Marketing, Human Resources, New Technologies? None of It Works Without implementing THIS.

By Lynne Dupuis, LMDSolutions

You’ve got a brilliant team. 

You have a bold idea. 

Your funding is lined up. 

And yet… your project is dragging. 

The momentum is gone. Communication is scattered. Deadlines keep getting pushed.

Let’s be honest: Your project isn’t failing. Your internal structure is.

Does this sound a little harsh? It is… and I’m here to be honest with you. 

Too many organizations pour their energy into innovation without fixing the very thing holding it all together: the system behind the scenes. The framework…  The foundation! The way decisions are made and roles are defined. I must say “roles and responsibilities”, “policies”, “procedures”, several dozen times when talking to clients! 

At LMDSolutions, we call this missing piece … IMPLEMENTATION and we’ve built a whole model around fixing it. It truly is the most lacking piece of the puzzle for many organizations and businesses. 

Because no matter what sector you’re in (marketing, HR, technology, education, social services), if your structure is broken, your work won’t stick. I see it all the time.

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A Framework That Holds Everything Together: the LMDSolutions Model. 

We work with nonprofits, businesses, teams, and boards across all sectors. And every time, the same core issues show up: unclear roles, reactive planning, siloed teams, no follow-through. That’s why we created the LMDSolutions Model, built around four powerful pillars:

1. Knowledge

If your team doesn’t understand how the organization runs, or how decisions are made, they will operate in confusion.

We’re not just talking about staff training or a board manual collecting dust. We’re talking about real capacity-building so that everyone knows what’s expected, how things work, and how to navigate the system.

This is about empowering your people with clarity (not drowning them in piles of files and paperwork).

Ask yourself: Does every member of your team know who’s responsible for what? How decisions are made? What their role contributes to the bigger picture?

2. Direction

Without direction, teams chase urgency (and money) instead of purpose.

Strategic plans shouldn’t sit in a drawer… they should drive every decision and investment. If you haven’t looked at the strategic plan in a while… go back to it NOW. 

You (and your team) need a roadmap. One that aligns your team’s energy with real goals, sets priorities, and helps everyone stay on track… even when things get busy or messy (mostly when things get messy!)

Ask yourself: Are we working with intention? Or just reacting to problems as they pop up?

3. Implementation

SPOILER ALERT: This is the heart of what most organizations skip.

You can have a great vision, all the best (and expensive) strategic plans, but if you don’t translate it into real work plans and clearly defined roles, your team will spin in circles (and get dizzy!). 

Here’s what you need:

• Task breakdowns
• Assigned responsibility
• Timelines and checkpoints
• Clear reporting and accountability

Now you know our secret: This is how we take strategy off the page and into action.

No more wondering who’s doing what. No more overlapping roles. No more chaos disguised as “collaboration.” (Yah - I said it!) 

Ask yourself: Do we have a real plan for implementation? Does each person know their role, their deadlines, and how their work fits into the whole?

4. Results 

Effort is great… but impact is better. (Doesn’t it just sound better!?)

If you don’t know what you’re measuring, or if no one is following up on outcomes, you’re working in the dark and without a flashlight. 

A great organization builds in systems for learning, tracking, adjusting, and improving. This isn’t about perfection… it’s about progress with purpose.

What you’ll need: 

• Budgets and financial reports
• Work plans with targets
• Indicators of success
• Evaluations for the team and board

Ask yourself: Are we tracking what matters? Are we learning as we go? Are we holding ourselves accountable to the outcomes we promised?

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The Real Reason Projects Get Stuck

When things start falling apart, when your marketing, HR and technologies don’t work, people often blame the team:

• “We need to hire better people.”
• “They don’t care.”
• “Everyone’s overwhelmed.

But what if the problem isn’t your people?

What if the real issue is that the foundation they’re working from is unclear, unstable, or non-existent? No plan, no structure, no process, no clarity.

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This is where we come in. We help you fix the foundation! At LMDSolutions, we help businesses and nonprofits stop spinning by:

• Clarify roles and responsibilities
• Build practical work plans
• Align operations with strategy
• Support your team in making confident, informed decisions
• Put the right policies and procedures in place to support the work

We don’t offer band-aid solutions… we rebuild the structure so your good ideas actually have a chance to thrive. 

Important: this takes time and energy! It won’t happen without it. 

And we do it using a model that brings your people along (everyone understands this model!), reduces friction (everyone sees the gaps right away!), and helps you get real results, fast (day of transformations are not rare!). 

Why it works? Because when the structure is strong, the team flows.

So… Ask Yourself Honestly (and answer honestly!): 

•      Are your people unclear on their roles?
•      Are your projects chaotic or reactive?
•      Do decisions keep getting revisited… or avoided altogether?
•      Are good ideas getting lost in the fog of dysfunction?

If you’re nodding yes (no matter what discipline you’re working in), it’s not a people problem. It’s a structure problem. You don’t need another tool, another meeting, or another motivational quote.

You need a solid foundation. We can help!

Visit www.lmdsolutions.ca or book a call today.