afterburner webinars | now it's time to execute
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Now It’s Time to Execute!
Joel “Thor” Neeb@JoelThorNeeb#FlawlessExecution
Companies achieve only 33% of expected results from their strategic plans.The Gap between expectation and performance is a failure of companies to execute strategy.
Standish Group 2015 Chaos Report - InfoQ
• President of Afterburner• USAF F-15 Mission Commander• U.S. Presidential Escort Missions• Air Force Academy Graduate• M.S. Aerospace Science / MBA from UT• Instructor Pilot of the Year at USAF Training
HQ• Embedded with Silicon Valley Tech Company
in 2015
Joel “Thor” NeebAtlanta, GA
Review: 5 Ways to Strengthen Your Strategic Planning Muscles
Stay Strategic
Focus the Dialogue
Identify CLPs
Start with the End in Mind
Simplicity Beats Complexity
01
Communicate the Destination
02
Plan the First Missions
04 Adapt and Iterate
03 Begin Execution
05 Deal with Task Saturation
Now It’s Time to Execute
• The North Star guiding everyone in the company
1 Communicate the Destination
• Remember the “7 times factor”• Brief the Destination in a team-
wide all hands• Post in a common area to promote
alignment and prioritization• Cycle on digital billboards
1 Communicate the Destination
“PLANS ARE NOTHING; PLANNING IS EVERYTHING.”
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
02 Plan the first Missions• Turn the “inspired alignment” into
“disciplined execution”• Now it’s time to back into the
Missions• These are your Tactical Plans
• Connect strategy with execution
CONFIDENTIAL
Strategic Campaigns
HD DestinationVPs, Champions & BU Owners
Senior Directors, Directors & ICs
C-Suite and SVPs
Tactical Missions
THE FLAWLESS EXECUTION MODEL®
03 Begin Execution• Brief the plans to the teams
03 Begin Execution• Conduct X-Gaps
• Mission: Weekly• Campaigns: Monthly• HDD: Quarterly
4 Adapt and Iterate • Organizational
Imperative• Core Principles• X-Gaps, Debriefs,
Iterate• Mission• Campaign• HDD
If you want to go fast, go alone.
If you want to go far, go together.
05 Deal with Task Saturation• Assess every activity through your
HDD• “Why are we doing this?”• “What element of our HDD does it
support?”• Task shed the rest
01
Communicate the Destination
02
Plan the First Missions
04 Adapt and Iterate
03 Begin Execution
05 Deal with Task Saturation
Now It’s Time to Execute
Please ask any question you have in the Q&A box at this time
Lets Connect!Joel “Thor” Neeb
@AfterburnerInc#FlawlessExecution
Office: (404) 835-3500