How Many Strategies Actually Get Implemented?

Last week, at The 2019 OPEN MINDS Executive Leadership Retreat in Gettysburg, one statistic really surprised me. How many strategic plans actually get implemented? The answer: 10%. Not just for health and human service organizations, but for all types of organizations. Even though 65% of organizations have an agreed upon strategy, only 14% of employees actually understand the strategy, and 90% of organizations ultimately fail to achieve their strategic goals (see Strategy 101: It’s All About Alignment).

That was the opening challenge to the audience presented by Ravi Ganesan, President of Core Solutions, Inc., in his presentation, A Data . . .