The numbers suggests that organisations are just not that good at getting strategy right.

1. strategy
by the
numbers
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2. in most organisations, executives devote
less than 3% – 5% of their time to
looking outwards and developing
foresight
they should devote
20% – 30% of their time
to formulating a strategic
view of the future
Professor Gary Hamel and CK Prahalad www.chriscfox.com

3. 80% of
executives
spend less than
1 hour a month
on strategy
discussion
50% spend no
time at all!
Robert Kaplan www.chriscfox.com

4. Alignment decreases as accountability approaches
65% Company has agreed strategy
51% Strategic measures on balanced scorecard
37% Linked to business functions
33% With targets
24% Linked to individual accountabilities
11% Linked to rewards
“Performance Management: Putting Research into Action”, William Schiemann www.chriscfox.com

5. only 14% of
organizations report
that their employees have
a good understanding of their company’s
strategy and direction
“Performance Management: Putting Research into Action”, William Schiemann www.chriscfox.com

6. between 90% and 98% of
strategic plans are never
implemented
"The Fractal Organisation", Patrick Hoverstadt www.chriscfox.com

7. 34% of companies undertook projects that were not ALIGNED with corporate strategy
Harvard Business Review www.chriscfox.com

8. 67% of companies failed
to terminate unsuccessful projects
Harvard Business Review www.chriscfox.com

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