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>> Strategy Redefined for Today

Cutting through all the academic and popular noise on strategic planning and strategy in general, Prepared and Resolved offers a practical and readily applicable set of ideas on strategy.  Strategy supports meaning and purpose.  Strategy is an intellectual process.  Strategy is a cultural component.  Strategy is a mechanistic process.  Strategy informs business evolution.  Strategy in this framework is a practical agenda for business value creation.  Read book excerpt now...

>> Challenges and Risk Factors

The assessment from Prepared and Resolved suggested that the common practice of strategy must be harder than it appears.  Some 30% to 40% of companies suffer miscues in strategic direction.  Another 50% to 60% face significant problems in strategy integration.  Finally, 20% to 30% struggle with strategy execution barriers.  All of this adds up to a significant strategic headache unless it’s addressed with a more relevant strategic agenda and mindset. Read book excerpt now...

>> Culture and the Strategic Agenda

Company culture and the strategic agenda are woven together with enterprise knowledge, decision management, interface processes, dynamic conditions and the ebb and flow of organizational communication.  Prepared and Resolved suggests that unambiguous plans are a luxury.  Most successful companies have cultural and sub-cultural biases for change and adaptation, and their mindsets are open to business evolution. Read book excerpt now...