The Normandy Group assists our clients to fill the critical gap between their high level strategies and what must happen day-to-day to achieve them. All too often, companies have an idea of where to go, but struggle with effectively executing to attain their goals. So rather than planning to activities, The Normandy Group's Strategy Execution solutions were created to help you plan to results and open strategy to the entire organization to ensure complete alignment. This enables business leaders to more consistently realize real returns from their strategic initiatives in the form of increased revenue, profit and shareholder value. To translate high-level strategies into specific objectives and accountabilities that deliver real results.

"Less than 10% of strategies effectively formulated are effectively executed."

"In the majority of cases-we estimate 70% - the real problem isn't bad strategy . . . It's bad execution."

-Fortune

Many organizations struggle to execute strategy. Many are unable to describe and communicate strategy coherently and consistently. Still others fail to consistently link strategy with performance management.

67% of HR and IT organizations are not aligned with strategy

85% of executive teams spend less than one hour per month discussing strategy

60% of executive do not link budgets to strategy

70% of middle managers do not have incentive compensation linked to strategy

-Balanced Scorecard Collaborative

Our team is comprised of a seasoned group of professionals that can recognize opportunities to solve problems and meet the challenges that your organization faces. Canned solutions are not what we are about — tailored solutions are. Because of this, projects never end with just a report. We work with you until there is measurable, substantive change in your business according to your strategy. We've built lasting client relationships because we are highly committed to delivering to your requirements. So by deploying a rigorous, disciplined approach, we are able to help you channel your organization's creativity into clearly defined strategies and accountabilities.

Focus on execution. Focus on alignment, accountability and action with The Normandy Group's Strategy Execution Solutions.

Services:

• Growth and Strategic Innovation: The art of innovation is a people thing. It is about creativity. The science of innovation is a corporate thing. It requires a formula, a series of steps, a process. It means figuring out how to mine novel ideas and turn them into a competitive advantage. Companies that succeed at creating a culture of innovation master both these dimensions.
• Strategy Formulation: Get key leaders on the same page for strategy and articulate it in a way that is actionable.
• Strategy Execution: Identify priorities, measures, focus, risks and gain consensus among leadership on approach for executing strategies.
• Strategy Deployment: Deploy and communicate the strategy into the organization for internalization and localization in implementation.
• Strategic Business Insight™: Develop and institutionalize a closed-loop process for tracking performance and adapting plans to business and market conditions. Utilizing scorecards, dashboards, events, and triggers.
• Mentoring for Results™: Equip leaders across the organization with the insight, skills and focus to prioritize effectively, plan key initiatives and hold themselves and others accountable to deliver.

Benefits:

• Clear management consensus on strategy and direction.
• Improve communication with and buy-in from employees.
• Enhance ability to react more quickly to changing market conditions during execution.
• Improve financial and business performance in the most strategic areas of the business.
• Increase leverage and productivity from one of every organization's most precious resources - senior leaders and managers' time.
• Improve speed and reliability of decision-making and prioritization at all levels of the organization
• Increase clarity and accountability related to performance for teams and individuals.