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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...
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Communication with impact: Tips to present like a pro
It’s true that presenting your ideas to a room full of colleagues or clients comes more naturally to some than others. Anyone with a tinge of introversion likely finds standing in front of a room intimidating – some of us would rather do anything else than try and...
Tool Tip: Using notifications for strategy updates
Welcome to myOGSM Tool Tips designed to help you optimize your myOGSM user experience and support the execution of your strategy. Stay up-to-date on strategy status with notifications Increase visibility of strategic work and progress. Notifications enable users to...
What Facebook’s algorithm change means for business
After recent scrutiny of “public” content (posts from businesses, brands and media) overpowering personal content from friends and family, Facebook recently announced a tweak to its algorithm. Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg took to his personal account to communicate...
Team harmony does not equal team alignment
3 Common Barriers to Executive Team Alignment Most of us value harmony in the workplace. We spend one-third of our lives at work – one-third of our lives interacting with a group of people who, save the few who seem to thrive on workplace drama, want the work...
Connect where it counts – 3 ways to make the sale before they reach the store
Every day, more and more customers are opting to shop online, choose curbside pickup, and home delivery rather than visiting stores. This leaves impulse purchases driven by new products, line extensions and in-store promotions virtually untouched by many consumers. If...
Forget feedback, learn to feed-forward!
Feedback is a gift but sometimes it comes with awful timing. It is always an "after-action" report so it is by definition "hindsight". This is why it needs to be timely! Critical feedback can obviously help us grow and even help groups of people perform at higher...
ArchPoint’s 2018 Book Recommendations
A few of ArchPoint’s partners share their most valuable reads of the year both for personal and professional motivation. Read on for our recommendations and share yours in the comments. One Mission: How Leaders Build a Team of Teamsby Chris Fussell Military men and...
If you don’t think you need a coach, think again
“Everyone needs a coach. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.” – Bill Gates After a certain number of years passes in a person’s life, they often find themselves advisors to other people in various...
Small change, big impact
If you were fishing and had a fish on the hook, would you ever cut the line? Probably not, but that is what my service team was doing until we realized the error in our process, and made a small change that resulted in a big impact. To explain, I ran the service...
Improve communication with HBDI
Intelligent personal assistant devices. Smart thermostats. Robot vacuum cleaners. Self-stirring travel mugs! We truly are living in a Jetson-esque era of products and services designed to make our daily lives easier. These products automate and streamline the...