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Perspectives

The gap between strategy and execution isn’t theoretical — it’s lived. This collection of articles offers grounded insights, practical tools, and real stories from the front lines of organizational change. For leaders who want to move from good ideas to lasting impact. 

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Alex Sydnor, FACHE, is President and CEO of Shift Group Consulting, a strategy and facilitation firm that helps executive teams close the gap between planning and execution. A former Chief Strategy Officer and marketing leader with more than 30 years of experience in leading growth, transformation, and alignment in complex organizations. He guides CEOs and senior teams to turn insight into execution by integrating human understanding with disciplined management systems to achieve measurable results.

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Start Where You Want to Finish

Designing Strategy From the Future In Strategic planning often begins with today — with ...
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Strategy Execution Only Works If People Change

A Case for Human-Inspired Strategy When strategies fail, it is often not because the ...
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Insights Reduce Waste

The ROI of Human Understanding Executives rarely set out to waste resources. Yet in ...
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Execution Doesn’t Equal Alignment

The Myth of Alignment Executives often take comfort in the idea that strategy execution ...
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The Science Behind Human Strategy

The Flawed Logic of Strategy Design Every leader has seen it happen. A new strategy ...
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When the System Pushes Back

Why Human Organizations Resist Linear Management Executives are trained to make order ...
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The Missing Middle 

Where Execution Fails Many executives I speak with believe that if they design a strong ...
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About Shift Consulting Group

Shift Group Consulting is a strategy and change agency that helps leaders bridge the strategy–execution gap.  

We partner with leaders from mid-size to large healthcare, education, and purpose-driven companies. Our favorite clients are sharpening their focus, pursuing growth, aspiring for business transformation, or responding to disruptive market forces. We work across sectors because the mechanisms for successful strategy execution are the same across industries and company sizes.

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