Welcome to the Business Execution - Linking Strategy to People and Operations course. This is the third course of the Business Execution series.

Many businesses have excellent products and services, a well-planned strategy, a clear mission, and a skilled workforce. But they don't always get the results that their strategy sets out. Why do so many businesses fail to live up to their potential? In most cases, the problem lies with poor business execution.

The most important factor in executing your business strategy is the people who actually implement it. As a leader, you need to ensure employees throughout your organization understand what their tasks are, and can see how their activities link to the business goals. While motivating your employees can help them support your strategy, you must also make sure you have the right people in the right place so that the essential tasks are done right.

In this course, you'll learn the principles for communicating your organization's strategy to help get your employees' buy-in. You'll also find out how to align people and work processes throughout your organization by translating high-level strategies into individual tasks.

Finally, you'll discover how to analyze and develop the critical competencies that your employees need to execute your organization's strategy. Following the guidelines in this course can help your organization communicate its strategy and get the support of its employees. And by linking strategy to people and operations in your organization, you can improve your business execution to ensure your plan succeeds.

That’s it! Now go ahead and push that “Take this course” button and see you inside the course!