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Podcast: Applying the Business Hierarchy of Needs® to Increase Employee Engagement with Jim Gitney
  • Podcast: Applying the Business Hierarchy of Needs® to Increase Employee Engagement with Jim Gitney

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    With the recent downturn in productivity across corporate America and the significant increase in remote work, Host Andrew Bartolotta sits down with Jim Gitney, CEO of Group50 Consulting and author of Strategy Realized – The Business Hierarchy of Needs, where Jim discusses ways to significantly increase employee engagement in the development and implementation of business strategy through his patented framework. …Read More

    This entry was posted in Business Hierarchy of Needs®, Podcasts, Strategic Execution 5.0 ™, Strategy 5.0, on March 23, 2023
  • Podcast: How to avoid common mistakes with your business strategy, with author Jim Gitney

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    If you’ve ever had a strategic initiative fail at your organization and thought to yourself, “What am I doing wrong as a leader?” this episode is for you. The truth is, most leaders end up with several failed strategies under their belt. The trick is to stop making the same mistakes and lean into some best practices for strategic planning that actually work. There’s no one better to teach leaders how to build that foundation and grow through strategy than our latest guest. Jim Gitney, the Founder and CEO of Group50® Consulting has 45 years of corporate and consulting experience working with over 200 companies in guiding them toward double-digit top line and bottom line growth. Listen to the full conversation for more on the top mistakes business owners make when it comes to successful strategic initiatives, what the “Business Hierarchy of Needs®” is (and what CEOs can learn from it), the downsides of having too many goals, how to align compensation structures in a way that encourages forward motion on your strategic initiatives, and much more. Here’s a Glimpse of What You’ll Learn: …Read More

    This entry was posted in Business Hierarchy of Needs®, Podcasts, Strategic Execution 5.0 ™, Strategic Planning 5.0, Strategy 5.0, Strategy Realized - The Business Hierarchy of Needs®, on March 21, 2023
  • Engage Employees on One Most Important Goal

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    Jim Gitney joins our host, Diane Helbig, to share his thoughts around the importance of fully engaging all stakeholders in the implementation of strategy through the use of the Business Hierarchy of Needs framework as well as developing and implementing strategy based on one – Most Important Goal (MIG) …Read More

    This entry was posted in Business Hierarchy of Needs®, Podcasts, Strategic Execution 5.0 ™, Strategy Realized - The Business Hierarchy of Needs®, on February 20, 2023
  • Case Study:  Application of the Business Hierarchy of Needs® to Strategic Planning

    • Development of one Most Important Goal
    • Creation of business strategies to support it
    • Full engagement of stakeholders
    • Application of Value Stream Mapping to close operating and strategic gaps
    • Identification of an increase of $105M in Enterprise Value

    …Read More

    This entry was posted in Business Hierarchy of Needs®, Business Transformation, Case Studies, Strategic Execution 5.0 ™, Strategic Planning 5.0, Strategy 5.0, Value stream mapping, on February 11, 2023
  • Business Growth Accelerator Podcast – Isar Meitis

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    1. Business Growth Accelerator Podcast – Isar Meitis
      • Defining a cohesive business strategy is not easy, but implementing it is even harder. After successfully implementing business strategy in major companies, Jim Gitney perfected the process and wrote a book about it – “Strategy Realized – The Business Hierarchy of Needs – Turning Strategy Into Results”. In this fascinating interview, Jim shares a detailed blueprint on how to successfully implement business strategy. He developed a concept he calls the Business Hierarchy of Needs® (the business parallel to Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs). This is a highly practical episode with a step-by-step process you can follow, with great examples and powerful business concepts.

    About Jim Gitney:  Jim Gitney is the CEO and Founder of Group50® Consulting, and the author of “Strategy Realized – The Business Hierarchy of Needs®” which summarizes a framework for creating a business that leverages topics in this article. (You can find out more about the book and acquire a copy by clicking on the image to the right).

    Founded in 2004, Group50®consulting is focused on working with middle market companies to significantly improve their productivity by leveraging peopleprocess and technology as part of a company’s strategic plan.  Group50® consists of consultants who have spent their careers in corporate America learning how to optimize businesses.  We specialize in working with senior leaders to develop and implement strategies that accelerate top line and bottom-line performance.

    This entry was posted in Business Hierarchy of Needs®, Podcasts, Strategic Execution 5.0 ™, Strategy 5.0, on January 24, 2023
  • Video Explanation of the Business Hierarchy of Needs®

    90% of companies do a poor job executing their strategy 

    The Business Hierarchy of Needs® and and Strategy 5.0™ are part of Group50’s suite of strategic planning and execution tools.  In this 20 minute video, Jim Gitney, the Founder and CEO of Group50, summarizes how the Business Hierarchy of Needs®, a change management framework, can be used by Boards of Directors and senior leadership teams …Read More

    This entry was posted in Anti-Strategy, Business Hierarchy of Needs®, Strategic Execution 5.0 ™, Strategic Planning 5.0, Strategy 5.0, on April 18, 2022
  • Strategy Framework – Where to Play, How to Win, Most Important Goal

    How many different strategic frameworks are there? Probably as many as there are consultants.  Most are difficult to explain to leadership, and they are impossible to explain to everyone else. While the development of a business strategy can be complex, the focus of the Group50® Where to Play and How to Win strategic planning framework provides a solution to this problem by keeping it simple: …Read More

    This entry was posted in Anti-Strategy, Business Hierarchy of Needs®, Strategic Execution 5.0 ™, Strategic Planning 5.0, Strategy 5.0, on March 27, 2022
  • Industry 5.0 – IoT and Blockchain – An Application Case Study – Flight Safety Parts

    A lot has happened since the creation of blockchain in 2009, including the great hype of 2014-2017, when hundreds of books were written and blockchain was continuously in the news – At that point, more of a fantasy than a practical business reality.  Over the last few years, blockchain systems have matured and are going mainstream with companies now accepting cryptocurrencies for payments, issuing fungible tokens for digital assets, and notable companies such as Maersk, IBM, Walmart, and others having implemented blockchain in their supply chains.  Just as the internet was in its infancy in the late 90’s, …Read More

    This entry was posted in Blockchain IoT, Business Transformation, Case Studies, Information Technology, Manufacturing and Distribution, Strategic Execution 5.0 ™, Strategic Planning 5.0, Strategy 5.0, Supply Chain Optimization, on January 28, 2022
  • Strategy Doesn’t Matter – Unless You Can Execute It…

    Studies indicate that 90% of all companies do not execute their strategic plans effectively. So, only 10% of companies execute their strategies!? Why is there a problem with Strategic Execution™; the ability to implement strategy effectively and sustainably? Is it because they don’t care? Feel like strategy is a check the box activity?

    There are multiple issues here that companies need to deal with: …Read More

    This entry was posted in Inflection Point, Market Effectiveness, Strategic Execution 5.0 ™, Strategy 5.0, on May 2, 2021

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