strategy+business: Corporate Strategies and News Articles on Global Business, Management, Competition and Marketing
(originally published by Booz & Company)
Strategy & Leadership

How Leaders Mistake Execution for Strategy

Former Strategy& senior partner Ken Favaro explains to former s+b executive editor Paul Michelman that when leaders substitute visions, missions, purposes, plans, or goals for the real work of strategy, they send their firms adrift.

Related articles:

THE STRATEGY+BUSINESS COLLECTION: THE EXECUTIVE GUIDE TO STRATEGY

The Executive Guide to Strategy Get “The Executive Guide to Strategy,” a compendium featuring our best thinking on creating and implementing the right strategy for your organization—with insights from top leaders including Capable Strategist author Ken Favaro, HBS Professor Cynthia Montgomery, strategy expert Ram Charan, and Kellogg School’s Mohanbir Sawhney.
 

To download, select your device:

Available on the iPad App Store  Available on the iPhone App Store
Download for Kindle  Download for Magzter
Download for Zinio

Newsletter

The top trends in business strategy, delivered to your inbox twice a week.
The business insights you need to succeed. Get s+b’s best ideas delivered to your inbox twice a week.
        Sign up         No, thanks

Most Popular on s+b

  1. 1.What Happened after India Eliminated Cash
  2. 2.Closing the Culture Gap
  3. 3.10 Principles of Organizational Culture
  4. 4.10 Principles of Change Management
  5. 5.The Chrysalis Effect

Comments

 
How Leaders Mistake Execution for Strategy