Argues that a manager's central responsibility is to create and implement strategies, challenges popular motivational practices, and shares anecdotes discussing how to enable action-oriented plans for real-world results.
When Richard Rumelt's Good Strategy/Bad Strategy was published in 2011, it immediately struck a chord, calling out as bad strategy the mish-mash of pop culture, motivational slogans and business buzz speak so often and misleadingly ...
Argues that a manager's central responsibility is to create and implement strategies, challenges popular motivational practices, and shares anecdotes discussing how to enable action-oriented plans for real-world results.
Richard P. Rumelt’s breakthrough concept is that leaders become effective strategists when they focus on challenges rather than goals, pinpointing the crux of their pivotal challenge—the aspect that is both surmountable and promises the ...
And note the tenor of those aspirations: Nike wants to serve every athlete (not just some of them); McDonald's wants to be its customers' favorite place to eat (not just a convenient choice for families on the go). Each company doesn't ...
The must-read summary of Richard Rumelt's book: "Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters".
Fred Pelard has been teaching strategic thinking to executives at all levels at leading companies around the world for almost 20 years. How to Be Strategic is his accessible and thorough guide to strategic thinking in any situation.
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.
In this book, Melissa Perri explains how laying the foundation for great product management can help companies solve real customer problems while achieving business goals.
The ideas shared in this book inspire fresh thinking and bold actions." MARTIN LAU, President, Tencent Technology "This book is fundamental I have seen hockey sticks in business plans more than I like to admit.
... a country reaches the level of economic development where it has a middle class big enough to support a network of McDonald's, it becomes a McDonald's country, and people in McDonald's countries don't choose to fight wars any more.