Strategy Implementation Playbook: A Step-By-Step Guide

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

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.