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Organizational “How”
Wouldn’t it be nice if it organizational institutionalization was as easy as making a pronouncement of the change, waving your magic wand, saying a few words channeled through your inner warlock, and poof! the change was made. Sadly the real world is far more complex… Continue reading
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Tagged organization, people, Process, productivity, simplicity
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What Professionals Do
…which describes the essential ingredients to what serves as not only differentiators in your workforce, but the “difference makers”. I believe the few people that get the lion’s share of work done exhibit these behaviors. Being a professional involves a code of conduct. While consultants (Blood Type of a Consultant) and contractors (Blood Type of a Contractor) are defined in the referenced posts terms of what it means to carry their associated profession’s badge, Seth does a good job of providing attributes of “being professional” Continue reading
Posted in Consulting, Management, People / Talent, Uncategorized
Tagged action, actions, character, consultant, contractor, Leadership, workforce dynamics
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Move to Information Trumping Process
…This is not as obvious as some of the trends that we see all around us, but I have no doubt about its certainty. In many ways this is a natural outgrowth of several other trends we are in the midst of… Continue reading
Posted in Consulting, Process, Technology
Tagged capability, change, communication, organization, Process, productivity, social technology
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IT Organization of the Future
In a world where we often don’t look beyond the next set of quarterly financial statements, it is occasionally refreshing to take a pause and fast forward the tape to imagine what out world will be like in three or five years… Continue reading
Posted in Consulting, Leadership
Tagged business drivers, change, Leadership, Management
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Communicating Your Strategy
…The reality of the situation is that a very hard part is still ahead of you. Until you are able to distill the resulting strategy into a clear and concise set of messages that can rally people around the future, motivate them to take action, and self direct their behavior to support the strategic vision, my guess is that all you have is a lot of hard work driven by good intentions. Continue reading
Values – The Softer Side of Strategy
…Powerful words. They set the stage for big things to come, especially when everyone believes in these values and they cause people to take actions toward a unified set of goals – or more importantly, drive an organization to a desired set of behaviors. Continue reading
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Tagged change, Leadership, strategy, values, workforce dynamics
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Operating Principles – Taking The Positions Which Guide Strategy
IT Strategy ultimately will align the efforts of the IT Organization with that of the enterprise. Determining the operating principles of the organization will foundationally drive this alignment, and determine the initiatives which will be required as part of this alignment. Continue reading
Posted in Consulting, Leadership, Management, Process
Tagged acceleration, business drivers, capability, decision, strategy
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Goals – Making Your IT Strategy Real
…I encourage you to apply this simple test to your IT strategy. Do you precisely know when you are successful? If not, either your goals are not defined, or are not tight enough. You invest a lot of time with not only developing your IT Strategy, but in directing the actions of your entire organization based on your strategy. Your goals will ground and focus you. Continue reading
Strategic Intent – IT Strategy’s Business Alignment
…When you align your must-do initiatives with business intents (strategy or direction) the first realization is that you now have a North Star for driving your IT organization. The next realization is that the funding mechanism for your organization becomes very clear. Continue reading
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Tagged acceleration, business drivers, Leadership, strategy
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Elements of IT Strategy
Type “IT Strategy” into Google and the search engine will return over 140 million entries. These results indicate there is no single way to draft an IT Strategy. Continue reading
