Strategy Execution Heroes: Business Strategy Implementation and Strategic Management Demystified - Softcover

De Flander, Jeroen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9081487310 ISBN 13: 9789081487313

Publisher: Performance Factory, 2010

Synopsis

Strategy Execution is no longer 'the gap nobody knows', the title of the first chapter of the best-seller Execution. Thanks to the authors Bossidy and Charan, Strategy Execution pioneers Kaplan and Norton, several leading articles in respected business magazines such as The Harvard Business Review and a host of research, organisations have become very aware that much great strategy is lost before it's turned into performance mainly as a result of poor execution skills. 

  

The performance gap is known. And it's time for companies to close it. This book will help you get the job done. Strategy Execution Heroes will help you to: 

1. Approach Strategy Execution from a manager's perspective. 
2. Align individual and organisational performance in a simple, easy-to-communicate, sexy Strategy Execution framework. 
3. Communicate your strategy effectively. 
4. Set great objectives for yourself and your team members.
5. Coach others through the implementation maze.
6. Simplify your Strategy Execution process.
7. Select, manage and deliver your strategic initiatives.
8. Set up a development platform to boost the execution skills of others in the organisation.
9. Turn Strategy Execution into a competitive advantage.

In short, Strategy Execution Heroes will help you get the execution job done. Don't expect complex theories or fancy words. This book gets right to the point and won't waste your time. It will:

• boost your learning with 250+ practical tips revealed by senior executives from BT, Coca-Cola, Lockheed Martin, eBay and many others. 
• inspire your thinking with useful insights from top experts such as Sir John Whitmore, Dr Peter Scott-Morgan and Prof Vincent Lion. 
• put your action plan on the right track with 27 valuable downloads. So whether you are a future manager preparing for the challenge or an experienced senior executive, get ready to boost your execution skills. Become a Strategy Execution hero and turn your great strategy into great performance.

About this title

About the Author

Jeroen De Flander is a seasoned international Strategy Execution expert, top executive coach, seminar leader and highly regarded keynote speaker. Jeroen has helped more than 15,000 managers in 16 countries master the necessary execution skills. He is co-founder of the performance factory - a leading research, training and advisory firm which is solely focused on helping individuals and organisations increase performance through best-in-class Strategy Execution. For several years, he was the responsible manager worldwide of the Balanced Scorecard product line for Arthur D. Little - a leading strategy consulting firm. The 50+ companies he has advised on various strategy execution topics include Atos Worldline, AXA, Base, Bridgestone, CEMEX, GDFSuez, Honda, ING, Johnson & Johnson, Komatsu, Sony and the Flemish and Belgian governments.

From the Back Cover

"Strategy Execution Heroes is all about tips and tricks to get things done"
Gérard Mestrallet | CEO | GDFSUEZ

"Strategy Execution Heroes takes strategy to the manager level, providing practical everyday recipes to make sure that the 'big picture' does not remain a boardroom abstraction"
Bruno Lanvin | Executive Director | INSEAD

"I highly recommend this book to strategist and business leaders striving for maximum impact"
Bart Sweerman | Senior Director | Cisco

"A refreshing different approach to strategy implementation. Well worth reading!"
Michael Hofland | CFO | L'Oreal

"Great insights from well-known executives that I found immediately helpful for my organisation"
Phillip Shoemaker | Director Applications Technology | Apple

"Practical, specific and real-life advice"
Jeffrey Stephen Kehoe | Regional head Asia | AXA

From the Inside Flap

Strategy Execution Heroes will help you get the execution job done. Don't expect complex theories or fancy words. This book gets right to the point and won't waste your time. It will: - Boost your learning with 250+ practical tips revealed by senior executives from BT, Coca-Cola, Lockheed Martin, eBay and many others. - Inspire your thinking with useful insights from top experts such as Sir John Whitmore, Dr Peter Scott-Morgan and Prof. Vincent Lion. - Put your action plan on the right track with 27 valuable downloads.

So whether you are a future manager preparing for the challenge or an experienced senior executive, get ready to boost your execution skills. Become a Strategy Execution hero and turn your great strategy into great performance.

Edition details

• Publisher: Performance Factory
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9081487310
• ISBN 13: 9789081487313
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 222