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Three frogs are sitting on a fence and one decides to jump off, so how many are left? The answer: still three, as one has simply decided to jump, but hasn't actually taken the leap.
There is a gap the size of the Pacific Ocean between decision and action, and nowhere is the gulf larger than strategy formation and the actual implementation of that strategy. Perhaps the greatest ongoing struggle in modern organizations is the challenge of strategy execution with estimates suggesting a meager 10% of organizations rising to the task
Using the Align Accelerate Transform cascade organizations, both business and public sector, around the globe have overcome the discouraging odds of strategy implementation by focusing on what is critical to success, alignment from top to bottom, and informed resource allocation decisions. As the cascade tool has evolved over years from communication tool to strategic management system, organizations have begun to link the Align Accelerate Transform cascade to a variety of organization processes that combine to drive the management and implementation of strategy, producing greater outputs and breakthrough results.