http://www.executivestrategymanager.com/blog/index.cfm Executive Strategy Manager Blog en-us Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:44:18-0400 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:46:00-0400 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss esm@thepalladiumgroup.com esm@thepalladiumgroup.com http://www.executivestrategymanager.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/7/9/Liz Fobare In July-August Balanced Scorecard Report, the article "The Power of Strategy Execution in Healthcare" tackles the issue of managing the gap between healthcare needs and financial resources. "Can healthcare systems reduce spiraling costs while still maintaining the quality of care?" According to this article the answer is definitively "Yes!" Through a disciplined planning and strategy execution system, healthcare organizations can reconcile the tension between the pressure to reduce costs and the demand for higher-quality health care. Organizations that have a comprehensive strategy process and clearly defined day to day operations can reduce risk, improve financial performance, lower liability costs, and improve clinical care. The ESM aids our healthcare clients in executing on their strategy by taking them step by step through both the construction of, and reporting on, Balanced Scorecards and strategy maps. [More] Business Leadership Software as a Service Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:46:00-0400 http://www.executivestrategymanager.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/7/9/Liz Fobare http://www.executivestrategymanager.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/6/18/Kent Smack I came across our most recent BSC Hall of Fame recipient and ESM user, Bahrain Electricity and Water Authority's public web site landing page where their strategy execution success is proudly highlighted. Sitting on the right column are real time statistics on electricity and water availability and consumption. It's great to think of the ESM positively impacting an organization as vital as this one. [More] Client Success Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:17:00-0400 http://www.executivestrategymanager.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/6/18/Kent Smack http://www.executivestrategymanager.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/6/15/Philip O'Donnell Accounting for risk has become a hot topic in strategy management over the last year as organizations struggle through annual strategy refreshes in these turbulent times. This has raised the topic of how to address these risks within the balanced scorecard methodology, and ultimately, how to include the management of risk in your ESM implementation. [More] Decision Making ESM Tips and Tricks Client Success Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:42:00-0400 http://www.executivestrategymanager.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/6/15/Philip O'Donnell http://www.executivestrategymanager.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/6/9/Chris Funk Industry giant Microsoft's Word application has created headaches for software developers seeking integration since its creation. The code used to write the immensely popular Word has a very complex base, and since other applications need to communicate with this code it comes with many complications. The ESM struggles to interact with Word as users who paste from Word to the ESM end up with text corrupted from the attached Word code. To combat this, the ESM has two text editors which translate and clean this code, called SoEditor and FckEditor. [More] Operational Reporting ESM Tips and Tricks Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:28:00-0400 http://www.executivestrategymanager.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/6/9/Chris Funk http://www.executivestrategymanager.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/6/5/Kent Smack The Ministry of Works, Kingdom of Bahrain is responsible for this island country's infrastructure and capital asset formation. It is a driving force in realizing Bahrain's national strategy embodied in Vision 2030 which seeks social, economic, and democratic transformation. Also clients of the Executive Strategy Manager, the Ministry uses the ESM to help communicate long term goals to individuals throughout the organization. The Ministry's leadership commitment, employee awareness, and governance to link strategy to operations are exemplary. In one year on-budget projects increased from 23% to 86%, and in four years the projects' value increased 10 fold with basically the same number of staff. [More] Balanced Scorecard Client Success Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:33:00-0400 http://www.executivestrategymanager.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/6/5/Kent Smack http://www.executivestrategymanager.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/6/5/Mike Purrington One of the largest and best run government agencies in Bahrain, the Electricity & Water Authority provides these critical services to nearly one million people. EWA's 3,500 employees in 17 locations live a customer-centric culture, allocate resources effectively, and focus on performance and results. The breakthrough results of EWA since the implementation of their Balanced Scorecard have been accelerated by the Executive Strategy Manager. Managing 16 scorecards and all 3,500 employees in the ESM, the ESM has helped to create strategic alignment and accountability at the corporate, division, and individual level. [More] Balanced Scorecard Client Success Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:24:00-0400 http://www.executivestrategymanager.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/6/5/Mike Purrington http://www.executivestrategymanager.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/6/5/Courtney Robba Palladium Group, Inc., the global leader in helping organizations execute their strategies by making better decisions, today named four organizations to the Palladium Balanced Scorecard Hall of Fame for Executing Strategy"  Bahrain Electricity & Water Authority, Bahrain Ministry of Works, Borusan Logistik, and Dubai Municipality. Two of these organizations, Bahrain Electricity & Water Authority and Bahrain Ministry of Works, actively use Palladium's Executive Strategy Manager to help them better execute strategy. By allowing for greater collaboration and enhanced presentation, the ESM has launched these two clients to the breakthrough results which earned them the honor of the Balanced Scorecard Hall of Fame. [More] Balanced Scorecard Client Success Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:06:00-0400 http://www.executivestrategymanager.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/6/5/Courtney Robba http://www.executivestrategymanager.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/6/3/ESM Admin We understand the importance of security when dealing with the sensitive nature of business information, even among an organization's internal users. In ESM 4.5, a user was granted scorecard access with one of six pre-defined roles. The latest version of the ESM allows greater flexibility in assigning access levels to users. [More] ESM Features Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:31:00-0400 http://www.executivestrategymanager.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/6/3/ESM Admin http://www.executivestrategymanager.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/5/19/ESM Admin In ESM 4.5 the world's largest repository of Kaplan/Norton Strategy Execution assets were a bit hidden. We've gathered all our resources together and dropped them into the Resource Center. You can now browse best practice assets (interviews, Balanced Scorecard Report articles, conference presentations, profiles, and templates) directly from the Resource Center. [More] ESM Features Tue, 19 May 2009 13:34:00-0400 http://www.executivestrategymanager.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/5/19/ESM Admin http://www.executivestrategymanager.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/5/11/ESM Admin One of ESM's new features is its enhanced capability around strategic communication. Like action items, we allow for the multi-select of users for strategic element ownership, including email reminders. We debated the methodology implications of potentially not having just one owner for each strategic element and the practicality of allowing multiple owners outweighed the risks. [More] ESM Features Mon, 11 May 2009 13:10:00-0400 http://www.executivestrategymanager.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/5/11/ESM Admin http://www.executivestrategymanager.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/5/1/Nick Peper Bain & Company's report "Management Tools and Trends" is released every other year. This report surveys executives at companies of varying sizes around the world. In the most recent version just released, the Balanced Scorecard ranks highly in both usage and satisfaction, actually improving in both categories since the previous report. [More] ESM Features Balanced Scorecard Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00-0400 http://www.executivestrategymanager.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/5/1/Nick Peper http://www.executivestrategymanager.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/4/22/ESM Admin ESM users can now rapidly build personal dashboard views of your scorecard with version 5.0. The bookmarking of strategic elements continues to serve as a way to build a quick update page view. We've taken bookmarks a step further and integrated them into the "My ESM" landing page. [More] General Housekeeping ESM General Information ESM Features Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:52:00-0400 http://www.executivestrategymanager.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/4/22/ESM Admin http://www.executivestrategymanager.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/4/8/Kent Smack As I attend conferences and events around the globe promoting the Executive Strategy Manager as the Kaplan/Norton solution to drive rapid scorecard design, alignment, and best practice strategy management reporting I always hear the same question: Does this process add value? [More] Sustainability Balanced Scorecard Business Leadership Competitive Advantage Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:28:00-0400 http://www.executivestrategymanager.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/4/8/Kent Smack http://www.executivestrategymanager.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/4/1/ESM-50-New-Features--Enhanced-Data-Presentation ESM 5.0 is set to release to all ESM clients on April 27th, 2009. This version represents enhancements compiled from 10 years of end-user feedback, which has created our most user-friendly ESM ever. The latest version of the ESM also offers increased page layout functionality; including measures split screen as well as organization defined custom layouts. The demand for this enhancement came from our end users, who requested more flexibility around the display of measure charts. [More] ESM Features ESM Development Team Software as a Service Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:49:00-0400 http://www.executivestrategymanager.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/4/1/ESM-50-New-Features--Enhanced-Data-Presentation http://www.executivestrategymanager.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/3/26/ESM Admin Executive Strategy Manager 5.0 contains many new and improved features. One of the very first change users will notice will be the new interface. The new user interface was designed with enhanced and secure functional capacity. With this release, Design Center, Report Center, and Meeting View truly merge into an interdisciplinary enterprise platform to mirror the interactivity and integration necessary for rapid scorecard design, editing and reviews. Changes to the user interface include: [More] ESM Features Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:48:00-0400 http://www.executivestrategymanager.com/blog/index.cfm/2009/3/26/ESM Admin