The Balance Scorecard and Strategy Map help overcome these barriers by connecting organizations and outcomes. Linking operational goals and objectives across organizations can help eliminate silo mentality. Communication Strategy The Balance Scorecard provides the entire organization with the ability to visualize overall results and their progression towards G&O. The ability to cascade information allows all levels of the organization to work to achieve impactful results. This common language helps facilitate dialogue between functional managers and employees and across organizational boundaries between different disciplines. Monitoring and Managing Strategic Execution Person (2009) highlights that less than 10% of management staff time is spent monitoring strategy and execution. Management staff spend most of their time on operational performance. The Balanced Scorecard can help compensate for this. The Balanced Scorecard provides executives with a means to monitor performance against the overall strategic intent. This helps executives stay focused on strategic leadership and allows functional managers to focus on operational leadership