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Executing Your Strategy was published by Harvard Business School Press<\/a> and written by two MGRUSH<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span>alumni.<\/h2>\n

This tightly woven book provides a formula and clear instruction on how to transform strategy into projects and activities. Authors Mark Morgan and William Malek (both ex-professors of Stanford University), spoke with us about the importance of professional facilitation to helping groups \u201cplan your work\u201d (strategy) and \u201cwork your plan\u201d (project).<\/span><\/p>\n

The INVEST Imperatives of Executing Your Strategy<\/a><\/h3>\n
\"Strategy<\/a>

Strategy Execution Framework<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

They frame a strong argument for their six INVEST imperatives (or, domains). You will find their phases quite valuable when managing your own program portfolios:<\/span>\"Executing<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Ideation\u2014communicating purpose, identity, and intent<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Nature\u2014aligning strategy with culture and structure<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Vision\u2014clarity of goals and metrics<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Engagement\u2014portfolio management<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Synthesis\u2014program and project execution<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Transition\u2014benefit to mainstream operations<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    From an our selfish perspective, they highly recommend building a Center for Strategic Excellence<\/em>. The Center<\/em> would anchor itself upon effective, neutral facilitators and structured meeting design. We hope you are doing your best across your departments to nurture facilitative leadership around you, your staff, and your program office. Their INVEST approach will help.<\/span><\/p>\n

    ______<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

    Don\u2019t ruin your career by hosting bad meetings<\/a>. Sign up for a workshop<\/a> or send this to someone who should. MGRUSH<\/span><\/a><\/em> workshops focus on meeting design and practice. Each person practices tools, methods, and activities every day during the week. Therefore, while some call this immersion, we call it the road to building high-value facilitation skills.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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