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„Strategy implementation requires comprehensive collaboration and rapid shared learning. Leadership sprints are the most effective method for successfully implementing strategies.“MLI specialises in setting up agile implementation programmes and introducing leadership sprints.
Strategy Implementation refers to the practical realisation of strategic corporate goals within an organisation.
This includes identifying levers for success, allocating resources, defining responsibilities, implementing concrete actions and continuously monitoring progress. Effective strategy implementation ensures that the desired target state is actually achieved and the competitiveness of the company increases.
Anchoring the strategy in the success-critical moments of everyday work is crucial. Doing this will ensure that work is carried out in one direction at all levels and that the available resources are used effectively.
Never have people been as exposed to so many information impulses and mental distractions as they are today. In hectic everyday working life, priorities can quickly be lost. For successful strategy implementation or transformation, it is crucial to continually focus attention on the results that will bring the greatest strategic benefit.
Leadership sprints ensure that all key people work on specific outcomes at the same time. In the sprint planning workshop lessons are learned from experiences, the future pathway to success is determined and an approach is coordinated.
Facts show how difficult strategy implementation can be:
We asked more than 250 decision-makers:
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With a wealth of experience from more than 100 transformation projects, we offer you tailor-made advice on strategy implementation.
The MLI approach uses the experiential knowledge of those involved and group dynamic processes to achieve beneficial results more quickly than with conventional approaches. To do this, MLI combines scientific findings with the OKR (Objectives & Key Results) target framework – a tactic used by many successful companies including Intel, Google, Adobe and FlixBus.
Quarterly iterations reduce complexity. The focus on measurable key results guarantees results-oriented implementation. Clearly structured formats such as planning workshops, monthly check-ins, reviews and retrospectives ensure effective communication. Misunderstandings and hurdles are anticipated, conflicts of goals and interests are made transparent and resolved constructively.
Working on goals in cross-departmental mission-driven teams ensures role clarity and binding rules.
Implementation Analysis
Implementation analysis of the existing organisation, leadership culture and strategic objectives. Identification of central activation points along the value chain.
Strategic Target Visualisation
Development of eye-catching visualisation of the strategic roadmap – Change on the Page and Strategy on a Page
Strategy Labs
Cross-departmental workshops that will solidify the activation points of a strategy. Design thinking principals will be used to create a representation of strategic value creation in the form of a customer and/or employee experience.
Leadership Sprints with OKR
The creation of organisational framework. Process moderation of a quarterly, agile approach to implementing important milestones with selected key people.'
Planning Workshops
Establish priorities, key results and responsibilities for the next sprint.
Refinement
Detailed Planning
The planning of essential actions that will achieve the key results.
Check-Ins
Monthly Check-ins
Monthly discussions onthe progress ofobjectives and key results.
Review & Retrospektive
ReviewReview of the technical results - assessing impact and celebrating progress.RetrospektiveReflection on collaboration to optimise interaction within a team.
„In the last two years our company has more than tripled in size. An essential part of our growth was our collaboration with MLI. The structured approach with OKR was a real game changer for us as a management team.“David Neuhaus, CEO SocialHub
The board member of a company commented on the leadership sprints as follows:„Although we pursue ambitious goals and sometimes have tough discussions, I always leave the planning workshop feeling elated and encouraged.“
We want to give you this momentum when it comes to mastering the challenges of the times.
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Starting from a common target goal, we think and work in a hypothesis-oriented manner. Manageable time periods ensure concentration, motivation and a positive sense of urgency. Complex strategic projects are implemented measurably faster than with conventional programme management methods.
Our focus is not on tasks, but on measurable results.
Key people organise themselves around strategic implementation goals, objectives. Effective collaboration is achieved with agile methods. Key personnel involved are formed into a strong, cohesive team.
Responsibility for the implementation of goals and key results is binding. Those responsible are sure of the group's solidarity. There is no finger pointing, but rather a responsible culture of support.
A clear, understandable system of complementary goals and key results delegates responsibility and creates clarity. In addition to operational tasks people can, on average, keep an eye on only a maximum of three priorities at the same time.
The dynamics of the environment are reviewed every quarter to find which new influences and may be relevant for successful implementation.
“Agile strategy activation connects all ongoing measures and ensures focus and rapid adaptation to new findings with clear formats such as sprint planning, stakeholder reviews and retrospectives. As with a train timetable, a uniform clock ensures more reliability, better coordination and fewer frictional losses.”
If you want to put a strategy into action, you must overcome existing organisational structures and network the thinking of the participants involved. This can be achieved with brain-friendly goals and an activating implementation mechanism. Perhaps you remember Steve Job’s famous, straight-forward, goal for the iPod – “A thousand songs in your pocket.”
The purpose of the OKR's target framework is to achieve consistent prioritisation and outcome orientation in an organisation and to structure overarching collaboration.
OKRs have proven to be particularly effective when implementing complex strategies. The abbreviation OKR stands for Objectives and Key Results.
The target system is so effective because it combines common sense with scientifically proven facts:
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Strategy Implementation refers to the process by which an organisation translates its strategic goals and plans into concrete actions and actions to achieve those goals. Since these are mostly complex challenges in a changing environment, the approach must be exploratory and support rapid organisational learning.
Strategy Implementation is crucial to ensure that an organisation's strategic goals are actually achieved and thus ensure its future viability in an environment that is continuously shaped and changed by technological, social, political, market-related and economic developments. Without effective implementation, the strategy often remains only on paper and has no impact on results.
The most important steps are:
Leadership coaching enables managers to overcome personal hurdles and develop the necessary skills in leadership practice to credibly communicate strategic change, set an example and optimally prepare their teams for it. MLI’s leadership coaches have broad experience in strategy implementation and can therefore act as sparring partners and coaches on an equal footing.
Obstacles can be overcome through clear communication, motivating employees, identifying risks and using resource assessments. Flexibility and adaptability are also crucial. The most important prerequisite for this is to create protected spaces where all key personnel can reflect together on progress and openly discuss the next steps and coordinate their ideas with one another.
There are a variety of tools and methods including project management software, OKR (Objectives and Key Results), balanced scorecard and regular strategy reviews. The choice depends on the organisation's specific needs and resources.
What do you think when you look at this initial overview?
Do you have the time and interest to discuss with us how you can implement strategic topics in an agile and cross-functional manner?
Your contact person: Sebastian Morgner