by Phil Jones | Updated 6 Jul, 2018 | Balanced Scorecard Design Principles, Strategy communication, Strategy maps & mapping
Prof Bob Kaplan says, Strategy maps and themes aid communication of your strategy Last night I attended Bob Kaplan’s presentation in London on his latest thinking around scorecard development. His talk was entitled “Communicating strategy and managing the...
by Phil Jones | Updated 4 Jan, 2018 | World of Management & Business
Charles Handy and “The New Philanthropists” This was the second time I had met Charles Handy in person and he is one of the most charming and gentlemanly people I have come across. He is a prolific author of at least 19 books and regarded as...
by Phil Jones | Updated 24 Oct, 2017 | Examples & case studies, Performance management
The Balanced Scorecard in small and owner managed businesses I often get asked about how applicable the Balanced Scorecard is in small and owner managed (family) businesses. The answer is very, but not primarily as a set of measures; more as a strategic focus,...
by Phil Jones | Updated 7 Jul, 2017 | Culture of performance, Thought provokers
Human Capital: The disenfranchisement of employees For a while now, the phrase “Human Capital” has replaced “Human Resources” as the buzz phrase to refer to people in an organisation. I suspect the well-intentioned people within the “job...
by Phil Jones | Updated 19 Jul, 2018 | Thought provokers
“Work-Life balance”: A dangerous way to think about the issue. You hear it all over the place nowadays. “I need a better work-life balance”. “People have their work-life balance wrong”.”You need to improve your work-life...
by Phil Jones | Updated 20 Jul, 2018 | Thought provokers
Several times recently I have been in discussions about company valuation and, in each case, the topic has moved to earnings multiples. If I have this sort of company, then it is worth/values on 1x, 3x, 10x whatever earnings, revenue, EBIT, etc. You know the...
by Phil Jones | Updated 2 Jan, 2018 | Strategy implementation
As an Executive, the strategy execution problem is about getting the ideas and plans that exist in your heads, into the heads of your people so that they get it, change happens, and they execute your strategy. Having worked on your strategy it will now exist in at...
by Phil Jones | Updated 15 Feb, 2018 | Balanced Scorecard Alignment, Strategy
A key part of strategic performance management is aligning the organisation with the strategy. We help our clients align their organisation with their strategy in a variety of ways. Here are just a few examples. Aligned Projects & Programmes If your investments...
by Phil Jones | Updated 15 Feb, 2018 | Balanced Scorecard Projects
The dilemma….. “80% of organisations say they have some form of “balanced scorecard” yet,70% of scorecards are failing heir organisations because they do not provide concise, predictable, actionable, information.” (For source see below) But at the same...
