Ntsikie is a management consultant whose area of focus is strategy development, facilitation and implementation using various management practices, techniques and tools. She has experience working with public, private and NGO sectors, including facilitation with Boards of Directors. She is an avid practitioner of business excellence models and has proven track record applying her skills.
The first book in Bob Gorzynski's acclaimed strategic thinking trilogy. The Strategic Mind provides a framework for developing a deeper, more holistic form of thinking using seven core disciplines. Packed with examples and case studies, the book provides both theoretical insight and practical guidance for the 21st-century manager. "The Strategic Mind is unique in its class and should be on the list of essential reading for strategy courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level." Sue Davis, Deputy Dean, University of Gloucestershire Business School "A refreshing, often moving, and much needed new look at strategy in practice." Jeff Watkins, formerly Director of Postgraduate Management Programmes, University of Bristol "Distils the strategic essence from an astonishingly wide range of business and other stories." Simon Burke, Chairman, Superquinn supermarkets and Majestic Wine plc "Excellent - very readable and offers many insightful perspectives on people and situations directly relevant to the world today." Simon Wright, CEO, Virgin Entertainment Group International "This book is an inspiration to all of us wanting to explore our own strategy for a more meaningful life." John Tucker, Founder and Director, The International Centre for Families in Business "An essential book for the 21st-century strategic leader. If you are looking for a new framework to help you make difficult choices in your organisation with clarity and reality, then this book is the one for you!" June Burrough, Founder and Centre Director, Pierian Centre, Bristol. Bob Gorzynski is a writer, teacher and mentor, specialising in strategic thinking: seeing the 'big picture' and learning how to tap into our full creative potential. He is passionate about the natural world and protecting it for future generations, focusing on how to develop holistic strategies for the future (including working with environmental organisations as part of his PhD at Bangor University). He has written four published books on strategy and numerous other articles and is the Founder of the Centre for Strategic Thinking (www.spiritofstrategy.org).
Since its original publication by McGraw-hill almost 10 years ago, this best-selling guide to the inner workings of Japanese strategic thinking has become an acknowledged classic. Kenichi Ohmae a business strategist of international renown provides a Compelling account of the reasons why companies dominate the global processes and planning techniques, why they work, and how companies can benefit from focusing on the three essential elements of any strategic plan: company customer and competition. Replete with numerous illustrative case histories of strategic thinking in action, Ohmae s classic work continues to inspire managers at all levels to new heights of bold, imaginative strategic thinking.
Good Strategy/Bad Strategy clarifies the muddled thinking underlying too many strategies and provides a clear way to create and implement a powerful action-oriented strategy for the real world. Developing and implementing a strategy is the central task of a leader. A good strategy is a specific and coherent response to—and approach for—overcoming the obstacles to progress. A good strategy works by harnessing and applying power where it will have the greatest effect. Yet, Rumelt shows that there has been a growing and unfortunate tendency to equate Mom-and-apple-pie values, fluffy packages of buzzwords, motivational slogans, and financial goals with “strategy.” In Good Strategy/Bad Strategy, he debunks these elements of “bad strategy” and awakens an understanding of the power of a “good strategy.” He introduces nine sources of power—ranging from using leverage to effectively focusing on growth—that are eye-opening yet pragmatic tools that can easily be put to work on Monday morning, and uses fascinating examples from business, nonprofit, and military affairs to bring its original and pragmatic ideas to life. The detailed examples range from Apple to General Motors, from the two Iraq wars to Afghanistan, from a small local market to Wal-Mart, from Nvidia to Silicon Graphics, from the Getty Trust to the Los Angeles Unified School District, from Cisco Systems to Paccar, and from Global Crossing to the 2007–08 financial crisis. Reflecting an astonishing grasp and integration of economics, finance, technology, history, and the brilliance and foibles of the human character, Good Strategy/Bad Strategy stems from Rumelt’s decades of digging beyond the superficial to address hard questions with honesty and integrity.
In this thoroughly revised edition of The Chinese Strategic Mind, Hong Liu underscores how the distinctive foundations of Chinese and Western thought lead to divergent focuses, objectives, and approaches. He aptly introduces a framework for comprehending the Chinese strategic mindset, exploring its origins, evolution, and implementation.
For something so essential, "strategy" is often misunderstood, misinterpreted, and misapplied, and given the complex challenges facing contemporary organizations–and entire societies–we must grow more and better strategists. Tackling three simple yet sweeping questions, Cultivating the Strategic Mind answers: (1) What is strategy, and why aren't more leaders better strategists? (2) While strategy is foundational in exemplary organizations, why are so many others missing it altogether? (3) How can I apply strategy in palpable, pragmatic ways to the benefit of those around me? A breezy writing style, intuitive models, research-based solutions, and sticky storytelling make Cultivating the Strategic Mind an easy, stimulating, fun, and immensely credible approach toward developing strategists for our evolving world of work. Increasingly regarded as a classic in its domain, Cultivating the Strategic Mind is the must-have handbook for every professional strategist and leader journeying to become visionary, creator, and architect of strategy.
Experience “one of the best adventure books ever written” (Wall Street Journal) in this New York Times bestseller: the harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackleton's 1914 attempt to reach the South Pole. In August 1914, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton boarded the Endurance and set sail for Antarctica, where he planned to cross the last uncharted continent on foot. In January 1915, after battling its way through a thousand miles of pack ice and only a day's sail short of its destination, the Endurance became locked in an island of ice. Thus began the legendary ordeal of Shackleton and his crew of twenty-seven men. When their ship was finally crushed between two ice floes, they attempted a near-impossible journey over 850 miles of the South Atlantic's heaviest seas to the closest outpost of civilization. In Endurance, the definitive account of Ernest Shackleton's fateful trip, Alfred Lansing brilliantly narrates the harrowing and miraculous voyage that has defined heroism for the modern age.
Explains how companies must pinpoint business strategies to a few critically important choices, identifying common blunders while outlining simple exercises and questions that can guide day-to-day and long-term decisions.
Discover how to become an effective strategic thinker Some people seem to achieve the best results, again and again. Is it luck? Or is it strategy? How to Think Strategically equips you with the skills you need to make the best decisions and develop a powerful strategic mindset. This hands-on guide tackles both the thinking and the doing, helping you develop a robust strategic plan. It offers a six-step framework that addresses key questions, including: Which core challenges do I need to overcome? How do I manage uncertainty and risk? How do I execute my business strategy? The full text downloaded to your computer With eBooks you can: search for key concepts, words and phrases make highlights and notes as you study share your notes with friends eBooks are downloaded to your computer and accessible either offline through the Bookshelf (available as a free download), available online and also via the iPad and Android apps. Upon purchase, you'll gain instant access to this eBook. Time limit The eBooks products do not have an expiry date. You will continue to access your digital ebook products whilst you have your Bookshelf installed.
"Technobody--maker of wearable technologies--is under attack. Its strategic plan is slowly being killed by the top strategy villains every company faces: bad meetings (Meeting Menace), fire drills (Fire Driller), silos (Silo-Clops), too many priorities (Dr. Yes), and many others. They are members of the Anti-Strategy Squad (A.S.S.), a gang whose mission is to cause mass strategycide and global bankruption. But Technobody will not fail without a fight. Led by its fearless managers and three superheroes--StrategyMan, Innovatara, and Purposeidon--it will summon all of its strategic thinking powers to wage one final war against bad strategy and save its plan. New research shows that the No. 1 most important leadership capability for executives is strategic thinking. Yet, only 3 out of every 10 people are strategic. With the leading cause of business failure being bad strategy, it's critical that you and your team are equipped with the knowledge, skills, and tools to think strategically"--Amazon.com
