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Culture is a Symptom, Not a Cause
Most leaders trying to improve organizational performance will look at culture as a limiting factor. They run workshops, rewrite value statements, and work to shift mindsets in the hopes of installing a performance based culture. Yet performance doesn't change — or changes briefly, and then reverts back.
The reason: culture is a symptom, not a cause, of how organizations manage and use performance. It's not the right lever.
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The Strategy Alignment Problem
Strategy execution can drift even after the strategy has been documented, cascaded, and communicated. In this webcast replay, Stacey Barr and Brook Rolter discuss why alignment breaks down, how teams interpret strategy differently, and how a Results Map helps connect initiatives, evidence, and strategic results.
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KPIs Start at the Top
Too many organizations struggle to create meaningful KPIs because leaders delegate their design to people without the full strategic intent behind the goals.
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Reflections on PuMP: How It Evolved & Why It Still Works
A conversation with Stacey Barr reflecting on PuMP’s development, evolution, and enduring relevance.
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Four Ways Leaders Can Measure & Monitor Progress
Leaders want evidence that strategy is working, not just reports of activity. Watch the replay of our webcast with Stacey Barr and Kathy Letendre exploring how leaders can measure strategic progress with PuMP. We introduce four types of progress measures that help organizations move from reporting motion to demonstrating results. Download the summary to see how balancing activity, impact, effort, and leverage leads to meaningful improvement.
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Paradigm Shifts of PuMP
Five of the most valuable paradigm shifts that create a breakthrough in how to create a results-oriented and measurable strategy that every team can align with and contribute to achieving.
The five paradigm shifts that create a breakthrough for leaders that want results
Clues to identify which paradigm shifts might be needed
Practical and simple actions that can trigger these paradigm shifts
The more advanced techniques that PuMP offers to make and sustain these paradigm
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