Linking Strategy to Execution

Overview

GSA Competencies and Levels

Enterprise Perspective: L4, L5

An ability to think broadly and connect the dots among various aspects of the enterprise

Source: UVA Darden Enterprise-Perspective Model

Goals for this session:

• To briefly affirm a common sense of what a business strategy is and how strategic planning is used
• To examine the common causes that lead to, on average, only a 63% success rate in achieving the promised results of any strategic plan and where things generally go wrong in the execution of the plan
• To understand basic performance management tools and systems.
• To understand the congruence model of execution in an organization
• To apply frameworks for common execution foibles and areas of risk to their own strategic plans in their organization.
• To apply frameworks for common execution foibles and areas of risk to a business case study.