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Permission for candor granted: How psychological safety in the workplace fosters creativity, performance and stronger teams
With contributions from Jose Davila, EVP, Chief People Officer at J.Crew Group & David Loya, Senior Director of Human Resources at Verdant Technologies Since the beginning of time, fear has been a driver of human behavior. Fear helps keep us safe, excites us, and...
When It Comes to Persuasion, Does Quality or Quantity Win?
Through a recent podcast, I was reminded of a TED talk given by Niro Sivanathan, a professor of organizational behavior at the London Business School, in which he introduces two hypothetical students. One student “studies 31 hours per week outside of class,” while the...
The Bee & the Woodpecker: How To Manage Makers (and Learn a Thing or Two In The Process)
Consider the bee. On a productive day, she visits as many as 5,000 flowers, quickly extracting the nectar and pollen, then moving on to the next flower, where she’ll repeat the process and aid in the blooming of countless meadows. Now consider the woodpecker. If he...
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Stay true to your strategic intent
I have used OGSM for nearly three decades, over half of my career. Through my tenure at Procter & Gamble and Campbell Soup, we used OGSM to align our business units globally and in my years as a consultant, we have used OGSM to develop and execute strategic plans...
Tool Tip: Utilizing costs and budget summary features
Welcome to myOGSM Tool Tips designed to help you optimize your myOGSM user experience and support the execution of your strategy. Avoid strategy-related budget issues It’s disappointing and frustrating when you’re prepared to spend resources only to discover the...
Tool Tip: Action items keep strategy on track
Action items are the tasks needed to support the initiatives and strategies defined by your organization. This information makes the work activities, owners of those activities and due dates crystal clear. View Action Items 3 Ways Big Picture. See a summary of all...
OGSM defined: Objective, Goals, Strategies, Measures
Many people don’t understand that strategy is simply aspiration. The real challenge for most is the definition, prioritization and alignment of the work required to achieve that aspiration. ArchPoint’s strategic planning methodology gives an organization the...
Cascading the OGSM
The purpose of cascading OGSM is to link the Strategies of the organization up and down the hierarchy of the organization. Cascading facilitates the top-down and bottom-up flow of information, strategically aligning work at every level. When cascaded downward, it...
The dos and donts of an OGSM
Success Organizations succeed when their leaders are aligned to specific Objectives and Goals that set a clear direction. Organizations succeed when both work activities and Measures are transparent. Organizations succeed when they collect data from outside the...
5 Questions to test an OGSM
Once you write an OGSM, how can you test to make sure it is indeed a strong and executable strategic plan for your organization? Remember these 5 As. 1. Is it Aligned? Is it clear how the Objectives and Goals will be achieved by executing the Strategies and...
Tracking strategic success with Measures (the M in OGSM)
This article is the last in a series focusing on each component of the OGSM framework. The goal is to break down the framework, sharing the purpose and development process of each element. We hope providing a deep dive into the functionality of the framework will...
5 Steps to rock-solid Strategies (the S in OGSM)
OGSM Series: The S This article is the third in a series focusing on each component of the OGSM framework. The goal is to break down the framework, sharing the purpose and development process of each element. We hope providing a deep dive into the functionality of the...
The art of goal-setting (the G in OGSM)
OGSM Series: The G This article is the second in a series focusing on each component of the OGSM framework. The goal is to break down the framework, sharing the purpose and development process of each element. We hope providing a deep dive into the functionality of...