Over the past year we have been bombarded with a combination of pure statistics and percentages on a daily basis from politicians and the media about the extent of...
- Jul 05, 2021
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- Lavery McGlynn
My guess is that the plans you made for your business at the start of 2020 did not carry you through the year. If you threw out your plans...
- May 17, 2021
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- Lavery McGlynn
There are two main parts to monitoring progress – the production of reports and then the use of the reports at the performance meetings. We appear to be good...
- Jan 21, 2021
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- Lavery McGlynn
I think that this is everyone’s favourite part of executing strategy. It’s certainly the part everyone rushes to get to! I have found many times over the years that...
- Jan 20, 2021
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- Lavery McGlynn
You have a top line strategy agreed – now you have to make it happen. What kind of plans do you have in place to do that? Most organisations...
- Jan 19, 2021
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- Lavery McGlynn
Do you have a strategy? Maybe you think your organisation is too small to need one, or maybe you have one but haven’t checked in with it recently. Or...
- Jan 18, 2021
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- Lavery McGlynn
Occasionally I come across small companies who are trying to emulate their business heroes in their strategies, often to the detriment of their current situation. Yes, companies like Google,...
- Oct 11, 2018
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- Lavery McGlynn
Dashboards, Scorecards, Management Information (MI) Reports…are the terms used interchangeably in your organisation? Or like many, do they float in and out of fashion? So does the name matter...
- Jul 06, 2018
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- Lavery McGlynn
“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.” Winston Churchill. Strategic Planning has become almost fashionable in the world of business. Companies of all sizes focus...
- Mar 19, 2018
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- Lavery McGlynn
There are two terms in Performance reporting that are used interchangeably, but they shouldn’t be. Evaluation and Measurement are very similar processes, but they have important differences. Which process...
- Feb 19, 2018
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- Lavery McGlynn