Strategy Implementation Playbook: A Step-By-Step Guide - Softcover

Nieto-Rodriguez, Antonio; Speculand, Robin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9811845972 ISBN 13: 9789811845970

Publisher: Strategy Implementation Institute Pte Ltd, 2022

Synopsis

Leaders are missing the critical skill of how to implement strategy as they have predominantly been trained to plan strategy but not to implement them.

The Strategy Implementation Playbook 2.0 is the definitive guide for turning strategy into actionable results. Co-authored by implementation experts Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez and Robin Speculand, this second edition is for leaders who aim to bridge the critical gap between planning and implementation in today’s digital world.

This Playbook is a comprehensive toolkit built around the proprietary Strategy Implementation Road Map© (SIR). It provides a step-by-step guide that features practical frameworks, engaging case studies, and interactive tools. Each chapter is meticulously structured to guide leaders through the complexities of strategy implementation, from leadership excellence to stakeholder management and performance tracking.

Strategy Implementation Playbook 2.0 offers transformative insights and actionable strategies to enhance the implementation skills required in today's fast-paced businesses. Available in both paperback and ebook formats, this essential resource ensures that every leader is equipped to successfully turn strategy into action.

This Playbook delivers on:

• Providing critical implementation skills.
• Presenting a framework (SIR) to guide an organization through its strategy implementation journey.
• Overcoming implementation obstacles with practical, easy-to-adopt tools, techniques, and best practices for leaders to align the organization with their strategy.
• Enabling leaders to identify the right actions for the organization to achieve implementation success.

Strategy Implementation Playbook 2.0 can be a reference for implementing strategy as well as a body of knowledge for the Strategy Implementation Institute's Professional and Fellowship courses

About this title

About the Author

Robin Speculand is a recognized pioneer and expert in strategy and digital implementation. He is driven to transform strategy implementation by inspiring global leaders and board members to adopt a different mindset and approach. The founder of three companies, Robin is CEO of Bridges Business Consultancy Int and co-founder of the Strategy Implementation Institute and Digital Leadership Specialists. A TEDx presenter and Thinkers50 nominee, he is a facilitator for IMD, NUS, Duke CE, and SMU and is consistently recognized as one of the Top 10 Global Management Gurus. As a best-selling author, he has written nine books, including his most recent ones: World's Best Bank: A Strategic Guide to Digital Transformation (translated into six languages), Implement: The Discipline of Doing in a Digital World and the Strategy Implementation Playbook 2.0.

Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez is the author of the Harvard Business Review Project Management Handbook and four other books, Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez ( is the world's leading champion of Project Management and Strategy Implementation, Antonio is the creator of concepts such as the Hierarchy of Purpose or the Project Manifesto, which argues that projects are the lingua franca of the business and personal worlds from the C-suite to managing your career or relationships. 

Antonio has presented at more than 400 conferences over the past 20 years and is regularly evaluated as the best speaker. He is director of the Program Management Office at GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines and past chairman and Fellow of the Project Management Institute.

From the Back Cover

You have crafted a strategy and identified how your organization will differentiate from the competition. You have committed to competing in a digital world and you are focused on adding customer value.

Now you must implement your strategy.

Yet implementation rarely goes according to plan. At the Strategy Implementation Institute, our purpose is to develop implementation professionals worldwide. We know implementations fail more often than they succeed. This Playbook gives you the thinking and tools you need to succeed.

Why Do Leaders Need This Playbook?

• Leaders have been taught how to plan but not how to implement, leaving a critical skills gap.
• Organizations continue to repeat past implementation mistakes and need new thinking and approaches.
• Leaders have to do better at communicating strategy throughout the implementation journey.
• Change management approaches do not work for implementing strategy, especially one-size-fits-all solutions.

This Playbook guides you to close the strategy implementation skills gap. Structured around our proprietary Strategy Implementation Road Map©, this Playbook is packed with easy-to-adopt tools, tips and techniques, external articles, references, and video links. Use this as a reference to achieve success or as a body of knowledge for the Institute's Professional and Fellowship courses.

Ensure your strategy delivers on its promises with this
Strategy Implementation Playbook as your step-by-step guide.

Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez and Robin Speculand are the co-founders of the
Strategy Implementation Institute and global thought leaders in their fields.

Edition details

• Publisher: Strategy Implementation Institute Pte Ltd
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9811845972
• ISBN 13: 9789811845970
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 326