Strategy Execution equips participants with the tools, skills and frameworks to allocate resources, measure performance, manage risk and execute strategy. Students will explore common challenges that prevent or derail implementation and learn how to design systems and structures that meet their organisation’s strategic objectives.
Benefits
Gain the frameworks and tools to improve strategy execution within your team, department or organisation
Prepare for a managerial role and position yourself for advancement by learning how to effectively implement strategy
Design new structures and systems to manage the core tensions of strategy execution and meet business goals
The HBS Online Edge
World-class faculty
Edge-of-your-seat online learning
Global peer collaboration and networking
Real world, case-based learning
Key Learnings
Applying frameworks, tools and goal-setting and tracking exercises to your own strategic initiatives
Evaluating and elevating your team’s management of the core tensions of strategy execution, including how to balance growth, profit and control
Designing measurement systems for every dimension of business performance
Identifying and managing risks that could derail strategy execution
Empowering employees through proprietary frameworks like Job Design Optimization Tool, which helps design high-performance jobs that enhance a team’s ability to execute critical responsibilities
Fostering successful strategy execution by establishing an environment that communicates which opportunities and behaviours are encouraged and which are out of bounds