Based on an acclaimed professor's legendary strategy course at Harvard Business School, The Strategist offers a radically new perspective on a leader's most vital role.
"Are you a strategist?" That's the first question Cynthia Montgomery asks the business owners and senior executives from all over the world who participate in her highly regarded executive education course. It's not a question they anticipate or care much about on opening day. But by the time the program ends, they cannot imagine leading their companies to success without being—and living the role of—a strategist.
Over a series of weeks and months, Montgomery puts these accomplished executives through their paces. Using case discussions, after-hours talks, and participants' own strategy dilemmas, she illuminates what strategy is, why it's important, and what it takes to lead the effort. En route, she equips them to confront the most essential question facing every business leader: Does this company truly matter? In doing so, she shows that strategy is not just a tool for outwitting the competition; it is the most powerful means a leader has for shaping a company itself.
The Strategist exposes all business leaders—whether they run a global enterprise or a small business—to the invaluable insights Montgomery shares with these privileged executives. By distilling the experiences and insights gleaned in the classroom, Montgomery helps leaders develop the skills and sensibilities they need to become strategists themselves. It is a difficult role, but little else one does as a leader is likely to matter more.

The Strategist: Be the Leader Your Business Needs

Business & Money

Montgomery, Cynthia

Business Culture

Harper Business

For many years, the menu of strategy courses at most schools has been relatively unchanged: typically, a capstone course has been followed by one or more electives on topics such as industry and competitor analysis, the management of technology, or mergers and acquisitions. CORPORATE STRATEGY breaks this mold. It is a completely new course whose design has been honed over six years of teaching at the Harvard Business School. It presents, for the first time, a single consistent framework for the analysis of corporate-level strategy. Based on the latest research in the resource-based view of the firm and organizational economics, it develops a rigorous approach to the many important issues surrounding the scope of the firm. Starting from the analysis of how valuable resources contribute to the competitive advantage of a single business, the book progresses through the analysis of scale, scope and vertical integration within an industry, to the treatment of diversification and the management of multibusiness firms. As such, it perfectly complements those required strategy courses that develop the notions of strategy as the internal consistency and external positioning of single business firms.

Corporate Strategy: A Resource Based Approach

COLLIS, DAVID

Management & Leadership

McGraw/Hill/Irwin

CORPORATE STRATEGY breaks the mold. It is a completely new course whose design has been honed over six years of teaching at the Harvard Business School. It presents, for the first time, a single consistent framework for the analysis of corporate-level strategy. Based on the latest research in the resource-based view of the firm and organizational economics, it develops a rigorous approach to the many important issues surrounding the scope of the firm. Starting from the analysis of how valuable resources contribute to the competitive advantage of a single business, the book progresses through the analysis of scale, scope and vertical integration within an industry, to the treatment of diversification and the management of multibusiness firms. As such, it perfectly complements those required strategy courses that develop the notions of strategy as the internal consistency and external positioning of single business firms.

Corporate Strategy: Resources and The Scope of The Firm

What Great Parents Have in Common shows you how to use your normal, imperfect everyday lives to raise kids who are honorable, empowered, happy, successful, and loved.   This book will:   ~ Tell you how to handle day-to-day challenges.  ~ Identify areas you might be overlooking.  ~ Put words to what you are doing right.   ~ Give you a doable, uncomplicated plan to follow from toddlerhood to age 18.  ~ Help you use your time well and put forth the right kind of effort.  ~ Make it easier to follow in the footsteps of successful parents and avoid under-the-radar mistakes.  ~ Set you on a path toward peace of mind and pride in a job well done.  ~ Reveal what great parents have in common.   You may already be a great parent. If you are, this book will confirm what you already know. If you don't consider yourself to be a great parent you can become one! We'll show you how.   The paperback version includes the following bonus items:  ~ Useful tabs  ~ Glossary of terms  ~ "My Page" for your thoughts, questions, experiences and doodles  ~ Cheat Sheet: the entire book boiled down to one easy-to-reference page

What Great Parents Have in Common: Raising kids who are honorable, empowered, happy, successful and loved

Parenting & Relationships

Ennis, Cindy Wood

Family Relationships

Great Parents Publishing

Basado en el aclamado curso de Harvard Business School, El estratega free una perspectiva radicalmente nueva del rol esencial de los líderes. "¿Eres un estratega?" es la primera pregunta que Cynthia Montgomery le hace a los empresarios y altos ejecutivos de todo el mundo que participan en su afamado curso. No es una pregunta que esperen o que les importe mucho en el primer día de clases pero, cuando termina el programa, no se imaginan dirigiendo sus compañías sin estrategia notable, sin saber exactamente cuál es el perfil de un estratega de primer nivel. Básicamente, la catedrática de Harvard entrena a los hombres de negocios para asumir los riesgos, medir el peligro y conocer las vertientes más profundas de lo que implica una estrategia sólida, eficaz y contundente. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Based on an acclaimed professor's legendary strategy course at Harvard Business School, The Strategist offers a radically new perspective on a leader's most vital role. Thanks to this book, all business leaders now have access to the invaluable insights Montgomery shares with privileged executives.

El estratega (Spanish Edition)

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