HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Strategy (including featured article “What Is Strategy?” by Michael E. Porter)
Is your company spending too much time on strategy development―with too little to show for it?
If you read nothing else on strategy, read these 10 articles (featuring “What Is Strategy?” by Michael E. Porter). We’ve combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you catalyze your organization’s strategy development and execution.
HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Strategy will inspire you to:
- Distinguish your company from rivals
- Clarify what your company will and won’t do
- Craft a vision for an uncertain future
- Create blue oceans of uncontested market space
- Use the Balanced Scorecard to measure your strategy
- Capture your strategy in a memorable phrase
- Make priorities explicit
- Allocate resources early
- Clarify decision rights for faster decision making
This collection of best-selling articles includes: featured article “What Is Strategy?” by Michael E. Porter, “The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy,” “Building Your Company’s Vision,” “Reinventing Your Business Model,” “Blue Ocean Strategy,” “The Secrets to Successful Strategy Execution,” “Using the Balanced Scorecard as a Strategic Management System,” “Transforming Corner-Office Strategy into Frontline Action,” “Turning Great Strategy into Great Performance,” and “Who Has the D? How Clear Decision Roles Enhance Organizational Performance.”
Should be standard issue textbook for anyone who has launched a new business. Perfect for businesses 1 -3 years old.
October 11th, 2018 at 9:17 pmA brilliant reintroduction to the various aspects of strategy! I read this book as part of my exploration of the HBR “10 Must Reads” series. In typical HBR style, this book contains an eclectic collection of articles which come together to provide one of the most comprehensive tomes I’ve seen on business and personal strategy.I recommend it to anyone who is trying to understand the core concepts of strategy, especially those who need to identify and separate various tactical actions and operational principles from the underlying strategic…
October 11th, 2018 at 9:25 pmExposition on strategy from the best minds in management This book is a gem that every business leader and certainly every management consultant ought to have in their collection. Heavyweight management scholars talk about something that is so important to driving success in business. Business leaders often get caught up in operational effectiveness and dousing fire after fire without taking a step back and truly thinking about what forms the framework for the success of the company. This book is a collection from great minds in management and…
October 11th, 2018 at 9:47 pm