The Alertise Blog

This is where we share opinion pieces on Strategy. We're always happy to consider guest posts so please contact us if you've got something to say.

Strategic Drift, And 3 Ways To Avoid It
In plain English, strategic drift is the gradual fall from grace experienced by businesses who fail to recognise their customers’… Read more

How To Avoid The Common Pitfalls When Executing Your Company's Strategy
Michael Porter describes a business strategy as something that: 1. Creates a unique and valuable position 2. Guides what not to do 3.… Read more

Are You Just Keeping The Lights On, Or Are You Growing?
Any project your business undertakes that’s not aligned with your overall strategic objectives serves only to keep the lights on.… Read more

Make Sure Your Strategy Consultant Earns Her Salt
Taking in a consultant to help you create your organisation’s strategy is a common, well, strategy. However, there’s a real… Read more

Everyone’s Getting SaaSy Except The CEO
In many businesses the delivery team have got an ERP system, the sales team have got a CRM system and… Read more

How To Eat The Strategic Elephant In The Room
There's an old saying that goes something like, "How do you eat an elephant", answer, "One bite at a time".… Read more

How To Create Your Vision Statement In Three Easy Steps
One of the most critical tasks for any organisations leadership team is to get some clarity around their vision, their… Read more

Three Easy Steps for Defining Your Company’s Mission
I'll start by clarifying one thing. Some organisations use the word Mission, others Purpose. Whatever word you prefer, it describes… Read more

Don’t Let The Day To Day Stuff Stymie Your Strategy
Strategies fail for many reasons. One of the main ones is those tasked with strategy implementation, and specifically, the application… Read more

Strategic Decision-Making. Are You Flying Blind?
What information are you using to make the most important decisions about your business? If you’re like most organizations, it’s… Read more

How Do CEOs Measure Business Performance?
As a CEO, how do you know the full story about your business's performance? In this age of the Internet… Read more

CEOs Need An Effective Tool To Help Them Deliver Strategy
When boards get involved in strategy (and they should), what invariably gets produced at the end of the process is… Read more

Successful Leaders Select The Best Vantage Point
In their white paper, Winning through Project Portfolio Management, the Project Management Institute stated that leaders need to take an… Read more

The Relationships Between Strategy Development and Strategy Implementation
A recent white paper written by Deloitte and published by the Project Management Institute stated that businesses who align projects… Read more

Remember That Great Strategy Document You Created?
Running a business, large or small, is challenging. Despite a wealth of great information, which today is very easy to… Read more

How Organizations Make Informed and Timely Strategic Decisions
In June 2016, a slim majority of the British voted for Brexit – to leave the European Union. The following… Read more

How to use Agile to Execute Strategy
“No battle plan ever survives first contact with the enemy”, observed Helmuth von Moltke, a 19th century head of the Prussian… Read more

Why Directors Need To Be Involved In Strategy
It can be hard to get the right people involved in making the strategic decisions and therefore deciding an organization’s… Read more

How Organizations Know How They're Really Performing
Does your organization know how it’s really performing? Is it growing as fast as it should? Is it gaining market… Read more