Business Strategy

In many businesses, developing and implementing strategies can be a daunting and frustrating process. Many executives and business decision makers acknowledge the importance of cultivating and executing optimal strategies for growth and success, but the process of building strategies often becomes permanently mired in the seemingly endless requirements of daily business operations. As a result, strategy is pushed aside because it requires too much time and resources to create an effective one - and businesses suffer as a result. With Business Strategy: Plan, Execute, Win!, leading business strategist and adviser Patrick J. Stroh enlightens readers with a series of real-world stories and insights from helping clients to create a plan, execute it, and accurately measure its results. Patrick speaks directly to CEOs, business executives, and those who aspire to C-level careers as he uses engaging parables to impart hard-earned wisdom as it pertains to business strategy development. Each chapter ends by asking readers to note two Golden Nuggets of information from the ­previous story and to eventually share those nuggets with their boards of directors, staffs, and teams. This unique approach is designed to ensure that readers take actionable insights away from the book and apply them to their own business challenges. In Business Strategy: Plan, Execute, Win!, the author takes a positive, enlightened approach to creating and carrying out successful business strategies. This resource has been designed to be a light-hearted, engaging champion of business strategy, and it focuses on the best approaches for creating a business plan, executing it, and monitoring it. Demonstrates how business strategy, leadership, and general management are all inextricably linked and should operate simultaneously for best results Discusses the key traits of successful chief strategy officers (CSOs) and considers what this role should and should not entail Relies on engaging storytelling to aid in retention and reader involvement Written in an accessible style and filled with advice for planning, communicating, and listening to customers With this guide, you will become familiar with universal success factors for creating solid business strategies, and will better understand the expectations and roles of today's business strategist.