involved.

To download the entire audiobook, ‘Purpose, Passion and Performance’, get your copy here - https://tinyurl.com/2d2krd8y

If you want Steph to answer your question in an upcoming Q&A episode, DM Steph or use this form - https://forms.gle/BFDxwyem9zZXCbih8

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📕 What I’m reading this week - ‘THidden Potential’ by Adam Grant - https://www.amazon.com.au/Hidden-Potential-Science-Achieving-Greater/dp/0753560054

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A well-defined and succinct one-page Business Plan without a process to translate that plan into action is just a good read.

The senior or executive team sets strategic goals, targets and priorities, but teams and individuals should have a large degree of autonomy over how that work is delivered.

The Business Plan is cascaded to a Team Plan and My Plan via Team Plan workshops and annual performance reviews.

What to expect in this episode:

(02:16): Transform your business plan into an action plan.

(08:34): What a good quarterly team planning checkpoint looks like.

(15:07): What makes a great individual plan for your employees.

To download the entire audiobook, ‘Purpose, Passion and Performance’, get your copy here - https://tinyurl.com/2d2krd8y

If you want Steph to answer your question in an upcoming Q&A episode, DM Steph or use this form - https://forms.gle/BFDxwyem9zZXCbih8

For all other resources:

🎙️ Podcast resources - https://stephaniebown.com/podcast/

📢 Book Steph to speak - https://stephaniebown.com/conference-speaker/

🖊️ Check out my upcoming leadership events - https://stephaniebown.com/events/

🎵 Music by Slip.stream - Alleyoop | Take It On | I’M Holding On

📱 Follow Steph on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniebown1/

📕 What I’m reading this week - ‘The Rise of Superman’ by Steven Kotler - https://www.amazon.com.au/Rise-Superman-Decoding-Ultimate-Performance/dp/1477800832

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