8 managerial tasks that crop up repeatedly in company efforts to execute strategy

The eight managerial tasks that crop up repeatedly in company efforts to execute strategy include:

a.   Building an organization with the competences, capabilities, and resource strengths to execute strategy successfully

b.   Marshaling resources to support the strategy execution effort

c.   Instituting policies and procedures that facilitate strategy execution

d.   Adopting best practices and striving for continuous improvement

e.   Installing information and operating systems that enable company personnel to carry out their strategic roles proficiently

f.    Tying rewards and incentives directly to the achievement of strategic and financial targets and to good strategy execution

g.   Shaping the work environment and corporate culture to fit the strategy

h.   Exerting the internal leadership needed to drive implementation forward and keep improving on how the strategy is being executed