2. Studies show that businesses that successfully execute strategies
outperform those that don’t by a factor of 2 to 1.
With that in mind, Six Disciplines has collected 20 essential facts about
strategy and execution that every CEO should know.
3. About Six Disciplines
Six Disciplines is a business management platform that helps
companies like yours go from good to great.
We helped one client increase sales 38% with no additional
increase in headcount. And we helped a private equity firm
increase KPIs 50% in two years. We also helped a professional
services firm increase profits 300%.
To find out more, call us at 866-344-8517 or email our CEO, Gary
Harpst, at GHarpst@SixDisciplines.Com
4. Strategy [strat-i-jee], noun: A plan, method, or series of programs
designed to obtain a specific goal or result.
Execution [ek-si-kyoo-shun], noun: The act or process of carrying
out or accomplishing a set of plans or strategies.
5. Just 5% of employees
surveyed understand
what their company’s
actual strategy is.
Source: Jeroen De Flander
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6. Of the middle managers
surveyed, only 55% were
able to address one of their
company’s top five priorities.
Source: Harvard Business Review
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7. Only 10% of
companies achieve
what they had
strategized to do.
Source: Jeroen De Flander
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8. Just 20% of managers believe their
organizations do a good job when it
comes to shifting people across units
to support an implied strategy.
Source: Harvard Business Review
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9. 40% of managers believe
the greatest challenge
is the failure to align
their plans with the
corporate strategy.
Source: Harvard Business Review
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10. Only 40% of organizations
link budgets to strategy.
Source: Jeroen De Flander
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11. 8/10 managers believe their companies fail
to leave declining businesses or let go of
unsuccessful initiatives quickly enough.
Source: Harvard Business Review
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12. In one study, only 11% believe
that their company’s
strategic priorities have the
financial and human
resources needed to succeed.
Source: Harvard Business Review
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13. 71% of companies that are strong in
execution believe that everyone has a
good idea of decisions and actions
for which they are responsible.
Source: Harvard Business Review
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14. Out of every 7 new product ideas,
only 4 enter development, 1/5 are
launched, and only 1 of the
launched products succeeds.
Source: Hype
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15. The success rate of newly
launched products has only
bumped 1% since 1997.
Source: Hype
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16. Just 25% of the managers
surveyed in one study have
concerns linked to strategy.
Source: Jeroen De Flander
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17. 85% of executive teams spend less
than an hour discussing strategy
every month.
Source: Jeroen De Flander
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18. According to research conducted by HBR, companies find
that only 40-60 percent of strategies are of potential value.
Source: Harvard Business Review
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19. 57% of CEO’s
have started
other companies.
Source: Statistic Brain
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20. 47% of CEO’s intend to start another company in the future.
Source: Statistic Brain
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21. About Six Disciplines
Six Disciplines is a business management platform that helps
companies like yours go from good to great.
We helped one client increase sales 38% with no additional
increase in headcount. And we helped a private equity firm
increase KPIs 50% in two years. We also helped a professional
services firm increase profits 300%.
To find out more, call us at 866-344-8517 or email our CEO, Gary
Harpst, at GHarpst@SixDisciplines.Com
