Turning Strategic Management into A Competitive Advantage
The Strategy Playbook™
Strategy is fundamentally about winning. Having a clear strategic ambition, making the right strategic choices, and executing those choices effectively in order to deliver sustainable value to the shareholders and stakeholders. Sounds simple but the reality is much more complicated. Competitive advantage is hard to achieve and even harder to sustain particularly in dynamic competitive environments that are characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA). Consequently, the ability to think and act strategically is now more important than perhaps ever before. The ability to make systematically sound strategic decisions and translate them effectively into action is what sets the winners apart.
The Strategy Playbook™ is our proprietary methodology for formulating corporate, business (competitive), and other strategies based on a set of fundamental building blocks, which can be tailored to fit your planning priorities and context. The Strategy Playbook™ methodology consists of three key phases: (1) Strategic Analysis, (2) Strategy Selection, and (3) Strategy Execution. These include altogether 13 fundamental building blocks which are further broken down into 42 key strategic issues, each with an associated toolbox of strategy tools and analytical frameworks. Applying The Strategy Playbook™ can help you turn strategic management into your company’s core capability and a source of competitive advantage.
The 13 Fundamental Building Blocks of The Strategy Playbook™
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#1 - The 13 Building Blocks of Strategic Management.
The purpose of strategic management is to achieve a strategic fit between the company’s activities and its operating environment. In practice, the strategic management life-cycle consists of three phases and altogether 13 fundamental building blocks …
#2 - Has Strategy Lost Relevance in Times of Uncertainty?
Strategy is fundamentally about winning. Having an inspiring strategic ambition, making the right strategic choices, and executing them effectively to deliver sustainable value to the company’s shareholders and other key stakeholders. This sounds simple but …
#3 - Shareholder vs. Stakeholder Capitalism.
One of the heated debates in management concerns whether the primary purpose of a company is to serve the interests of its shareholders (Shareholder Capitalism) or also the diverse interests of its other stakeholders (Stakeholder Capitalism). Proponents of the …
#4 - Do You Need A Moral Purpose Beyond Profits?
The corporate mission defines the fundamental reason why the company exists and outlines the principles that guide the company’s direction and strategic decision-making. The mission can help provide legitimacy to the company by communicating to stakeholders …
#5 - How to Design A Balanced Business Portfolio?
Determining the company’s business portfolio is perhaps its single most important strategic decision. It defines the businesses that the company wants to be involved in, which is a primary determinant of its profitability. The basic idea of portfolio planning is to …
#6 - How The Global Megatrends Impact Your Business?
A company’s operating environment consists of multiple “layers” including its competitive environment, industry environment, and macro environment. These include numerous factors which are beyond the company’s control but impact its business performance by …
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The 13 Building Blocks of Strategic Management.
The purpose of strategic management is to achieve a strategic fit between the company’s activities and its operating environment. In practice, the strategic management life-cycle consists of three phases and altogether 13 fundamental building blocks … Click here to read more.
#2 - Has Strategy Lost Relevance in Times of Uncertainty?
Strategy is fundamentally about winning. Having an inspiring strategic ambition, making the right strategic choices, and executing them effectively to deliver sustainable value to the company’s shareholders and other key stakeholders. This sounds simple but … Click here to read more.
#3 - Shareholder vs. Stakeholder Capitalism.
One of the heated debates in management concerns whether the primary purpose of a company is to serve the interests of its shareholders (Shareholder Capitalism) or also the diverse interests of its other stakeholders (Stakeholder Capitalism). Proponents of the … Click here to read more.
Strategy Bites
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The 13 Building Blocks of Strategic Management.
The purpose of strategic management is to achieve strategy is to achieve a strategic fit between the company’s activities and its operating environment. In practice, the strategic management life-cycle consists of three phases and altogether 13 fundamental building blocks …
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Has Strategy Lost relevance in Uncertainty?
Strategy is fundamentally about winning. Having an inspiring strategic ambition, making the right strategic choices, and executing those choices effectively in order to deliver sustainable value to the company’s shareholders and other key stakeholders. This sounds relatively simple but …
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Shareholder vs. Stakeholder Capitalism.
One of the most heated debates in management concerns whether the primary purpose of a company is to serve the interests of its shareholders (shareholder capitalism) or also the diverse interests of its other stakeholders (stakeholder capitalism). Proponents of the …
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Do You Need A Moral Purpose Beyond Profits?
The corporate mission defines the basic reason why the company exists and outlines the principles that guide the company’s direction and strategic decision-making. Moreover, the mission can help provide legitimacy to the company by communicating to stakeholders …
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How to Design A Balanced Business Portfolio?
Determining the company’s business portfolio is perhaps its single most important strategic decision. It defines the businesses that the company wants to be involved in, which is a fundamental determinant of profitability. The basic idea of portfolio planning is to …
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How The Megatrends Impact Your Business?
The macroenvironment pertains to the company’s operating context which impacts the structural attractiveness of the businesses in the long term. The macroenvironmental analysis includes five typically key concepts that are …