Business Strategy Roadmap
For Better and Faster Results
by
Book Cover & Preview Text
The SR uses a project approach that walks the decision-maker through the steps involved in developing a business strategy for your firm. Each step consists of elements or components. This provides the decision-maker with a structure and a method for strategy development. In reality, the process of strategy development through to implementation is not always a straight line. It does not have to precisely follow a prescribed pattern, starting with step one and ending with the last step. The Strategy Roadmap is a guidance system. It provides a visual and mental map for decision-makers to develop a business strategy and achieve better and faster results.
The SR is not a rigid process for developing and implementing strategy. It is an “out of the box” guide for applying creativity, flexibility, ingenuity, and innovation in developing a business strategy. In the changing and dynamic competitive world of business, nothing stands still. The use of the SR can be as robust as the decision-maker wants it to be. In certain situations, only certain elements may be important to a firm, given its individual and unique business circumstances.
The major benefit of the Strategy Roadmap is that it provides those responsible for strategy with an at-a-glance “telescopic view” of the phases and their components that must be considered for developing an effective business strategy. This allows each firm to select components and develop a business strategy that is different and unique.
The Strategy Roadmap (SR) brings everything together like a jigsaw puzzle. The SR is simple and helps to develop a strategy mindset in executives and business owners. By breaking strategy into different phases, it makes it simpler to develop a strategy for better and faster results.
Formats
Book Details
About the Book
today’s global and hyper-competitive world, business strategy is no longer something that can be pushed to the sidelines and re-visited at a convenient time in the future. Developing a business strategy can be a complex, sometimes frustrating exercise. This book offers a much simpler way to develop an effective business strategy by acting as your business strategy coach. It brings everything you will need together in one place to help you develop an effective business strategy to achieve better and faster results. It provides the tools you need to develop a strategy mindset and a mental map to meet business challenges. It uses a project approach to walk you through development step-by-step strategy to achieve your desired strategy objectives. There are countless reasons to buy this book. Some of the key benefits are: The book goes straight to the heart of business strategy without the often-confusing jargon. It is full of illustrations that you can use in your business to help you make the right strategy decisions. Executives, managers, and business owners who apply the tools provided in this book will increase their value to their firms or their organizations tremendously. This book is for those who do not accept the status quo and know that they deserve better. You can start applying the knowledge from this book today and reap the benefits immediately. The book will benefit business owners, managers, executives, presidents, vice-presidents, chief executive officers, chief operating officers, and those who are responsible for strategy. Consultants, business professors, MBA and other students, business students, government officials, not-for-profit organizations, and campaign managers will find this book beneficial. The book is written in plain language and aims at those who have managerial responsibilities but do not have time to pursue formal business degrees or diplomas, and yet need something quick and simple to get the job done.
About the Author
The author has worked in many organizations, including a major Canadian bank and other multi-national corporations. He has observed first hand the performance of different companies that were clients of the bank. He saw how companies with effective business strategies performed and those without business strategies suffered the consequences, especially during economic downturns.
The author has observed that executives, managers, and business owners constantly struggle with the challenge of figuring out what they have to do to earn higher profits, increase market share, achieve above-average returns, or increase growth. This convinced the author of the importance of business strategy.
The author has also lived this experience as an entrepreneur by starting and owning a consulting firm of which he was the President and CEO. His experience on three continents, Africa, Europe, and North America have convinced him that these struggles are not unique and are universal to the world of business. The author’s passion for strategy comes from observing his father who was an entrepreneur and a King of a state in
The author has an MBA (masters of business administration) and an MPA (masters of public administration). He appears as an occasional guest speaker at the MBA program (University of Ottawa School of Management).