The document discusses statistics related to corporate strategy. It shows that executives spend little time developing strategic foresight or discussing strategy. Alignment decreases as accountability increases in organizations. Few employees understand their company's strategy. Most strategic plans are never implemented, and companies undertake projects not aligned with strategy or fail to terminate unsuccessful projects.

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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