Summary
Contents
This book skillfully expands on the popular children's fable ‘Who will Bell the Cat?’ to derive holistic solutions for the entire gamut of business strategy issues—from strategy formation to execution.
The author takes the reader through the various stages of strategy management using a lively narrative that parallels the fable: Bell the Cat! (Evolve Business Strategy), How to Bell the Cat (Strategic Management Techniques), Who Will Bell the Cat? (Locate Right People), Make People Capable to Bell the Cat (Develop Peoples Capabilities), and Wow! The Cat is Belled (Align and Execute).
A ‘cat’alyst for change, the book challenges business managers and management students to question long-held beliefs about strategy management and to think beyond established norms. Embellished with thought-provoking quotes by great thinkers, the lessons in the book are both easy to understand and practice.
Develop Good-fit People
Develop Good-fit People
Locating or developing the right people for the right job is of great significance in strategic management. Square pegs can never fit in round holes. ‘Placing the right people in the right place’ is the main role of the executor. For this he can locate, develop or hire people. The CEO should carry out this important task without delegating it to his subordinates. Hiring people who match the job description is an important task, because everyone cannot be accepted as a good-fit.
When we say our people are the best asset of our organization, most of us forget that only the talents and the best-fit make good assets—the misfits do not. We often have the right people, yet they are not ...