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Strategy Matters: Smaller Businesses Move Quickly to Strategic Alignment
June 11, 2008

by Nilofer Merchant

Even seasoned business leaders struggle to put strategy into action, focusing on the “what” at the expense of the “how.” Because smaller businesses have more visibility into the interdependencies, conflicts, resources, and deliverables that often hobble larger organizations, they can move more nimbly to put strategy into action.

Executives at the helm of companies from small firms to large enterprises spend much of their time thinking about how to drive growth. But putting those thoughts into action can challenge even the most seasoned leader. Often executives focus on the “what” of strategy at the expense of the “how” — neglecting the “how” makes success a long shot.

The original publication can be found at this link.

Tags: alignment, eliminate conflicts and redundancies, enterprise, essence of strategic alignment, interdependencies, strategy
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