The Portuguese Navy has focused on strategic planning since the 1980s, but they recognized that a gap still existed between strategic planning and real-world execution. Since they adopted the Balanced Scorecard to bridge that gap in 2010, they have seen a marked cultural change toward long-term, strategic thinking and a 32% decrease in disengaged employees. Today, their military investment implementation rate is nearly 100%, and they have dramatically expanded the types of international naval and marine operations they are able to execute.