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A Guide to Strategy through Execution

How to get the strategists and implementers in your company to work together effectively. For more insight, read “10 Principles of Strategy through Execution.”

February 13, 2017

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10 Principles of Strategy through Execution

How to link where your company is headed with what it does best. See also “A Guide to Strategy through Execution.”

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Strategy or Execution: Which Is More Important?

Many business leaders think they’d rather have great execution than superior strategies, but you can’t have the first without the second.

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Putting Strategy into Practice

Celebrating a “must-read” concept, based on data from thousands of companies: Information flow and decision rights are integral parts of the strategic process.

by Thomas A. Stewart

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5.10 principles of organization design
These fundamental guidelines, drawn from experience, can help you reshape your organization to fit your business strategy. See also “A guide to organization design.”

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