Professor Steven E. Phelan, PhD

Course Overview Concept Presentations Hightower DVD Action Method Guest Speaker: Mr. David Chavez, CPA (Assured Strategies)

About me… What is ‘strategy execution’ and why is it important? Assessment: Concept Presentation (20%) Strategy Audit (20%) Movies Review (20%) Case Presentation (20%) Simulation Game (20%)

Papers –Group A: Integrating Strategy and Operational Execution –Group B: Closing the Gap between Strategy and Execution –Group C: The Secrets to Successful Strategy Execution –Group D: Transforming Corner Office Strategy into Frontline Execution –Group E: Why Change Programs Don't Produce Change –Group F: Tipping Point Leadership Case –Walt Disney’s Dennis Hightower: Taking Charge The Task You are required to: Present a summary of the assigned article to the class Compare and contrast it with one other article in the first six readings Evaluate the practical effectiveness of the article’s recommendations Use the concepts in the assigned article to recommend how Hightower should solve his problem at Disney.

Came across a book in the iBooks store called “Making Ideas Happen” Targeted at “creatives” who often have more ideas than outcomes Methodology rooted in a web-based service called Action Method

All of life can be divided into "projects" - the categories we use in our minds to separate and make sense of what we need to accomplish (e.g. "the party I'm planning," "client X," "event Y," "finances"). The Action Method helps you manage your projects starting with the most basic elements - always with an emphasis on action.

Action Steps Action Steps are tasks that need to be completed. Each Action Step should start with a verb: "Call Y," "Follow up with X," "Buy a gift for Z." References References are notes, links, files, sketches - any information related to a project that gives context to your Action Steps.

Backburners Backburners are the brilliant ideas that you want to come back to later, but are not yet actionable. Discussions Discussions enable you to manage ongoing conversations across all of your projects with anyone that works with you.

Events Events are the key occasions/meetings/milestones/etc toward which you (and your team) are working. Events can be used to coordinate deadlines for Action Steps, aiding project management.

Web, paper or iPhone Action Steps are more important than anything else, and the system is organized around them. They believe that success comes down to identifying what needs to get done, who needs to do it, and then making it happen

You only share what is relevant Action are only “delegated” if they are accepted “Nag” and “Appreciation” functions

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