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What's wrong with strategy implementation today?

Why doesn't strategy implementation work out every time?

According to Lawrence G. Hrebiniak of Wharton, there are four major obstacles:
  • Managers are trained to plan, not implement
  • Some top executives do not see themselves as being responsible for the implementation of the strategies they formulate
  • Strategy implementation happens over a much longer time frame than strategy formulation
  • Strategy implementation involves more people than does strategy formulation.

All four of these problems mentioned are people-related issues, and these people-related issues are mainly about one thing, 'alignment'.
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