Posts by LBL Strategies Team
Execution Success:Â The critical role of leaders
The capabilities and behaviors leaders must exhibit to ensure successful execution of strategy is at the heart of performance. “When leaders create the right conditions for execution and guide people through the journey, it demonstrates their authentic commitment and sincerity.” (Speculand, 2017) Too often leaders do not understand and/or appreciate the important role they play…
Read MoreBook Review: Strategy Implementation Playbook – A Step-By-Step Guide
There’s nothing better than the passion that naturally flows from learning – especially when it comes packaged in the form of “distilled wisdom” from proven experts. Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez & Robin Speculand (co-founders of the Strategy Implementation Institute) have, once again, ignited my passion for learning with their co-written Strategy Implementation Playbook – A Step-by-Step Guide…
Read MoreStrategic Foresight for Army Transformation
The COVID pandemic in 2020, coupled with other global disruptions like social unrest, changes in the geo-political environment, and political polarization, has emphasized the importance of planning amid perpetual uncertainty. The practice of strategic foresight – popularized by the Shell corporation in the 1970s – has recently seen a surge in demand as organizations recognize…
Read MoreLearning from Failure
Guest blog by Dr. Chris Yapp There are many sayings around the theme that “experience is a hard teacher.” I have heard many speeches in which people say something along the lines of, “we learn more from our failures than from our successes.” For obvious reasons, we tend not to put these on our LinkedIn…
Read MoreBook Review: “Big Decisions,” by Lee Crumbaugh
There are decisions and then there are decisions. Lee Crumbaugh knows this truth. He is a strategist, consultant and business coach with 50 years of experience across sectors and industries.  Crumbaugh’ s new book, Big Decisions, does a terrific job of cautioning us that these Big Decisions, or “strategic decisions,” need to be processed much…
Read MoreIASP’S NEW CERTIFICATION COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK – AND THE ROLE OF FACILITATION
As part of a continuous improvement process, the International Association for Strategy Professionals (IASP) in 2019 invested in a precise research initiative to understand and define what strategy professionals actually do and the competencies that are required. Once the research was completed, IASP’s Certification Commission updated the Association’s two certification exams to align with these…
Read MoreLeaders Should Focus on Long-Term Goals to Successfully Deploy Agency Strategy
By J. Woody Stanley At the time this article was published, cabinet-level departments and agencies in the US federal government were preparing to release a four-year strategic plan outlining their direction and goals during President Biden’s administration. The strategic plan, which is required by 5 U.S.C. 306, reflects deliberations and decisions taken by agency officials…
Read MoreThe “Great Resignation” Reveals Leadership’s “Achilles’ Heel” in Effective Change
By Richard Thayer, William Zybach, and Sally Parker, Syngineering Solutions Several of our friends and relatives have left their jobs over the past few months – many of them with no new position to move into. They just walked away. This seems to be happening everywhere – but why? To help answer this, McKinsey & Company conducted surveys…
Read MoreStrategic Planning and Management: The Argument for Professional Credentialing
The world is increasingly uncertain – progressively complicated by misinformation, disinformation, and digital interference by increased technological disruptions such as Deep Fakes. To navigate this complicated environment, we must adopt “evidence-based” decisions. This requires us to lean on a team of educated professionals, routed in requisite knowledge and experience to guide us to a desirable…
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