Purpose – A precarious skills gap is emerging among leaders around the world – that is, they lack the skills to implement the strategies they create. . Design/methodology/approach – Offers a viewpoint based on the author's experience. Findings – Organizations that recognize this skills...

Purpose – In business, the statistic that nine out of ten strategies fail has gone viral over the last couple of years. A prime reason for this is that leaders are under intense pressure in the current economic conditions to deliver on their strategy promises to shareholders. This article...

Purpose – In the last few years the field of strategy implementation has been growing. Much of the current literature explains the “why”. This paper aims to shift the thinking from the “why” to the “how”. Leaders are now beginning to state that they understand that it is important...

Purpose – Vision, Mission and Values are buzzwords that many leaders have grasped on to and attempted to adopt. Most, however, have failed to inculcate the values. What is missing is a model to translate values into actions and behviours. Design/methodology/approach – The Value Inculcation...