"This book will help readers tackle the really important challenges they
face both in developing strategies and putting them into action"
Consulting Magazine
Strategy is about shaping the future. Thinking strategically is what
separates good managers and great leaders. Learn the fundamentals about
how to create winning strategy and lead your team to deliver it. From
understanding what strategy can do for you, through to creating a
strategy and engaging others with strategy, this book offers practical
guidance and expert tips. It is peppered with punchy, memorable examples
from real leaders winning (and losing) with real world strategies.
Strategy is simple, but simple is complex. The Third Edition includes
updated examples and a new set of practical future-focused tools
including the Quick Strategy Canvas and the Big Picture. These will help
any manager, regardless of experience, to better develop their inner
strategic potential for outstanding results in our ever changing world.
People who wanted to shape the future have created our present. With
over 7 billion fellow humans sharing our planet, things are not going to
slow down or get simpler. At the heart of strategy is the mind of the
individual strategist, and by nurturing your ability to see the big
picture you can get better at adapting successfully. You can get better
at shaping events to get to somewhere better. Using available means to
desirable ends.
Expectations keep shifting, new competitors keep appearing, rules change
and then change again, technologies disrupt and then politics shake up
the nature of the landscape in which you compete, work and live. Being
more strategic is about our-thinking both competitors and limitations.
Strategy is not a solo sport. The Strategy Book focuses on how you can
create powerful strategies with other people to deliver success together
in a competitive world. It answers the following questions:
- What do we know about strategy?
- What can creative strategy do for you?
- How can you create winning strategies?
- How to think and act strategically?
- How can you engage people with strategy?
- How do you avoid pitfalls and screw-ups?
It can be read as a whole or you can dip into the easy-to-read,
bite-size sections as and when you need to deal with a particular issue.
The structure has been specially designed to make sections quick and
easy to use - you'll find yourself referring to them again and again.
