LSA Global

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

How to Better Cascade Your Corporate Strategy. In nature a cascade is a small, steep waterfall that flows in a descending manner from the top to the bottom, from high to low. In business we use the verb “cascading” when we talk about communicating and embedding a corporate strategy throughout the organization.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Leaders on low trust teams are focused on pursuing their own success and goals in silos rather than pulling together for the common good. The organizational goals are clear , agreed-upon, and all leaders are pulling in the same direction toward those goals. The goal is to reach a common understanding of what trust is.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

That’s the goal and it’s always the same. To learn more about if your first steps to strategic action are set up for success, download 3 Big Mistakes to Avoid When Cascading Your Corporate Strategy The post The First Steps to Strategic Action appeared first on LSA Global.

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Walk Me

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

A proficient communication plan aids your team in many aspects, the first of which is clarifying objectives and goals. Clarifying objectives and goals Serving as your communication roadmap, this plan navigates you toward your destinations and guides the route to reach them via your communication objectives.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 10, 2022

Setting Shorter Term Goals While long-term goals and accountabilities need to be strategically cascaded across a company to create alignment, short-term goals provide the engine to make continuous learning a reality in today’s ever-changing business landscape.

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LSA Global

MAY 20, 2018

The process of communicating the strategy is often called cascading, or spreading the plan to all levels, teams and employees. But before you cascade the strategy from the board room to the frontline whose everyday work will be informed by the plan, consider these two often-ignored mistakes: 1. Being OK with Misalignment.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 6, 2022

the goal is to clarify and change things to increase strategic clarity and buy-in. Hold CEO-led strategy workshops , bringing all managers together to discuss and understand each division’s strategy and goals, and how they align to support the company vision and strategy. Cascade SMART goals across all levels of the organization.

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LSA Global

JUNE 4, 2021

The challenge is how to translate goals into actions. Simply focusing on a goal that depends on effective collaboration will not bring success if your culture does not support effective teamwork. Are you doing all you can to successfully translate strategic goals into meaningful actions?

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 7, 2017

The What = Goal. You need to define a goal that is specific, time-bound and measurable. A sentence or two that can be cascaded throughout the organization will impact the behavior of the workforce far faster than a complicated paragraph. What specifically do you want to achieve and in what time frame?

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Walk Me

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The primary goal is to improve employees’ skills and knowledge, enhancing their performance and productivity. This approach allows you to assess the specific needs of each department, starting from the top and cascading downwards. The main goals of corporate training typically revolve around the following four aspects.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

After all, employees are the ones who have to translate goals into action steps. Describe the company’s core purpose and strategic goals in terms that make sense to employees on the front lines. Send the message in a variety of ways—posters, emails, team meetings, CEO announcements, social media, blogs, games. Stay in Touch.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

– Big Bets: What critical few strategic priorities, goals, and immediate actions do you commit to as a team? To learn more about how to design a coherent business strategy, download 3 Big Mistakes to Avoid When Cascading Your Corporate Strategy The post Steps to Create a Coherent Business Strategy appeared first on LSA Global.

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LSA Global

JULY 3, 2018

The Process of Goal Achievement Is Complicated. Experts know how executives achieve strategic goals successfully. Achieving strategic goals successfully requires measurement and tracking in order to confirm progress and to signal when and where adjustments need to be made. Achieving Corporate Goals Successfully.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

3 Strategies for Executive Teams to Stay Aligned As leadership teams navigate through inevitable challenges and opportunities, maintaining alignment becomes paramount to achieving collective goals and sustaining a high performance culture.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Key Goals and Actions – The critical few goals and immediate actions you commit to as a team. Having defined the optimizing strategies, you now need to cascade them throughout the company. Each level in the organization needs to convert the big bets into their own set of goals and actions for the next 30, 60, and 90 days.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 6, 2021

Goal and role confusion is the root cause of most internal clashes. Make sure your strategy points your key players in the same direction with clear goals and roles, so you are not hampered by silos, internal battles, and confusion. Lack of Rewards for Desired Behaviors Organizations are generally good at rewarding performance.

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LSA Global

MAY 4, 2021

Rather than the hare scampering about in many different directions, be the tortoise who moves deliberately and steadfastly toward the goal. To learn more about how to better execute strategy, download 3 Big Mistakes to Avoid When Cascading Your Corporate Strategy. Evaluate Feasibility Determine that your strategy is truly viable.

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LSA Global

MARCH 1, 2022

Involve your employees early in the plan and keep them motivated and fully informed as you make progress toward your goal. . To learn more about how to boost strategy execution, download The 3 Biggest Mistakes to Avoid When Communicating and Cascading Your Corporate Strategy.

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LSA Global

JUNE 4, 2018

To close the strategy execution gap in a meaningful way, leaders must agree upon and commit to a set of specific priorities focused on achieving clear goals. To learn more about successful strategy execution, download 3 Big Mistakes to Avoid When Cascading Your Corporate Strategy. It Is Important to Close the Strategy Execution Gap.

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Peter Winick

AUGUST 29, 2022

This monthly newsletter is full of practical information, advice, and ideas to help you reach your organization’s thought leadership goals. Partly that’s just not it’s not about, you know, putting a blog or a content piece out and assuming that you are a part of the industry, it is much more than that. Transcript.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

The process helps to clarify the current status, the desired goals and the best path to make it happen. The Advantage… Done right, traditional strategic planning helps executive teams to get on the same page, prioritize goals, and create an action plan for success. This makes it easier to cascade and hold people accountable.

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LSA Global

APRIL 19, 2017

The planners’ goal is to create a strategy that is understood, agreed to, perceived to be up to the challenge by all stakeholders, and supported by sufficient resources to truly succeed. What are the critical few business goals of your organization? Whatever path you choose, it should measurably impact your overarching goal.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Then prioritize the critical few goals and actions within each to reduce alternatives, increase focus and decrease confusion. When the implementers are actively involved and put in charge of planning not only how to achieve the goals but also what goals make sense for their teams, you add real-world experience and buy-in.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Make sure that you hold both leaders and employees accountable for progress toward the goals and provide them with the resources, time, and support required to be successful. Behavior change takes clarity, commitment and, critically, high levels of accountability with high levels of support.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 26, 2017

If you desire a healthy, strong culture of accountability (and who doesn’t), leaders need to cascade accountability throughout your organization. Targets are ignored and goals are not reached. Without accountability, you risk a culture where people do not consistently do what they say they will do. Clear Expectations.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

The Goal of Talent Management. We believe the goal of talent management is to create and sustain organizational excellence through people to consistently drive your business strategy forward. 75% or more of teams meet their performance goals. People understand the consequences of not meeting your stated goals.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Successful companies understand the critical role stakeholders at all levels of an organization play in gracefully accomplishing strategic goals. The days of slowly cascading strategies from the C-Suite to the frontline are over. The Relationship Between Strategic Buy-In and Performance.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

doubtful that the strategy is up to the challenge of your business goals. Customer goals, problems and needs should be central to high growth plans. To learn if your strategic growth plans are clear enough to cascade across your organization, download 7 Strategic Clarity Warning Signs to Pay Attention To.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 13, 2019

A corporate strategy is the plan you create to achieve specific goals. To learn more about creating a clear, believable, and implementable corporate strategy, download 3 Big Mistakes to Avoid When Cascading Your Corporate Strategy. Misunderstood Corporate Strategies Undermine Success.

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Get Lighthouse

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

With each T he Score Takes Care of Itself Quote in this blog, we're including an actionable tip you can apply to your team, as well as a further reading section with resources on how to get even better in those areas. That came by setting a great example , and making sure he had the right people on the team to reach their goals.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Have a Clear Change Vision Starting with leadership and cascading throughout everyone affected by change, the vision for change must be clear, compelling, and believable. The ultimate goal of a major transformation should include an enhanced employee experience. That is how you win the hearts and minds of those who matter most.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 2, 2018

Failure to reach goals. It takes hard work and discipline, steady motivation, judicious tweaks and strong leadership to achieve the strategic goals. To learn more about improving your chances for strategic success, download 3 Big Mistakes to Avoid When Cascading Your Corporate Strategy. Increased finger pointing. Be forewarned.

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Get Lighthouse

MAY 1, 2022

Unfortunately, this is a common problem, which is called the "cascade effect” by Gallup: Put simply, if your boss doesn't like their job, or is disengaged, then there's a good chance you will feel the same. You can develop your writing skills in a variety of ways: Write a blog post to teach others something you know. Creativity, Inc.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 3, 2020

For those organizations not at the top of the pack, it is time to rethink the strategic planning process and revamp strategy cascading and execution in a way that moves both the people and the business forward. Five Tips on How to Do Strategic Planning Right. Strategic vision without action is just wishful thinking.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Employees want leaders to be well prepared, clear on goals, and focused on the path ahead. Aligning capabilities to goals is one of the best ways to motivate employees when strategy shifts. Share goals across functions and transparently publish milestones and shortfalls. 4 Steps to Motivate Employees When Strategy Shifts.

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Get Lighthouse

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Your goal is to make it as easy as possible to reschedule right away and avoid missed conversations from canceled one on ones. Miller says there are three key elements to effectively managing up : 1) Know your boss's priorities and goals. This aligns you and them to achieve goals for both of you. What wins do you need?

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Liquid Planner Productivity

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

For example, when you work in a complex environment using agile and hybrid methods, you don’t necessarily know what the end goal is going to look like. Using smart ranged estimates that capture uncertainty with every single task cascade up to realistic project plans you can trust.

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