Quotes About Strategy

Please, a definition: A hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.

The Mets have gotten their leadoff batter on only once this inning.

If you look at the various strategies available for dealing with a new technology, sticking your head in the sand is not the most plausible strategy.

Members of Congress are like the voters in one respect -- they want to go with the winners.

I wish you to place your division across this road, and I wish you to get there

The greatest enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect plan. —CARL VON CLAUSEWITZ

An investor without investment objectives is like a traveler without a destination.

One way to end up with $1 million is to start with $2 million and use technical analysis.

Commerce is a game of skill which everyone cannot play and few can play well.

Concentration is the secret of strength in politics, in war, in trade, in short, in all the management of human affairs.

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all.

The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interest than it is theirs to find his weak point.

The leader must be in charge of getting things done by running the three core processes—picking other leaders, setting the strategic direction, and conducting operations.

Execution requires a comprehensive understanding of a business, its people, and its environment.

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What is this business trying to accomplish? How does it want to position itself in the market? Has the strategy changed recently or is it likely to change soon? Does my function contribute to our competitive advantage? What must each function contribute to that strategy? How does my function's effort impact the strategy? How does my function impact the other functions' ability to contribute? How is the money made in this business?

A leader of the business knows what to do. A leader of people knows how to get it done.

Execution, when first published in 2002, was based on our observation that the discipline of getting things done was what differentiated companies that succeeded from those that just muddled through or failed.

everyone will be fighting harder and smarter to win market share. Each company will be searching for a new advantage, in the form of products, technologies, management, locations, prices, among many other variables.

The heart of execution lies in the three core processes: the people process, the strategy process, and the operations process.

It is imperative, too, that every strategy takes into account an analysis and understanding of the global financial and economic environment marked by slower growth, increased competition, altered consumer behavior, and more government intervention.

Manipulation is application of intelligence on people to achieve a pre-meditated outcome solely benefitting the former than latter.

You don't go into politics unless you want to win.

consumer investing," that is, working with businesses that sold directly to the broad public and whose fate would be determined by marketing, positioning, segment leadership, and branding. In short, businesses based on mastering consumer psychology.