Making your strategy work : how to go from paper to people / Chris Outram.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Outram, Chris, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Strategic planning.

Organizational change--Management.

Organizational change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 205 pages ) illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Harlow, England : Pearson, 2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

A great strategic plan is not enough - if you neglect the implementation, then all your clever thinking amounts to nothing. This punchy guide shows you how to make strategy happen. Most strategy books on the market are about formulating and developing a winning strategy. Executing that strategy is often neglected. Making Your Strategy Work will show you how to get your strategy from paper to people. With help from 100 leading executives, including Justin King (CEO of Sainsbury's), Bob McDonald (CEO of Procter & Gamble) and Terry Leahy (ex-CEO of Tesco), this book answers the big strategy questions: Why is strategy development so difficult these days? How do you engage your people with your strategy? How do you lead and manage strategy effectively?

Contents:

Introduction

Developing good strategy / a science or an art?

What makes strategy development difficult nowadays?

Why the top team must lead the charge

The execution of strategy / the people puzzle

So how do managers make a difference to strategy?

Ten strategic pitfalls

And ten ways to get it right

Tips for new leaders130

In summary.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781292002859

1292002859

OCLC:

1015886080