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Strategy is about setting yourself apart from the competition. It’s not a matter of being better at what you do – it’s a matter of being different at what you do.

Michael Porter

If your goal is anything but profitability – if it’s to be big, or to grow fast, or to become a technology leader – you’ll hit problems.
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Big Goal Leadership Problem Profit Yourself
There’s a fundamental distinction between strategy and operational effectiveness.
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Effect Fundamental Operational Strategy
Sound strategy starts with having the right goal
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Goal Right Sound Start
The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy.
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Best Myself Strategy Teacher
Competitive strategy is about being different. It means deliberately choosing a different set of activities to deliver a unique mix of value.
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Activity Choice Competition Deliver Different Unique
The purpose of the corporation must be redefined as creating shared value, not just profit per se. This will drive the next wave of innovation and productivity growth in the global economy.
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Creation Definition Economy Global Production Profit Purpose
Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs; it’s about deliberately choosing to be different.
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Choice Different Strategy Yourself
Billions are wasted on ineffective philanthropy. Philanthropy is decades behind business in applying rigorous thinking to the use of money.
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Business Money Philanthropy Thinking Time Wasted Time
Health care historically has been a very siloed field that’s organized around medical specialties – urology, cardiac surgery, and so forth – and around the supply of these specialty services. The patient is the ping-pong ball that moves from service to service.
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Health History Medicine Organization Patient Service
A strategy delineates a territory in which a company seeks to be unique.
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Company Seek Strategy Territory Unique
If a strategy meets a goal: It’s working. If a strategy meets a target: It’s a success.
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Goal Inspirational Strategy Success Work
The ability to change constantly and effectively is made easier by high-level continuity.
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Ability Change Constant Continue
The thing is, continuity of strategic direction and continuous improvement in how you do things are absolutely consistent with each other. In fact, they’re mutually reinforcing.
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Consistency Direction Each Other Improvement Strategy
Good leaders need a positive agenda, not just an agenda of dealing with crisis.
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Deal Goodness Leadership Need Positive
The company without a strategy is willing to try anything.
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Company Ideas Try Willing
The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.
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Choice Essence Strategy Yourself

Strategy is about setting yourself apart from the competition. It’s not a matter of being better at what you do – it’s a matter of being different at what you do.

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