What is strategy without execution? Merely theory.
A successful business requires both a well developed strategy and the ability to execute on that strategy. Many companies develop robust strategies, but fail at operationalizing their strategies into implementable steps.
Strategy without execution is hallucination! – Mike Roach
Without execution, strategy is merely theory. Most frameworks, guides, and business gurus who discuss corporate strategy focus purely on the theory of great strategy, but don’t teach the art of great execution.
A great strategy may put you on the competitive map, but only great execution can keep you there. Most organizations struggle with execution. They understand the strategy, but can’t translate that vision into the day-to-day changes to operations and actual implementation.
This document addresses the art and principles of business strategy execution. Topics include:
4 Building Blocks of Strategy Execution
17 Traits of Successful Strategy Execution
Transformation Program Design
Balanced Scorecard Overview
Blue Ocean Strategy (4 Organizational Hurdles)
The document will explain various frameworks related to business strategy execution and includes PowerPoint templates to be used for your own presentations and analysis.
In previous articles, we have covered various PowerPoint template/diagram compilations that focus on business frameworks and management models. Here are some examples:
Here is the full list of business excellence frameworks/methodologies covered:
3 Cs Strategy Triangle
4 Ps Marketing Mix
5S Principles
8D Problem Solving
Activity Based Costing
ADKAR Change Model
Agile Model
AHRI Model of Excellence
Ansoff’s Growth Matrix
APQC Benchmarking Methodology
ASTD Competency Model
Australian Business Excellence Framework
Balanced Scorecard
Baldrige Performance Excellence Model
BCG Matrix
Beer & Nohria’s E & O Theories
Blue Ocean Strategy
Branding Pentagram
Bridges’ Transition Model
Business Process Redesign
Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)
Cause & Effect Diagram
COBIT 5
COPC-2000
Cost of Quality
Covey’s Seven Habits
Covey’s Time Management Matrix
Crosby’s Law of 10
Curry’s Pyramid
De Bono’s Six Thinking Hats
Deming Cycle
Drucker’s Management By Objectives
DuPont Analysis
EFQM Business Excellence Model
Eight Types of Waste
Emotional Competence Framework
Five Principles of Lean
Four Stages of Contribution Model
Gemba Framework
Greiner’s Growth Model
Harmon’s Process-Strategy Matrix for Outsourcing
Harvard Model of Strategic HRM
Heinrich’s Rule on Safety
High-Impact Learning Organization
Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions
Hoshin Kanri Strategy Deployment
House of Gemba
IMPA HR Competency Model
ISO 9001 Quality Management
ISO/IEC 15504 (SPICE)
ISO/IEC 27001 Information Security Management Systems
IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL v3)
Kotter’s Eight Phases of Change
Kraljic’s Purchasing Model
Lean Leadership & Kaizen Model
Lean Levers
Lean Management Model (TPS)
Lean Maturity Model
Lencioni’s Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Lewin’s Three Stage Change Model
MABA Analysis
McKinsey 7-S Framework
Mistake Proofing Process
NAPA Competency Model for HR Professionals
Nolan’s Stages of Growth for IT Systems
Ofman’s Core Quadrants
Organizational Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3)
PACE Prioritization Matrix
Payoff Evaluation Matrix
PDCA Problem Solving Process
People Capability Maturity Model (PCMM)
PEST Analysis
Porter’s Five Forces
PRINCE2 Project Management
Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)
PricewaterhouseCoopers Outsourcing Model
Scrum Model
Senge’s Five Disciplines
SERVQUAL
Shingo Model for Lean Transformation
SHRM Elements for HR Success
Six Sigma Methodology
Strategic Business Planning Methodology
Strategic Dialog
SWOT Analysis
Talent Management Framework
Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
Total Quality Management
TRADE Best Practice Benchmarking Model
Training Within Industry (TWI)
Treacy & Wiersema Value Disciplines
Tuckman’s Model of Team Development Stages
Ulrich’s Five Rules for Leadership
Ulrich’s HR Competency Model
Ulrich’s Matrix on the Four Roles of HR
Ulrich’s Stages of Employee Connection to the Organization
Value Chain Model
Value Stream Mapping
Value-based Management
Xerox Benchmarking Model
This deck is a collection of PowerPoint diagrams and templates used to convey 100 different business excellence frameworks comprising key strategy, marketing and sales, finance, operations, IT, organization, change and HR models.
This is a VERY comprehensive document with over 300+ slides–covering 50 common business frameworks and methodologies (listed below in alphabetical order). A detailed summary is provided for each framework. The included frameworks span across Corporate Strategy, Sales, Marketing, Operations, Organization, Change Management, and Finance.
Here is the full list of included frameworks and methodologies:
ABC Analysis
Adoption Cycle
Ansoff Market Strategies
Balanced Scorecard
BCG Growth-Share Matrix
Benchmarking
Blue Ocean Strategy
Break-even Analysis
Business Unit Profitability
Economics of Scale
Environmental Analysis
Experience Curve
Cluster Analysis
Company & Competitor Analysis
Core Competence Analysis
Cost Structure Analysis
Customer Experience
Customer Satisfaction Analysis
Customer Value Proposition
Fiaccabrino Selection Process
Financial Ratios Analysis
Gap Analysis
Industry Attractiveness & Business Strength Assessment
Key Purchase Criteria
Key Success Factors (KSF)
Market Sizing & Share
McKinsey 7-S
Net Present Value
PEST Analysis
Porter Competition Strategies
Porter’s Five Forces
Portfolio Strategies
Price Elasticity
Product Life Cycle
Product Substitution
Relative Cost Positioning
Rogers’ Five Factors
Scenario Techniques
Scoring Models
Segment Attractiveness
Segmentation & Targeting
Six Thinking Hats
Stakeholder Analysis
Strengths & Weaknesses Analysis
Structure-Conduct-Performance (SCP)
SWOT Analysis
SWOT Strategies
Treacy / Wiersema Market Positioning
Value Chain Analysis
Venkat Matrix
These frameworks and templates are the same used by top tier consulting firms. With this comprehensive document in your back pocket, you can find a way to address just about any problem that can arise in your organization.
PPT Lab‘s latest PowerPoint to its community is a collection of 23 business frameworks and management models. Have a look below.
Here is the full list of management models:
3 C’s
ADL Matrix
Acquisitions Integration Approaches
Blue Ocean Strategy
Capability Maturity Model
GE-McKinsey Matrix
OODA Loop
Profit Pools
Resource-based View of Firm
Scenario Planning
Strategy Maps
Application Portfolio Optimization
Value Stream Mapping
Six Thinking Hats
4 P’s Marketing Mix
7 P’s Marketing Mix
6 Change Approaches
Cultural Dimensions Theory
Six Sigma Quality Management
Change Management Iceberg
Organizational Learning
Performance Prism
Crossing the Chasm (Product Lifecycle)
PPT Lab is a subscription-based service for slide design. They create 50+ slides each month for its subscribers at a low monthly cost. All presentations are based on projects requested and voted on by its members.
Growth strategy is typically the crux of any organization’s business strategy. Achieving sustainable growth is a challenge faced by all companies, whether you’re just a startup or a gorilla.
There are several main barriers that inhibit continued growth. These include coming up with break-through innovations, execution challenges, and balancing growth at the expense of profitability.
In framing the growth challenge, there are typically 3 “horizons” a company must cross and overcome. The first is to extend and defend it core business. This is critical for near-term performance and, oftentimes, too much of a focus. Successfully growing through this horizon requires very strong operational managers and leadership. The second horizon is to build emerging businesses. The objective is to drive or invest in ventures that leverage or replicate the existing business model and capabilities. Successful navigation through this horizon requires entrepreneurial members and business builders. The final horizon focuses on creating viable options for future growth. This requires input from “visionaries” and unconventional thinkers.
LearnPPT has a comprehensive Growth Strategy toolkit, which discusses these growth challenge and presents several frameworks in addressing, creating, and managing sustainable business growth. You can find the document here:
This toolkit is 31 slides. It presents and compares the traditional approach to growth strategy, such as Porter’s Five Forces, to the newer age Blue Ocean Strategy methodology of creating an uncontested market. In addition, it lays out a framework for undertaking a growth strategy project initiative. (You can find a detailed description of the document at the bottom of this post.)
LearnPPT is a leading online resource for presentation materials. Its range of products range from PowerPoint templates to business strategy frameworks (like the one on pricing strategy). All documents were created for an by top management consulting firms. Since its founding in 2010, the LearnPPT documents have been used by customers in Fortune 500 companies, top MBA programs, and leading management consultancies across over 45 countries.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE GROWTH STRATEGY TOOLKIT
The Growth Strategy Strategy Toolkit is a 31-slide PowerPoint. It contains both instructional slides about growth strategy frameworks and editable templates. This document is divided into 4 sections:
Growth Challenge (6 slides)
Traditional Strategy Thinking (5 slides)
Modern Strategy Thinking (11 slides)
Growth Strategy Project (5 slides)
Growth Challenge
In this first section, we explain how all companies are faced with the challenge of achieving sustainable growth. Specific growth challenges and situations are identified and explained. We show how a successful company must navigate across 3 growth “horizons,” which involve both optimizing the existing core business and creating new ones. Specific barriers and paths to growth are enumerated.
Traditional Strategy Thinking
This section discusses the focus and thinking of traditional growth strategy frameworks, such as Porter’s Five Forces and the GE-McKinsey Matrix. There is a deep dive into Porter’s Five Forces, including template slide for presenting a Porter’s Five Forces analysis summary.
Modern Strategy Thinking
This third section is the largest section of the document. It includes a detailed comparison between Traditional Growth Strategy Thinking versus Modern Growth Strategy Thinking across the areas of industry, strategy, market, resources, among other components. The focus is on teaching the Blue Ocean Strategy framework, include the related topics of portfolio positioning, value identification, and value curves. Specific examples are provided, along with template slide for presenting a Value Curve analysis summary.
Growth Strategy Project
This final project teaches how to conduct an actual growth strategy project. A three-phase approach to strategy development is introduced. Specific work streams, activities, and deliverables are identified for each phase of the project. This is the same approach to conducting a growth strategy engagement used by many strategy consulting firms.
