--- title: Balanced Scorecard and Strategic Planning Guidance | Mario Bognanno description: With over 20 years of consulting experience, Mario Bognanno specializes in helping leaders execute strategy though the development of Balanced Scorecards. Demonstrating the flexibility in his teaching skills as well as the Balanced Scorecard itself, Mr. Bognanno trains a wide range of organizations on the BSC, spanning across the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors. --- {% set baseFontFamily = "Open Sans" %} /* Add the font family you wish to use. You may need to import it above. */ {% set headerFontFamily = "Open Sans" %} /* This affects only headers on the site. Add the font family you wish to use. 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Demonstrating the flexibility in his teaching skills as well as the Balanced Scorecard itself, Mr. Bognanno trains a wide range of organizations on the BSC, spanning across the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors. Find me on: [**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mbognanno/) ### Recent Posts [ [Balanced Scorecards](https://www.esmgrp.com/blog/topic/balanced-scorecards) [Business Strategy](https://www.esmgrp.com/blog/topic/business-strategy) [Strategy](https://www.esmgrp.com/blog/topic/strategy) [strategy map](https://www.esmgrp.com/blog/topic/strategy-map) [Strategic Alingment](https://www.esmgrp.com/blog/topic/strategic-alingment) [communicating strategy](https://www.esmgrp.com/blog/topic/communicating-strategy) ## [How to Get Your Employees to Understand and Execute Your Strategy](https://www.esmgrp.com/blog/how-to-get-your-employees-to-understand-and-execute-your-strategy) ](https://www.esmgrp.com/blog/how-to-get-your-employees-to-understand-and-execute-your-strategy) [ ## Re-Balance your Strategy and Think Opportunistically in the COVID ERA This blog is an excerpt from the whitepaper [Re-Balance Your Strategy and...](https://www.esmgrp.com/en-us/re-balanced-your-strategy-in-the-covid-era) ](https://www.esmgrp.com/blog/rebalance-strategy-covid-blog) [Strategy](https://www.esmgrp.com/blog/topic/strategy) [Strategic Planning](https://www.esmgrp.com/blog/topic/strategic-planning) [Strategy Management](https://www.esmgrp.com/blog/topic/strategy-management) [ ## Why the Balanced Scorecard is Just as Effective for SMB The real question isn’t whether the Balanced Scorecard (scorecard) is... [Business Strategy](https://www.esmgrp.com/blog/topic/business-strategy) [Strategy Management](https://www.esmgrp.com/blog/topic/strategy-management) [Strategic Alingment](https://www.esmgrp.com/blog/topic/strategic-alingment) ](https://www.esmgrp.com/blog/why-the-balanced-scorecard-is-just-as-effective-for-small-and-medium-sized-businesses) [ ## Aligning Support Functions To execute strategy, all departments (line and staff) need to contribute... [Strategic Alingment](https://www.esmgrp.com/blog/topic/strategic-alingment) [communicating strategy](https://www.esmgrp.com/blog/topic/communicating-strategy) ](https://www.esmgrp.com/blog/aligning-support-functions) [ ## Running a Strategy Review Meeting (SRM) *As *Balanced Scorecard Users know*, strategy is a hypothesis – an educated...* [Strategy Review Meetings](https://www.esmgrp.com/blog/topic/strategy-review-meetings) ](https://www.esmgrp.com/blog/running-a-strategy-review-meeting-srm) [ ## The Strategy Review Meeting *The upcoming blog series will include step by step suggestions for BSC...* [Strategy Review Meetings](https://www.esmgrp.com/blog/topic/strategy-review-meetings) [Balanced Scorecards](https://www.esmgrp.com/blog/topic/balanced-scorecards) ](https://www.esmgrp.com/blog/the-strategy-review-meeting) [ ## Strategy Formulation Without Execution Is But A Wish *The upcoming blog series will include step by step suggestions for BSC...* [Business Strategy](https://www.esmgrp.com/blog/topic/business-strategy) [Strategic Planning](https://www.esmgrp.com/blog/topic/strategic-planning) [Strategy Management](https://www.esmgrp.com/blog/topic/strategy-management) ](https://www.esmgrp.com/blog/strategy-formulation-without-execution-is-but-a-wish) [ ## A BSC Approach to Employee Performance Reviews "Make strategy everyone's job," a refrain repeated by Dr. David Norton in... [Employee Reviews](https://www.esmgrp.com/blog/topic/employee-reviews) [performance management](https://www.esmgrp.com/blog/topic/performance-management) [Strategic Alingment](https://www.esmgrp.com/blog/topic/strategic-alingment) ](https://www.esmgrp.com/blog/bsc-steps-to-employee-performance-review) [ ## The evolution of the strategic planning process It has been said, “you get what you measure”. If you don’t measure you... 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