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THE FOUR
CORNERSTONES
OF STRATEGIC
EXECUTION
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CONTENTS
CULTURE

HOW YOUR CULTURE FORMS THE HEARTBEAT OF YOUR BUSINESS 4

IS A LACK OF COMMUNICATION HINDERING YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN? 6

STRATEGIC INTENT

HOW IS YOUR BUSINESS PLAYING TO WIN? 8

FOUR KEY FACTORS FOR SUCCESS DURING THE STRATEGIC

PLANNING PROCESS 9

DISCIPLINED EXECUTION

DRIVE YOUR COMPANY TO SUCCESS WITH DISCIPLINED EXECUTION 11

HOW YOU CAN PERFECT THE FINE ART OF DISCIPLINED EXECUTION 13

HIGH-PERFORMANCE LEADERSHIP

EMPOWERING YOUR PEOPLE WITH HIGH-PERFORMANCE LEADERSHIP 14

BOLD LEADERSHIP VISION ALWAYS WINS 16

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INTRODUCTION

T
he execution of strategy is the biggest challenge business leaders face today. How do you move
out of business-as-usual mode and push your company forward?

At Advisory Works weve been fortunate to work with hundreds of companies over the last twenty
years, to help execute strategy and win in a changing market. Weve seen it all, and we understand the vital
role strategy plays in success. Strategy is all about exclusion saying no when needed - so you can focus
your resources on areas where you can win in the marketplace.

Business advisory is more than just financial numbers with some commentary or the latest piece of
standalone technology. As leaders and disruptors in the business advisory space, we partner with
companies to help them execute strategy and were at the forefront of research into this field. Our
framework the four cornerstones of strategic execution contains four key components that work
synergistically to bring strategy to life:

Culture: This is your values, your mindset, and your tribe.

Strategic Intent: Understanding what youre setting out to achieve, and building a plan to achieve it.

Disciplined Execution: The best plan in the world will fail without a way of achieving it. Without
disciplined execution, nothing actually happens.

High-Performance Leadership: Leading your people to get things done.

In this guide, we outline our research framework for successful strategic execution and show you how the
four cornerstones work together to bring your strategy to life.

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CULTURE

HOW YOUR CULTURE FORMS THE

HEARTBEAT OF YOUR BUSINESS

Customers will never love a company

until the employees love it first.
SIMON SINEK, WAIT BUT WHY

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ulture permeates every aspect of a company, from
whom and how you hire, to how you structure
work, to how decisions are made, wins are
celebrated, setbacks overcome, and changes navigated.
Because of this, culture is the first of our four cornerstones
and is vital to a successful business.
VALUES FEED CULTURE
If your culture is the heartbeat of your company, then your
values and purpose are the arteries that deliver life-giving
blood through the business.
We often ask a Senior Team, What is your culture? Every
business has a culture, although they may or may not be
able to articulate it. The important first step is to figure out
the culture you have, and then use your values to align the
company with the culture you want.
Ask yourself what needs to happen in order to create the
culture you want in the future? When it comes to aligning
culture to your strategic plan, you need to be asking the
tough questions, challenging the current culture without
offending others, and parking your ego.
CULTURE INCORPORATES EXTREME
CUSTOMER FOCUS
In our framework, culture also encompasses the way your
company engages with and celebrates customers. Your
company probably has a mission statement and a set of
core values to back that statement up. But few companies
base those core values on customer feedback and
engagement. The best businesses seek to own the voice
of the customer because as John Spence states, Whoever
owns the voice of the customer, owns the marketplace.

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When working on changing company culture to align with
strategy and values, we prioritise customer feedback and
research and build engagement and value from there.
By encouraging employees to align their behaviour and
decisions to those customer-focused values, and rewarding
those who live the brand, you create a culture focused on
attracting and retaining customers.
THE NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS
they give you their discretionary effort they go the extra
mile for the business. Higher engagement means you get
greater productivity, improved customer satisfaction and
increased profitability.
CULTURE SETS YOU APART
We often say to clients, People can steal your products
and services, but the WAY you deliver those products and
services no one can take that.

People create and sustain your culture. Therefore, your
culture is an alignment of your hopes, values, and dreams
with theirs. The new generation of leaders understand the
power of people. To them, leadership is about bringing
together talented people to collaborate and innovate.
Command and control leadership doesnt work in this
environment it can feel oppressive.
However, a collaborative culture can be pushed too far. If
things become too free-form and every decision needs to
be made by committee, then progress grinds to a halt.
As a leader, you need to strike a balance between making
good, clear decisions, and involving everybody to create
that collaborative culture.
Thats your culture. When talented people come together
in an environment where they feel supported, they can
achieve remarkable things. By keeping culture firmly at the
heart of strategic execution, we believe that your company
will achieve more than you ever imagined.
Additionally, A players (those that live a businesss core
values and go the extra mile to get results) could get a job
anywhere. These type of people choose where they want
to work and the decision they make is significantly based
on your culture. They are attracted to great workplaces.
Basically they want their job to have meaning, the ability
to achieve mastery, to be respected for their skills. They
want to be empowered and have a level of autonomy, get
feedback, and enjoy the people they work with.

ENGAGE TALENTED PEOPLE The competition want to hire A Players too -

An excellent article about culture on Kissmetrics talks about do you have a culture that sets you apart and

the limits of employee freedom. What some people want is attracts A Players?

to just go to work, take orders, do the job, and wait for the
clock to hit 5PM.

But this is not what the best employees want. They want
to have a voice and a meaningful impact on the company
and its direction. They know that anyone can win a debate
with the most senior person at a company. They also know
they can create tools for the company without the need for
management approval.

Part of the puzzle is hiring to fit your culture ensuring

you seek out talented people who share the company
values and customer focus. Its also about ensuring
those employees have opportunity to take ownership,
to innovate, to question, and to chase an idea. When
employees feel safe and free in their work environment,
they achieve the greatest results. When you engage your
people they display greater commitment, involvement,
and enthusiasm. When your people are highly engaged,

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CULTURE
IS A LACK OF
COMMUNICATION HINDERING
YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN?
W
e all know that executing your strategy is the
most difficult part of the process. Its made
even more difficult when you dont have buy-in
from the rest of your organisation. If your team cannot see
the forest from the trees when it comes to future strategy,
then they wont have the drive to implement the required
changes. At that point, you might as well have had no
strategy at all.
At Advisory Works, were often called in to assess why a
companys particular strategic execution isnt working. As
we dig deep into the causes behind poor implementation,
one common theme occurs again and again:
communication. The management team doesnt have an
effective way to disseminate strategic direction throughout
the organisation. As a result, theres no one stepping up to
take ownership for strategic initiatives, and the plan quickly
stagnates back to the status quo.
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If you want to be an effective leader and a disruptor, then
you first have to be a communicator. You need to push the
message through all layers of the organisation, and ensure
it reaches the key people in a format they can understand
and get excited about.
DELIVER KEY MESSAGES ACROSS
MULTIPLE CHANNELS
Kaplan and Norton identify that Effective strategic execution
happens when employees are personally committed to
helping their business achieving the strategic objectives.
Communicating vision, values and strategy is the first step
in creating motivation in employees. It tells them what you
want to do, how you intend to do it, and their part in it.
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When communicating strategic planning decisions

Connect with purpose and direction
through your organisation, you need to understand the
importance of your role as communicator. Youre not The communication process involves more than just stating

only disseminating information, but you play a key role in information. Leaders unleash enormous internal creativity

the change management of the company. Its your job to and energy when they can appeal to their employees

ensure that not only what youre communicating, but how desire to make a positive contribution to the world.

youre communicating it, enables the whole team to engage Employees want to take pride in the organisation in
and air concerns. which they spend most of their waking lives. When

The message thats delivered should be concise, goal- communicating about strategy concepts that go to

focused, and ultimately positive. The wider team doesnt the heart of who your organisation is and what it does

need to know every facet of every avenue of the strategy. you are seeking to connect the team to a new direction

Painting a picture of what is changing on a broad scale, and purpose.

what the goals and risks are, and how this change will be This can be hard when you meet resistance to change. The
executed on a macro scale is much more effective. key is to create an environment where people experience

Different people and groups of people engage in unique no fear, despite incoming changes. Where change is

ways. The key here is cascading communication ensuring exciting, and where your current and future leaders can

the message rolls down from the top like a waterfall, make a positive contribution to the process and own their

reaching every corner of the organisation. Use different place in bringing strategy to life.

channels to engage with staff, clients, and stakeholders

within their natural environment, in a way thats
comfortable and offers them the chance to engage.

USE MEETINGS AS A VEHICLE FOR

COMMUNICATION
Many employees and leaders alike despise meetings. Seen
as the proverbial time-suck, sitting a room with peers
for hours, brainstorming or discussing without achieving
anything, can seem like hell on earth. In fact, many
organisations such as Buffer created working conditions
that eliminated the need for meetings altogether (with
mixed results).

However, the danger in eliminating all meetings even

the non-productive ones is that the alternatives can be
worse. Many Work-In-Progress (WIP) meetings can occur
over the phone or even in a Slack channel. But conveying
strategy decisions and answering questions will be infinitely
more effective in a face-to-face situation than over IM,
three-way phone call, or internet hangout.

The key isnt eliminating meetings its in using them

wisely as one of the many communication tools you have
available, not just as a fallback.

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STRATEGIC INTENT

HOW IS YOUR BUSINESS

PLAYING TO WIN?

O
n the rugby field, nothing matters but the game.
DRILL DOWN INTO YOUR STRATEGY
Who you are, what youve done before, none of
that matters. All that is important is that youre at From your audacious strategic intent statement, you

the front of the pack, the ball in your hands. Youve trained can begin to drill down further, setting your goals and

hard, you know exactly what you have to do, and nothing is milestones for the mid-term (3-5 years). Then, you will

going to stop you. formulate a plan for the short-term, establishing where
you want to be in one year and then setting 90-day goals
The marketplace is that playing field, and if you want to
to propel the strategy forward. With your overall strategic
play to win, you need to start with strategic intent. Strategic
intent at the front of your mind, being able to set out these
intent is determining your winning aspiration at the start
steps will be simple youll see a clear path from A to B to
of the season. It is a high-level statement on how you will
C right through to victory.
create your desired future. You then determine which level
of competition you are going to compete in and how you HOW WILL YOU PLAY TO WIN?
plan to win. It is then the rigorous training of your business
Many businesses started out with a novel idea, or a belief
model, the framing of your strategy into a solid game plan.
that they could do something different or better. As part
And it is a powerful tool for businesses.
of your strategic intent, every business needs to have a

IT ALL BEGINS WITH STRATEGIC INTENT
Intent is the visualisation of your goal. For the rugby player,
thats getting the ball over the line and hoisting a sought-
after trophy into the air. What does that goal look like for
your company? Set the intent of where youre going over
the next 10+ years. Where will your business be?
Setting intent requires excellent industry analysis, in the same
way a rugby team or coach will drill every day, and study
their competition. Conducting this analysis allows you to see
potential future opportunities, as well as potential pitfalls. Youll
be able to create a compelling statement outlining your intent.
thorough understanding of how they compete against the
others in the game. You cant be everything to everybody,
as this leads to exhausted mediocrity. Everyone in your
business should understand your brands position in the
market and be able to state that clearly in 8 words or less.
What is it that makes you truly different? What is your
competitive advantage that you can sustain? What do you
promise your customers and all of your staff know they are
delivering on?
How will your business play to win? Have you set
your strategic intent, and do you have disciplined
execution required to carry it out?

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STRATEGIC INTENT

FOUR KEY FACTORS FOR

SUCCESS DURING THE
STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS
In real life, strategy is actually very straightforward.
You pick a general direction and implement like hell.
JACK WELCH, WINNING

W
hen looking at your companys strategic intent, If you dont have anyone in this position, or previous
the Senior Leadership Team will take stock of strategic initiatives led by your advisors have focused
the companys position based on the research too much on compliance, you need to talk to a strategic
conducted during strategic analysis, determine your partner like Advisory Works to assist you through the
mission and intent, and build out the strategic plan. process. The outcome of having others involved enables
them to take ownership of the plan and help communicate
When constructing your strategy for consistency
and execute it into the business.
and ensuring youre playing to win, its important to
remember the success of your strategic intent hinges on
2: YOUR STRATEGIC GOALS
four key factors:
Your strategic goals are a set of broad, long-term
1: YOUR STRATEGIC TEAM statements addressing your company strategy across all
areas of the organisation. When planning your goals, look
Determining who will be part of the Strategic Planning
at how you will build you people and culture, how you will
Team should be easy. You want to pull in the key decision
develop and implement key systems and processes for
makers across the breadth of the company. You want to
scale, how you will build your brand, and how you can be
keep the group small less than 15 people. Remember,
competitive in the market while winning.
those who build the plan dont fight the plan. Your Chief
Strategy Officer or Advisor should be leading the process,
focusing not just on compliance but on the overall direction
of the company.

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Discussion will help team members to align their own

3: SET STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
thoughts and values with the strategic plan, as well as work
Having determined your goals, a huge part of developing through potential issues as they come to light. Sometimes,
your strategic intent will be identifying your strengths, you need to step up as leader and make a solid decision to
weaknesses, opportunities, and threats against those bring discussions to a close. Business is not a committee,
goals. By studying your companys internal strengths and the leader needs to make a decision and the team needs to
weaknesses, as well as looking at opportunities and threats be able to align and present the outcome as a united front
presented externally by the market or competitors. youll a single message.
be able to identify potential options and strategies.
Its important to always keep strategy closely aligned with the
Once youve identified a series of options, choose those research you completed. Once everyone is in sync, allocate
that give the greatest benefit and have the greatest projects and ensure everyone is responsible for the projects
potential for success. Make simple objectives for the that resonate the most with their particular values.
priorities, allocate a person accountable and a timeframe
Is your companys strategic planning using these
to deliver it by. Now it is time to implement like hell
four key success factors? If not, you need some
disciplined execution.
serious help.
4: DONT FIGHT THE PLAN
As youre setting organisational-wide goals and
objectives, you may come across team members who are
confrontational who are fighting against the strategic
direction. This is perfectly fine during the initial stages, but
when the plan is solidified and being brought to the whole
organisation for execution, the strategic team has to be
united in their vision. The team that makes the plan cannot
fight the plan.

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DISCIPLINED EXECUTION

DRIVE YOUR COMPANY

TO SUCCESS WITH
DISCIPLINED EXECUTION

D
isciplined execution is the relentless focus on
THE 90-DAY PLAN
executing the plan. Disciplined execution is the
practical application of disrupting business as usual; The aim of the 90-day plan is to break down major strategic

to work on the business; to make the important stuff happen.
After the process of strategic planning has been
completed, the process for your organisation becomes one
of disciplined execution keeping the momentum going
throughout the year while so many other things are coming
goals into smaller, achievable chunks. This helps everyone
in the organisation to understand departmental strategy
at a micro level and to see what goals need to be reached
now in order to produce results in a years time.
The 90-day plan is a living document that forms the

at you and your people. basis for reporting lines, team projects and leadership
initiatives over each quarter. At the end of the quarter this
Distractions abound, and it can be easy to veer off-track.
document should be reviewed and revised. New goals
Part of our job is to help companies disrupt their business
might be added, or strategy might be refocused to pivot
as usual mentality, and actually put their strategy into
to create forward momentum toward those longer-term
practice over the following year. For this, we have a specific
strategic goals.
process. This process enables you to continue to execute
strategy while also giving you the space to pivot if required.

What does disciplined execution involve?

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HOLDING GOOD MEETINGS COMMUNICATE STRATEGIC

EXECUTION GLOBALLY
Successful disciplined execution involves getting leaders
and stakeholders together regularly for meetings to look It can be easy for employees especially those lower
over numbers and plan initiatives. down the ladder to forget about overall strategic
objectives and goals. This could be a fault in the way you
People find meetings frustrating because all-too-often
communicated those strategic decisions originally, but
they become a monotonous talk-fest a lot of talking but
more likely its simply that theyve become inundated with
nothing is decided, nothing actioned, no accountability is
the everyday tasks that keep the company business-as-
created. Without solid co-ordination and direction, meeting
usual ticking along. Thats not a bad thing, but it means that
conversation can lead off into all kinds of directions,
communications around strategy need to be continuous if
carrying with it your carefully constructed strategic plan.
you want everyone to be on board.
Meetings need to be a platform for robust conversation,
A simple weekly meeting where goals and projects are
especially about strategic initiatives. Trust has to exist,
brought back to strategic principles can do wonders,
enabling healthy conflict as leaders challenge each others
as can a regular strategic email, video blog or other
ideas to bring about the best decisions for the company.
communication. Remember that everyone in your company
It sounds simple, but creating this environment isnt easy. has a stake in its future, so involve everyone as actively as
One tactic we like is to keep these strategic execution and possible in securing that future.
review meetings short and to-the-point. You dont need
How does your company fare with disciplined
elaborate minutes just a quick Who What by When (WWW)
execution?
matrix helps to bring accountability into the team.

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DISCIPLINED EXECUTION

HOW YOUR BUSINESS CAN

PERFECT THE FINE ART OF
DISCIPLINED EXECUTION

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trategy doesnt start and finish in the boardroom
THE GOLDEN RATIO
it has to be implemented at every level of the
business and rolled into the core values of the Here at Advisory Works, we like to talk about the Golden

company and the product. At Advisory Works, we call this Ratio in disciplined strategic execution. That ratio is 70:20:10.

disciplined execution how a company can play to win. 70% of your time should be spent on business as usual/
You need to have the cadence to ensure you maintain core business. 20% of your time should be spent on
momentum and accountability while focusing on bringing reflection, review, learning and innovation, and 10% on
your strategy to life. implementing strategic actions and projects.

ACCOUNTABILITY IS KEY As you can see, the core business remains at the heart of
our strategy. We dont believe any company should make
A strategy document can very easily be forgotten amongst
sacrifices in their core business in order to see strategic
the everyday hubbub of running the business. This is
success and you cant afford to take your eye of the ball. Just
why its vital to have a management team dedicated
the opposite strategy relies on your core competencies
to executing and implementing strategy and taking
and value chain in order to succeed. What we do advocate
responsibility for their own particular department.
is ensuring that strategy plays a vital role in driving decisions
and progress across the business, at every level.
THE IMPORTANT VERSUS THE URGENT
As a business, how and when you execute strategy
In business, things can sometimes seem to be caught up in
matters even more than what that strategy actually
a whirlwind. We often get so bogged down in urgent tasks
is. Do you have the cadence required to build a
we feel as though were flitting from one thing to the next.
steady rhythm of execution?
But just because something is urgent, doesnt mean its
important. Managing priorities can help you stay on track
with strategic objectives.

This advice applies even if the urgent matter is an

opportunity. Opportunities need to be jumped on in order
to ensure you capitalise in good time, but any opportunity
needs to be weighed against the strategy is it truly the
best idea for the business? Will it move the company closer
to aligning with its strategic goals?

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HIGH-PERFORMANCE LEADERSHIP

EMPOWERING YOUR PEOPLE

WITH HIGH-PERFORMANCE
LEADERSHIP

Y
ou cant grow your business, only your people
THE LEADERSHIP MENTALITY
can. As Maxwell stated, If you want your business
to grow create followers, if you want to multiply High performance is about continually trying improve the

create more leaders. Great leaders transform their people 1% margins. Similarly, good leaders continue to strive to

and businesses by creating trust and inspiring their people get better. Leadership is a journey, and theres always

through vision and values. They set stretch goals, and create something new to learn. Whether that means a continued

a collaborative team environment that enables innovation commitment to professional development, implementing

while coaching, building and empowering their people. strategies learned from other leaders, or putting into
practice lessons obtained through mistakes or diversions.
When people feel empowered, they can achieve greatness.
Empowerment comes from knowing their voice is In her article on creating a successful leadership mentality,

heard and their expertise respected. As a leader, youre communication expert Anna-Maria Yritys writes,

responsible for cultivating an environment that stimulates No matter what you may have been through in your life,

this empowerment. How do you do it? By adopting a in your career, you must realize that everything has served

leadership mentality not just for yourself, but for your a purpose. Leaders are constantly seeking to learn and

entire company. improve, even if that learning sometimes comes at a cost.

Leaders reflect to understand that learning the purpose.

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When your team, customers, media, or other
commentators see you constantly innovating, learning
and improving, it gives them courage and inspires them to
seek out opportunities as well. Leaders should always set
an example, and the leader who is constantly learning is a
leader empowering others.
LEADERS ARE COMMUNICATORS
Communication is the sister of leadership. Every successful
leader from Steve Jobs to Martin Luther King, Jr. has one
single trait in common: they understood and harnessed the
power of communication. All leaders are communicators,
able to tap into the fundamental human impact of their
message and deliver it to maximum effect. Good leaders
adapt their communication to their audience and are
powerful and influential communicators one-to-one or
one-to-many.
As Yritys writes, Powerful, respectful communication
requires assertiveness, consciousness, an ability to tap
into your personal source, and most of all, having the
capability of truly listening to yourself, and to those you
communicate with.
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BUSINESSES AS LEADERS
What happens when your whole company adopts a
leadership mentality? No longer does your success ride
on a select few individuals. Now, your whole company are
leaders of innovation, of collaboration, of inspiration.
Good businesses wanting to get better need to cultivate
the same principles adopted by individual leaders, namely:
Always learning: through continual market research,
by talking with customers, and by giving your people
opportunities to grow.
Attracting new people: bringing together the best and
brightest and getting them to create magic. This comes
back to cultivating a culture that attracts the right kind
of people.
Communicating with openness and integrity:
Whether youre addressing staff, customers, or the market
in general, your companys communications should be
aligned with your values.
Great leaders dont follow the rules or do what everyone
else has done. Theyre the disruptors.
Is your company operating with the leadership
mentality? Are you empowering others with constant
learning and innovation?
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BOLD LEADERSHIP VISION
ALWAYS WINS
A
s leaders in our organisations, we have so much
we want to do and achieve. There are always
initiatives to drive the company forward and
achieve our vision. We know what we want to achieve all it
takes is putting the plan in place. Then why are we so often
putting things off and making excuses?
If youre falling behind with the big picture, and your focus
and vision are wavering, how can you get back on track?
When youre confronted with a crisis or a change moment,
such as the loss of a key staff member, losing a high-profile
client, or a colleague committing fraud, it can be very hard
to retain that vision. Youre too busy trying to put the fires
out to worry about the future.
But without that vision to drive us forward, were going
to end up static sitting in the same place we always
have. That position may feel safe were not taking risks
or stepping outside our comfort zone but its actually
incredibly precarious. All around us, the world is constantly
changing, the market adapting, the technology improving.
Disruptors are winning the market.
As Albert Einstein once famously didnt say (this does not
diminish the truth of the maxim), The definition of insanity
is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting
a different result.
Are you guilty of letting your vision waver? Do you need to
break away from the daily grind and work toward achieving
your leadership and strategic vision?
COMMUNICATE YOUR VISION
Henry Ford wanted to create a vehicle that every family
would be able to afford. John F Kennedy dreamed of
putting a man on the moon. Steve Jobs wanted to create
a computer that anyone could use to produce their own
creative visions. All these visions are simple, yet all have
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disrupted the status quo, and as a result, have had an
incredible impact on the world.
Vision is simple. Its purpose distilled down into a simple
statement of purpose. Great leaders dont just have this
vision, but they are able to find a way to communicate that
vision to others in a way that captivates imagination and
inspires innovation. You alone dont have all the pieces
required to bring that vision to life, but what you do have is
the ability to bring in others who can embrace that vision
and help you make it happen.
VISION REQUIRES PERSISTENCE
If you want to live out your vision for success, you need to
be able to continue to strive for it even when things arent
going your way. Persistence is the key trait that separates
those at the top from those who have given up on their
vision, who have lost focus on the endgame.
Arnold Schwarzenegger once said of quitting, I learned
helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting
response that follows from the belief that whatever you do
doesnt matter. If youre wavering on your focus, think on
this are you not pushing because you suspect youd be
pushing in the wrong direction? It takes discipline to step
back and reflect upon whats going on, to ask yourself what
youve achieved and if it aligns with your ultimate vision.
Is it time to adapt the game plan? Is your lack of persistence
revealing the flaw in your vision? Then its time to go back to
strategy and refine that vision until it sings, until it is what
drives you forward through any change or adversity.
Leaders with great vision achieve remarkable things, but
only if they have the ability to engage and excite others with
the possibilities of that vision, and the persistence to drive
forward no matter what stands in their way.
Be this leader in your organisation.
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APPLYING THE
FOUR CORNERSTONES?
Business strategy is all about focusing your resources on areas where you
can out-manoeuvre your competitors and stay ahead of the game.

With a disciplined focus on strategy at the heart of your company, youll be

able to continue to evolve and pivot to stay ahead in an increasingly complex
and competitive market.

NEED A PARTNER TO DRIVE STRATEGIC EXECUTION?

Advisory Works has helped thousands of business owners globally to simplify
their business and we can do the same for you.

We will support, teach and motivate you to put in place the tools, processes
and systems that you and your business need to maximise future
performance. Our goal is to get you out of business as usual and into the
strategically important priorities that will really drive your business forward.

Contact us to find out more

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