Strategic Management

Learn the 25 keys to a great business plan, including writing the company's mission, identifying marketing opportunities, calculating appropriate financial ratios, and projecting growth rates, that will help guide your company's expansion and attract necessary funding. Business Planning is part of The New York Times Pocket MBA Series.

For decades, a fundamental flaw has flourished in the strategic operating model of the modern corporation—a Great Distancing from the needs and expectations of customers. For some, such as Blockbuster, AOL, and Kodak, this flaw has been disastrous. Meanwhile, those that have woven the customer deeply into their culture have prospered—with increased revenues and more fulfilled employees.

There is no CEO task more significant than leading change in an organization whose old business model needs updating. Large-scale change involves rethinking how to engage customers, partners, and suppliers with new technology and hard decisions about how to reorganize internal operations—plus the challenges of executing the transformation. Too many things can go wrong, from natural organizational resistance and inertia, to lack of strategic focus, to execution problems. And yet, organizations today must be more dynamic than ever before.

Mastering the Market: A Dual Approach to Client and Customer Engagement offers a revolutionary perspective on building sustainable, profitable relationships in today's dynamic market. Through in-depth analysis, real-world case studies, and innovative strategies, author Welbon Omar Salaam equips businesses with the tools to understand and leverage the distinct needs of clients and customers alike. From personalization and AI in customer interactions to crafting seamless customer journeys and fostering client trust, this guide is indispensable for businesses aiming to thrive.

「答えがないのに、ゴールを示すべき」 というジレンマを、誰もが抱えている

そのビジョンは、「現在の自分たち」を勇気づけ、 主体性と創造性を解放しようとしているか？ 日々のプロセスを問い直すものとなっているか？

Ter acesso à informação nunca foi tão fácil. Apesar disso, enfrenta-se no dia a dia o desafio de saber o que é relevante em meio a um volume cada vez maior de dados. Entre as diferentes notícias, opiniões e pesquisas que chegam ao conhecimento da população, como identificar o que é útil no momento de traçar um plano, de se preparar para determinado acontecimento, de acertar uma previsão? Para o economista Nate Silver, garantir a qualidade da informação é o primeiro passo.

Wie wäre es, wenn in diesen dynamischen Zeiten voller Überraschungen und Unwägbarkeiten, Ziele besser erreicht und Strategien zuverlässiger umgesetzt werden könnten? OKR (Objectives & Key Results) gibt es nun seit 50 Jahren und gerade in den letzten Jahren merken wir, wie diese Vorgehensweise immer mehr zum Standard in modernen und erfolgreichen Unternehmen wird. In diesem Hörbuch nehmen wir Euch mit in die Welt von OKR und zeigen alle Aspekte, die notwendig sind, um mit Objectives & Key Results erfolgreich zu sein.

LaJuan “Mr. FourAm” Payne went from surviving one of America’s toughest neighborhoods to closing millions in acquisitions as a respected strategist—no trust fund, no MBA. In this battle-tested guide, he hands you the exact blueprint he used to build lasting wealth.

A business lives, dies, and thrives on its talent. Whether it’s W-2 employees, freelancers, gig workers, AI bots, or a mix of all of the above, every business has to get its workforce right if it wants to remain at the top of its industry. Any company with the right people with the right skills in the right place at the right time will have the ultimate edge over its competitors. And that means few areas deserve as much priority as workforce planning and talent management.

America has been through the biggest financial crisis since the great Depression, unemployment numbers are frightening, median wages have been flat since the 1970s, and it is common to expect that things will get worse before they get better. Certainly, the multidecade stagnation is not yet over. How will we get out of this mess?

Business Owners and Entrepreneurs: The Time-Wealthy Advantage is a game-changer for anyone who has created a job for themselves. If you're tired of trading time for money and want more out of your Business, if you're ready for more out of Life, the principles in this book will break everything down into manageable steps. The Time-Wealthy Advantage offers a refreshing perspective on building a Business that serves your Life, not the other way around. If you're done with hustle-culture, be ready to learn actionable steps using the VIPER Method which can be applied to any Business.

Built to Deliver distills 30 years of hands-on school system transformation into an eight-step execution framework. Whether you're leading a public school district, charter or private school network, community college, university, or education nonprofit, this framework helps turn bold strategy into measurable, daily action—so plans aren’t just made, they’re fulfilled. Most plans don’t fail from lack of effort. They fail in the gap between vision and execution. Built to Deliver helps close that gap.

This book provides a detailed, step-by-step account of how fraud can be committed in the construction industry, narrated through the experiences of Robert, a former project manager who orchestrated a sophisticated scheme to siphon funds using a fake vendor. Combining his personal story with actionable insights, Robert reveals the vulnerabilities that allow fraud to thrive, the devastating consequences of unethical behavior, and the strategies businesses can adopt to protect themselves.

Pivoting as a Way of Life: Stop Chasing Unicorns and Product-Market Fit by Joseph Hanna is a game-changing guide for entrepreneurs, product managers, and innovators who want to thrive in today's fast-paced business environment. This book challenges the conventional wisdom of product-market fit as a static, one-time milestone. It introduces a dynamic new framework—the Pivoting Life Operating Model (PLOM)—emphasizing continuous innovation and adaptability.

Whether you're just starting to explore circularity, or you are already actively advancing a circular business agenda, this book caters to your unique journey. It introduces a set of circular business model patterns as a pathway to transformation and creating value in a circular economy. It offers over 100 real-world case studies of circular business model innovation to highlight emerging trends, new opportunities, and the pathway to sustainable change.

Chaotic Change is designed to be a comprehensive guide for leaders, innovators, and change-makers navigating the complexities of the modern business landscape. Through personal anecdotes, case studies, and practical strategies, this book provides a roadmap for managing chaotic change—a process that drives and sustains innovation. From grasping the dynamics of strategic excellence to fostering a culture of happiness and clarity within organizations, each section builds on the next, offering a holistic approach to change management.

仕事ができる人は、みな「数学的」だった！生産性・評価・信頼、すべてが爆上がり！

From ancient battlefields to the modern business landscape, competitors have tried innumerable approaches to conquering adversaries. Success for the victors has taken many forms and traveled many paths, but at its heart, winning strategy can be boiled down to ten universal principles. When learned and implemented, these principals become powerful drivers of business excellence. Renowned strategy expert William A. Cohen, whose considerable experience in the military, corporate, and academic sectors forms the basis for The Art of the Strategist.

Business leaders are continually told they need to embrace digital disruption wholeheartedly to thrive in the 21st century. Legacy companies, we hear, are all doomed to fail unless they double down on the latest digital innovations, and disruptors are ordained to take over the world. Digital innovation is the answer to everything. False! Nothing in life or business is ever that simple.

Companies emerge from smart people with clever ideas. However, vision alone is not enough, as only one out of three companies lasts 10 years. It takes a systematic approach to make a company sustainably successful. In Your Company Is Your Castle, Sandeep Chennakeshu, a business transformation veteran, compares building a company to that of a medieval castle that has withstood the test of time, having weathered nature's elements and hordes of invaders.