"The ultimate guide on leadership from the #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of Extreme Ownership. In the military, a field manual provides instructions in simple, clear, step-by-step language to help soldiers complete their mission. In the civilian sector, books offer information on everything from fixing a leaky faucet to developing an effective workout program to cooking a good steak. But what if you are promoted into a new position leading...

Move past the obstacles and implement your new strategyMove is your guide to mobilizing your whole organization to take your business forward. Whatever your needed transformation may be: a new initiative, a new market, a new product, your fresh strategy is up against a powerful foe: an organization's tendency to stay very busy and completely engaged what it's already doing. This book shows you how to cut through resistance and get your team engaged...

When it comes to doing good business, change is a very good thing. And effective business analysts are at the heart of identifying opportunities for growth and implementing the solutions that can transform an organization's foundation--and ultimately increase its profitability. Whether you're an aspiring business analysis professional or a seasoned analyst looking for the latest techniques and approaches, Business Analysis For Dummies helps you discover...

Richard Koch is an author and entrepreneur-investor. He not only writes books about how to achieve more, start new companies, make more money, and enjoy life more, but he also practises what he advocates. He was one of three founders of LEK, a noted international strategy consulting firm; and for the past thirty-seven years has invested in new and fast-growth companies, and compounded his money at an annual rate of twenty-two percent. By his own reckoning,...

Executives engaged in strategic planning tend to work with an implicit view of the future that is deeply embedded in their organization's strategy as a set of unquestioned assumptions about the future business context. Leaders need to surface what the authors call ghost scenarios or risk implementing strategies that are ripe for disruption due to changes that planners haven't recognized. The authors offer two case studies and suggest ways leaders...

No pre-pandemic strategy is effective anymore. None. Not for organizations large or small, for-profit or non-profit, domestic or global. Claims of a "return to normal" or "the new normal" are ridiculous. What we're facing is really a "new reality," and that reality is the need for agile strategic decisions and pragmatic views of the future. That means that strategy formulation can be reduced to a few days and the view of the future can only be 12-18...

"The Strategic Manager provides a comprehensive, logical and applied insight in strategic management. Unlike some more theory-heavy texts, this book focuses on how strategy works in everyday practice, taking readers' expectations and understanding beyond that of strategy as a matter of planning only. It enables the reader to learn and reflect upon their practical skills and knowledge, and critically evaluate the strategy process and their own strategic...

"This book will reveal the growth framework that has helped power Intel, Johnson & Johnson, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, and over 50 other Fortune 200 companies. Farrah has delivered 1,000 projects for 85 of the largest businesses in the world, and in the process has developed a copyrighted growth strategy based on four critical questions and sixteen resultant pathways leadership teams can take toward predictable growth. Whether leaders are targeting...

"When all is said and done, a lot more gets said than done. What is the antidote to this? Ruthless Consistency. According to Harvard Business Review, "most studies still show a 60-70% failure rate for organizational change projects-a statistic that has stayed constant from the 1970s to the present." Drawing on his 20+ years of experience as a strategy and execution consultant specializing in midsize companies, Michael Canic helps committed leaders...

Some companies are great because greatness has been programed into their DNA from the very beginning, but what about the companies not born with great DNA? Can they achieve enduring greatness. The author tells us how.