Translating Strategy
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Managers act as translators to help staff understand organizational strategy and create aligned actions. They must first understand the strategy themselves, then communicate the vision, current reality, and milestones to guide teams. Managers bridge the gap between current performance and strategic goals by focusing teams on a few important initiatives sequenced for synergy, momentum, and capacity building, with accountability for measuring the right outcomes.
Translating Strategy
- 1. Translating Strategy Into Action Leading From the Center
- 2. Manager As Translator Architects Translators Doers Interpret results & provide feedback Provide feedback Create meaning & aligned action Understand the direction & key issues
- 3. First things first… Before you can translate it, you have to understand it… Do you know what our strategy is? Do you know which parts you support? Do you know where to go to learn more?
- 4. Unfocused priorities Vision Current Reality
- 5. Creating a shared vision Current Reality Vision Milestones Capabilities
- 6. Use the compass to guide your vision Vision Best Quality Best Place to Work Most Affordable Best Service Member Patient Focus
- 7. Bridge the gap with real work Current Reality Vision Milestones Capabilities
- 8. Bridge the gap with real work Work on just a few important things Think sequence, synergy & alignment Build momentum Build capacity
- 9. The process continues Current Reality Vision Milestones Capabilities
- 10. The process continues… Strategy is dynamic, not static Measure the right things, and act on them Build a culture of accountability
Editor's Notes
- #2: This toolkit is designed to assist mid level managers in understanding their role in the strategic plan.