Operational effectiveness and strategy are both essential to superior performance.
MICHAEL PORTERThe 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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Good leaders need a positive agenda, not just an agenda of dealing with crisis.
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If a strategy meets a goal: It’s working. If a strategy meets a target: It’s a success.
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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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The chief strategist of an organization has to be the leader – the CEO.
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Strategic thinking rarely occurs spontaneously.
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A target should go with every goal. A target is the value that defines success.
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Strategy is choice. Strategy means saying no to certain kinds of things.
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Technology has given us this wonderful opportunity to have low energy costs. We have to seize that, rather than keep debating and discussing and fighting over it.
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You can’t be all things to all people.
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The U.S. is facing a structural competitiveness problem that is leading to the weakest economy we have seen in generations.
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Sound strategy starts with having the right goal
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Without a goal analytics is aimless and worthless.
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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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Ultimately, health care fails the most basic test. It’s not organized around the needs of the patient.
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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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