Rules for Tactical Execution

If we are therefore reconciled to battle, how do we align our forces and move onwards to victory? What rules can we set for our tactics at this point to ensure they support our strategy? Indeed, what can all the testosterone-fuelled philosophies of Sun Tzu offer us in today’s environment, where charging around an office dressed as a sword-wielding Chinese warrior is unlikely to be seen as appropriate behaviour?

As ever, I searched the business and personal texts for the definitive answers. But then I jotted down my own and thought these as strong as anything I could find from reading all those business books:

  • Tactics are nothing more than a series of moves aimed at meeting our objectives. Most often they are moves ...

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