Declare Independence from Failed Business Plans Break Free from Strategic Gridlock

Business leaders need to effectively integrate execution considerations with strategic thinking and planning, keeping in mind that what should work needs to be balanced with what will work for your unique organization," says Harper. To prevent and break out of the gridlock cycle, Ive developed a systematic process called Preventing Strategic Gridlock®.

Glen Rock, NJ (June 2003) -- Is your company trapped in strategic gridlock? Have you spent countless hours on strategic planning only to end up in a tangled web of persistent organizational problems? Business Consultant Pamela S. Harper says its time to regain control and break free from the strategic gridlock cycle. With Independence Day on the horizon, this is the perfect time to declare your companys independence."

Business leaders need to effectively integrate execution considerations with strategic thinking and planning, keeping in mind that what should work needs to be balanced with what will work for your unique organization," says Harper. To prevent and break out of the gridlock cycle, Ive developed a systematic process called Preventing Strategic Gridlock®, which helps company leaders avoid hidden roadblocks and more smoothly integrate execution with strategic thinking and planning."

Harper asserts that there are six guidelines and principles of organizational reality that can break through to the core of stubborn organizational problems and prevent others from happening. These guidelines form the acronym U.N.L.O.C.K.®: Understand the Full Challenge; Negotiate Buy-in of Key Stakeholders; Locate Cultural Advancers and Blockers; Organize Relevant Priorities, Goals, and Action Plans; Communicate Credibly; and Keep Adjusting. Following these guidelines will help provide the missing link that leaders often leave out of the strategic thinking and planning process," says Harper. Putting the process to work will better enable you to transform your strategies into the high performance results required in todays high-pressure business environment."   

Pamela S. Harper is a nationally known consultant and speaker and is the founder and president of Business Advancement, Inc. Her in depth knowledge of the impact of organizational issues on business growth is based upon 20 years of internal and external consulting to leaders of entrepreneurial, middle market and Fortune 500 Companies.

You can learn more about Harpers Preventing Strategic Gridlock® process in her book, Preventing Strategic Gridlock®: Leading Over, Under, & Around Organizational Jams to Achieve High Performance Results (Cameo Publications, $19.95, ISBN 0-9715739-4-8). For a review copy, please contact Paula Duncan at 1-866-372-2636 or send an email to marketing@cameopublications.com.
                                                            
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