Book description
Setting business strategy enables you to develop absolute clarity, establish priorities, organize resources and get better results than ever before. A strategic plan helps crystalize the future of an organization—mapping a clear path from where the company stands today to where you wish it to be.
It may sound complicated, but Brian Tracy knows how to make it simple. Throughout his career, he has shown countless leaders and organizations how to achieve stunning success. In this concise and practical book, he shares the most important lessons for strategic planning. Readers will discover how to:
- Ask the five key questions vital to any strategic plan
- Determine a corporate mission that lifts and inspires people
- Gain valuable insight with market share/market growth and strategy/operations matrices
- Define themselves in relation to their competition
- Utilize the concept of "driving force"
- Anticipate crises
- Reposition their business with new products, services, and technologies
- Measure success via clear financial objectives
- And more
Incorporating examples ranging from Alexander the Great to IBM and General Electric, Tracy gives readers proven ideas for increasing their company's ROI and maximizing their strengths and opportunities. Powerful and portable, Business Strategy will help readers take control of their company's destiny.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Introduction to Strategy: Alexander the Great
- 2 The Principles of Effective Strategy
- 3 Five Questions in Strategic Planning
- 4 The Key Players in Setting Strategy
- 5 Values, Vision, and Purpose
- 6 Determine Your Corporate Mission
- 7 Back from the Future
- 8 Strategic Areas for Consideration
- 9 The Driving Force: Key to Strategy
- 10 Four Central Concepts in Strategic Planning
- 11 Concentrate on What You Do Well
- 12 Adjacency Moves
- 13 Have a Divestment Strategy
- 14 Zero-Based Thinking
- 15 Take the Offensive
- 16 Flexibility Wins
- 17 Create New Markets
- 18 Choose Your Competition
- 19 Engage the Entire Company
- 20 Organizational Structure Makes a Difference
- 21 The Five Phases of Strategy Formulation and Implementation
- Index
- About the Author
- Free Sample Chapter from TurboStrategy by Brian Tracy
Product information
- Title: Business Strategy (The Brian Tracy Success Library)
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2015
- Publisher(s): AMACOM
- ISBN: 9780814436288
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