The recent “Be more strategic” workshop from Training - PM Forum took place on St George’s Day. This post summarises the key points raised by delegates – and lists their poll results and discussions. As such, it provides an additional learning resource to the delegates. So in this post on Read More
Being easy to read, short and jargon-free The Strategy Book (FT Publishing, 2012) is a considerable achievement bearing in mind the subject matter. I deliver and facilitate strategy workshops and it’s always good to be able to recommend strategy books to delegates. This one is equally helpful for experienced leaders Read More
We discussed strategic thinking – audits, assumptions and alignment at the recent “Being more strategic” training workshop at the Professional Marketing Forum http://www.pmforum.co.uk/training.aspx Fee-earners and strategy There was a discussion about why some fee-earners in professional service firms found strategic discussions and decisions difficult, for example: There are multiple Read More
I’ve written a fair amount about strategy (see the links below) but I thought it might be worth going back to some basics. So here's some strategy basics -Mintzberg (who I often talk about in training sessions in the context of emergent strategy). In 1987, he provided five Ps for Read More
