An ability to hire and manage employees remotely is becoming a competitive advantage these days1. More highly qualified talents prefer to work remotely to achieve a better work-life balance. How do you find the right employees? How do you manage remote teams? What KPIs will help to track the performance? We’ll start the discussion … Read more
Learn how to use McKinsey’s Three Horizons Model for top level planning of business growth and innovation. Before, we discussed strategy map as a framework for the articulation of the innovation strategy. What about other popular frameworks? They certainly help to organize high-level thoughts about innovations and formulate a bird’s-eye view on a company’s innovation … Read more
Find the detailed analysis of the best KPIs for HR including hire, retention, and ROI metrics. Learn how to describe and execute talent strategy with HR Balanced Scorecard. Part 1. HR Hire KPIs Learn about the metrics used to focus the hiring process. Read more > Part 2. Retention KPIs Learn how to measure employee … Read more
Any organization has its unique approach to strategy. With increasing complexity of challenges that we face today, many organizations find their existing approach insufficient and are looking for more effective ways to discuss and execute their strategies. In this article, we’ll discuss practical steps to adapt strategic planning to the environments defined by growing complexity, … Read more
Let BSC Designer check the quality of your KPI scorecard. The software will analyze your KPI scorecard automatically and suggest some improvements. How to Get Quality Score Calculated To use the KPI Scorecard Audit, follow these steps: Sign into your account at BSC Designer Online or create a free one Create a scorecard or open … Read more
Organizations all over the world recognize the need to align their strategic goals and initiatives with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and National Agendas. In this article, we’ll discuss the practical steps to implement the goals from high-level frameworks like SDGs to a company’s strategies. Introduction to SDGs and National Agendas In 2015, all member … Read more
On a way towards digital transformation, start with digitalizing how your team presents and discusses strategy. What comes to your mind when you hear “strategy presentation”? In most cases, the answer is “boring presentation slides.” You can do much better with a strategy map and specialized strategy planning software. In this article, we share some … Read more
Times of uncertainty and financial recession implies reducing costs. Let’s discuss how to do it in a disciplined way to minimize a negative impact on organization. We are living in a period of uncertainty – disruptive changes and unpredictable events lead organizations to tighten their belts and focus on cost reduction. The easiest way … Read more
Strategies fail because of vague and ambiguous goals. Learn how to break-down high-level strategies into specific, actionable sub-goals quantified by the value for stakeholders. The Content: Introduction: strategy formulation challenges Strategy decomposition: general principles, preparation, decomposition by value Software automation: decomposition for users of BSC Designer Introduction: What is a Success Rate of Strategy Execution? … Read more
Learn how to facilitate definition of the goals for a strategy map with the Strategic Change Agenda framework. Background Strategic Change Agenda is one of the frameworks1 for strategy formulation. In the context of strategic planning, the change agenda tool was mentioned in “The Execution Premium”2 as a tool that “explains the need for the … Read more