Culture Bytes: Avoiding Stagnation and Recklessness: Strategy Execution That Works

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In this episode of Culture Change RX, Sue Tetzlaff explores the critical relationship between culture and strategy execution in healthcare organizations. She introduces a strategy execution matrix that categorizes organizations based on their planning and execution capabilities. The discussion emphasizes the importance of aligning culture with execution to achieve organizational growth and success. Sue shares insights on how organizations can avoid stagnation and recklessness in their execution efforts, highlighting the significance of disciplined planning and follow-through. The episode concludes with success stories and a call to action for organizations to assess their execution strategies.

• Planning + Execution is required to build momentum for future-focused improvement and growth.
• Great planning efforts combined with effective execution systems helps organizations build momentum and achieve long term growth and improvement.
• Overplanning without execution keeps organizations stuck or stagnant.
• Without effective planning and execution systems, organizations are highly consumed with maintaining the status quo of the current day-to-day operations.
• Taking action without strategic direction can waste resources and time, and lessen the likelihood of a long term return on investment.
• Consider the Strategy Execution Matrix in light of your organization’s planning and execution efforts.

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Hi! I’m Sue Tetzlaff. I’m a culture and execution strategist for small and rural healthcare organizations - helping them to be the provider and employer-of-choice so they can keep care local and margins strong.

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