Strategy Dialogue at Board Level Should corporate boards get involved in strategy dialogues? If so, to what extent and how often? How deep should the board get involved in their strategy dialogues with senior management? These and many other similar questions are at the forefront of many board members and boards, in their quest to make sure that they provide stewardship for their businesses in a manner that...
Why do many firms fail to achieve their ambitions and growth targets in revenue and profitability? Several reasons can be found and one of the fundamental issues lies with the firm’s leadership not being able to articulate its competitive strategy and communicate it down to the operational levels of the organisation. A lack of clarity about a firm’s competitive strategy results in poor execution. Why? People in the...
“Planning is not the panacea for lack of a cohesive strategy” Walk into a pottery centre and you will see craftsmen (or women) seated at their pottery wheel, crafting a pottery design of their own. Slapping on a lump of clay, combining their hands in a skilful motion of their nimble fingers, the potter begins to gently shape the clay as the wheel rotates, raising and smoothening the...
