By Sarah C. Threnhauser

No matter how good your strategy may look on paper, if you can't move it from concept to reality, it isn't going to be effective. Over the years, I've seen a lot of organizations—from start-ups to historic institutions—fail to make the transition from a great idea to well-executed strategy. The question is why and what to do about it to make sure a strategy becomes active. I think Peter Drucker provides some useful insight into the issue-"Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work." The translation, strategy is meaningless without implementation and execution. The challenges of…