Strategy
Is Everyone's Job
A Guide to Strategic Leadership
A Guide to Strategic Leadership
“If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.”
—Lao Tzu
“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”
– Will Rogers
Introduction……………………………………………………………… viiii
Chapter 1: Be the Difference in Your Organization……………………. 1
Chapter 2: What Is Strategy…………………………………………….. 13
Chapter 3: Galaxy Corporation: A Case Study…………………………. 21
Chapter 4: The Three Phases of Strategic Leadership……………….. 45
Chapter 5: Increasing Your Strategic Awareness…………………….. 55
Chapter 6: Formulating a Direction……………………………………. 77
Chapter 7: Executing Your Strategy……………………………………. 107
Chapter 8: Leading a Strategic Culture………………………………… 135
Chapter 9: Your Strategic Journey Begins……………………………… 153
Appendix………………………………………………………………….. 161
“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results”
—Sir Winston Churchill
STEVEN J. STOWELL, PH.D.
President and Founder at CMOE
Dr. Steven J. Stowell is the Co-Founder of the Center for Management and Organization Effectiveness, Inc. The Center was created in 1978 for the purpose of helping individuals and teams maximize their effectiveness and competitiveness. Steve's special interests lie in helping develop leaders, building teamwork, resolving conflicts, creating effective relationships, and transforming traditional organizations into high performance systems.
STEPHANIE S. MEAD
Senior Vice President at CMOE
Stephanie has established herself as an authority in numerous aspects of the organization development industry. The breadth of her experience in the field includes work in: • Leader development • Leadership team development • Learning curriculum design • Organization development consulting
“A firm that continues to employ a previously successful strategy eventually and inevitably falls victim to a competitor.”
– William Cohen