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To stay ahead of the pack, you must translate yourorganization's competitive strategy into day-to-day actions thatwill enable your company to win in the marketplace. This meanschanneling resources into the right efforts, striking a balancebetween innovation and control, and getting everyone pulling in thesame direction.
How to accomplish all this? Continually ask the rightquestions, advises Harvard Business School professor Robert Simons.By posing these provocative questions, you identify critical gapsin your strategy execution processes, focus on the most importantchoices you must make, and understand what's at stake in eachone.
In this concise guide, Simons presents the seven key questionsyou and your team must regularly explore together:
·Who is your primary customer? Have you organized your companyto deliver maximum value to that customer?
·How do your core values prioritize shareholders, employees,and customers? Is everyone in your company committed to thosevalues?
How to accomplish all this? Continually ask the rightquestions, advises Harvard Business School professor Robert Simons.By posing these provocative questions, you identify critical gapsin your strategy execution processes, focus on the most importantchoices you must make, and understand what's at stake in eachone.
In this concise guide, Simons presents the seven key questionsyou and your team must regularly explore together:
·Who is your primary customer? Have you organized your companyto deliver maximum value to that customer?
·How do your core values prioritize shareholders, employees,and customers? Is everyone in your company committed to thosevalues?