by Mike Baxter | May 26, 2020 | Strategy
This is the second in what may turn out to be our ‘tough times’ series (the last one was on envisioning the future for strategic planning), because there are a lot of people trying really hard to work out how best to produce a strategy fit for such an... 
by Mike Baxter | May 12, 2020 | Strategy
These are tough times and are going to require some tough decisions before we get out the other side. Last September, I started writing this piece with no great sense of urgency. This morning, I stumbled across it again and thought … if not now, then when? The... 
by Mike Baxter | Apr 28, 2020 | Strategy
In 2008, as the dust was settling on the Financial Crisis, strategy expert Professor Richard Rumelt wrote “in suddenly volatile and different times, you must have a strategy.” Given the challenging times we are currently in, my latest LinkedIn article is a summary of... 
by Mike Baxter | Mar 17, 2020 | Strategy
My latest LinkedIn article describes five of the biggest and most critical risks your strategy can face: Your strategy isn’t measurable* – making its impact unknown and its progress invisible; Your strategy is mis-aligned – your front-line teams are pulling in... 
by Mike Baxter | Dec 17, 2019 | Strategy
Getting the measurement of strategy right can make a huge difference to the power of your strategy. My latest LinkedIn article introduces three different types of KPI (strategy success indicators, aggregate performance indicators, litmus performance indicators) which...