<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706607859075499513</id><updated>2012-02-16T15:11:53.777-06:00</updated><category term='Strategy Execution and Sustainment'/><title type='text'>Thinking strategically</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thomas-walkington.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6706607859075499513/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thomas-walkington.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Tom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16662493632555452009</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cZN5RKg9RLc/TKnShLzGG4I/AAAAAAAAAAM/5l4FW7DXm-0/S220/TW_photo_head_a.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6706607859075499513.post-1254550395399658822</id><published>2010-07-27T19:19:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-07-27T19:26:15.725-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Strategy Execution and Sustainment'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Thomas Walkington is one of two featured speakers at the University of Minnesota HR Academy on 28 July 2010. The topic is "Pursuing Excellence - Executing Strategy and Sustaining Performance to become a high-performance organization.  &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ninety percent of organizations fail to successfully execute strategy. Key issues include:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;ineffective leadership and poor communication regarding strategic direction, and engagement of staff. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Balanced Scorecard provides an effective framework for developing, executing and sustaining strategy focused on results for the customer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6706607859075499513-1254550395399658822?l=thomas-walkington.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thomas-walkington.blogspot.com/feeds/1254550395399658822/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thomas-walkington.blogspot.com/2010/07/thomas-walkington-is-one-of-two.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6706607859075499513/posts/default/1254550395399658822'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6706607859075499513/posts/default/1254550395399658822'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thomas-walkington.blogspot.com/2010/07/thomas-walkington-is-one-of-two.html' title=''/><author><name>Tom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16662493632555452009</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cZN5RKg9RLc/TKnShLzGG4I/AAAAAAAAAAM/5l4FW7DXm-0/S220/TW_photo_head_a.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
