by Dan Montgomery | Dec 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
“It’s not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.” – Roy E. Disney Values can sometimes seem like the stepchild of strategic planning. The guts of a strategic plan can include a results-oriented vision translated into specific objectives, measures...
by David Wilsey | Dec 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
One of the participants in a recent Balanced Scorecard Professional Certification workshop was struggling with the difference between Strategic Themes and Balanced Scorecard Perspectives. In fact, he fundamentally questioned the need for both. His argument was that...
by Gail Stout Perry | Nov 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
Have you ever known someone whose brain works faster than they can talk or write? They often appear to be making leaps of logic when actually, their brain is working through logical steps but they are only communicating their first and last thought in the...
by Gail Stout Perry | Nov 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
How do you deal with an initiative (project) that is a forceful executive’s favorite idea, or, even worse, is something that your organization has spent years to develop BUT is not aligned to your strategy? Yikes! I was teaching a class in Atlanta last week and one...
by Gail Stout Perry | Nov 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
Dateline: CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait. First, let me acknowledge that for some inexplicable reason, my career has repeatedly veered into Department of Defense work and this little fact is extremely amusing to those who know that my idea of “roughing it” means staying in less...
by Gail Stout Perry | Oct 31, 2013 | Uncategorized
I am absolutely addicted to the television show, “Big Bang Theory.” Have you seen it? I catch myself laughing out loud at it…even when watching it on planes (yes, that’s a little embarrassing). People who are fluent in the language of math and science are...
