The Complete Guide to Strategic Planning and OGSM
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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...
Tool Tip: The almighty dashboard
Learn more about the myOGSM strategy dashboard view to optimize your myOGSM experience and better execute your strategy. Experience the power of the myOGSM dashboard. The dashboard provides a snapshot of progress on every strategic goal, activity and financial...
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The new frontier of leadership
As challenges facing CEOs, boards, and HR executives increase exponentially, the rapid pace of change and the intense competition to attract and retain talent top the list for many companies. The two trends driving this new frontier of leadership are closely related....
Linking OGSM and OKR: full-spectrum strategy
More and more recently, ArchPoint has been asked about OKR and OGSM. The question has been whether to use OKR or OGSM for strategic planning. Our simple answer is both. OGSM and OKR work hand-in-hand to deliver a full-spectrum strategy approach, setting the strategic...
Before you implement leadership training, consider these 5 things
The leadership development industry in the US is a $14B industry and growing. Organizations operate quite differently from 20 and even ten years ago, and the meaning of leadership has changed over time. Problem solving and decision making continue to be pushed down...
Launching a company during the pandemic: an interview with Gordon Robertson of Verdant Technologies
Gordon Robertson is President of Verdant Technologies, a biotechnology company, that rebranded and launched mid-2020. Their first product to market, HarvestHold, is a breakthrough product life extension solution for fruits, vegetables, and flowers and promises to...
“Stronger than when we started,” an interview with Jesse Edelman on leading through a pandemic
Jesse Edelman is the CEO of ArchPoint Group, the parent company of ArchPoint Consulting. ArchPoint Group also includes the ArchPoint Products and ArchPoint Sales divisions, which serve the Grocery industry and employ over 150 people across Texas. We spoke to Jesse on...
2020 Account Management Study
Research and implications from an unprecedented year in CPG In CPG, as in many other industries, the buyer and seller relationship has changed more in the past year than in the past decade. COVID-19 has had a significant impact on the supply chain and the subsequent...
For better strategy, take a dose of reality
Truth is the basis of progress. With decisions, plans and performance, turning from bad to better requires facing reality and connecting dots between cause and effect, answering: where are we and more importantly, how did we get here? It requires digging deep into the...
7 Strategic Communication Tips
Strategy execution remains one of the hardest things for a business to accomplish, and a major reason organizations struggle is because communication is often overlooked. Strategic communication is critical to successful transformation and when managed properly, can...
Relevance is Resilience
It can sometimes feel like we’ve lived through multiple years in the mere six months since the COVID-19 pandemic began. That feeling is due in part to the rapid pace of change so many of us have experienced during this time—both personally and professionally. Indeed,...
Leading Forward to New Opportunities
Leaders must constantly grapple with an inescapable paradox when it comes to keeping strategy on-course: How can we plan for the longer-term while also focusing on the imperatives to survive short-term challenges? As leaders, we must own the narrative with our...