
The 8 Steps to Strategic Success
Unleashing the Power of Engagement
Kogan Page Ltd (Publisher)
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 3. January 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-7494-6919-1 (ISBN)
Description
All organizations recognise the importance of strategy creation and execution: strategy is the process of developing the corporate future. Unfortunately, it often doesn't generate the required results. This book presents a new 8-step process for creating a strategy that really delivers. For each step, the book describes the key parts of the process, shows how to avoid the potential pitfalls, and points to the most useful strategic models and frameworks. Readers can see the process in action by following the intriguing case study that unfolds throughout the book. One of the critical determinants of strategic success is to see strategy not just as planning but as a process that involves dialogues with multiple stakeholders, both within and outside the company. This concept is integrated into every phase of the 8-step approach and is at the heart of its effectiveness in creating strategy that delivers in practice.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
491 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7494-6919-1 (9780749469191)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

Gerben Van Den Berg | Paul Pietersma
The 8 Steps to Strategic Success
Unleashing the Power of Engagement
E-Book
01/2014
1st Edition
Kogan Page Ltd
€40.49
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Persons
Author
Gerben van den Berg is senior strategy consultant at Berenschot. Based in the Netherlands, he has advised clients in a range of industries and across Europe and the Caribbean. With a focus on professional service firms in his consulting practice, his core area of work is in strategy development, competitive positioning and (complex) organisational transformation.
Gerben van den Berg holds an MSc from the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. He is author of multiple books and articles on strategy and strategic management including Het Strategieboek 2, Strategische Conversatie (both in Dutch) and Key Management Models (2e)
ISNI: 0000 0000 4037 1026
ISNI: 0000 0000 4037 1026
Paul Pietersma MSc. BA is a strategy consultant and managing director of Business Strategies at Berenschot. He has more than 15 years of experience in the consultancy business in which he advised many CEO's and boards of directors on various strategic issues. He has won the Dutch Professionals Award of Management Consultancy, he has published several articles on strategy and he is the (co)author of two leading Dutch strategy books 'Het Strategieboek I' and 'Het Strategieboek II'. He is also (co)author of Key Management Models.
ISNI: 0000 0000 4056 1575
ISNI: 0000 0000 4056 1575
Content
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- Chapter - 00: Introduction: Time to rethink strategy;
- Section - ONE: Engagement on a strategic level;
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- Chapter - 01: Introducing the strategic dialogue model: 8 steps to strategic success;
- Chapter - 02: The five characteristics of the strategy process with the strategic dialogue model;
- Chapter - 03: Introducing the DuSoleil case study;
- Section - TWO: The 8 steps to strategic success revealed;
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- Chapter - 04: Step 1: Searchlight - what do we aspire to?;
- Chapter - 05: Step 2: Outside-in: scenarios - what futures do we need to anticipate?;
- Chapter - 06: Step 3: Inside-out: analysis - what are our capabilities?;
- Section - ; 07: : Step 4: Options - what are realistic options?;
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- Chapter - 08: Step 5: Choice - what is my preferred strategic option?;
- Chapter - 09: Step 6: Operationalization - how do we implement?;
- Chapter - 10: Step 7: Execution - how can we realize change?;
- Chapter - 11: Step 8: Monitoring - are we performing on target?;
- Section - THREE: Key strategy models;
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- Chapter - 12: Models for Step 1: Searchlight;
- Chapter - 13: Models for Step 2: Outside-in: scenarios;
- Chapter - 14: Models for Step 3: Inside-out: analysis;
- Chapter - 15: Models for Step 4: Options;
- Chapter - 16: Models for Step 5: Choice;
- Chapter - 17: Models for Step 6: Operationalization;
- Chapter - 18: Models for Step 7: Execution;
- Chapter - 19: Models for Step 8: Monitoring;
- Section - FOUR: Key engagement methods;
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- Chapter - 20: Methods for the 'participatory' characteristic;
- Chapter - 21: Methods for the 'creative' characteristic;
- Chapter - 22: Methods for the 'analytic' characteristic;
- Chapter - 23: Methods for the 'decisive' characteristic;
- Chapter - 24: Methods for the 'committing' characteristic;
- Section - FIVE: Applying the strategic dialogue;
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- Chapter - 25: Points of attention when applying the strategic dialogue model;
- Chapter - 26: Applying the strategic dialogue in specific contexts;
- Chapter - 27: Try to avoid the most common pitfalls in a strategy process