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.
Tactical People
Tactical People
Who will bell the cat? The answer to this question is: It is people who bell the cat!
People are most important in strategic management. It is people who plan strategies. It is people who develop the processes—SOP, techniques, methodologies, general systems and procedures—for the execution of strategies. And it is people who finally execute the strategies.
Coupling Strategies and Processes through People
Formation of strategies and processes is one task, but blending them together in a manner that yields the desired results is a different ball game altogether. Figure 5.4.1 explains this linkage in a nutshell.
Now let me explain the four (black) quadrants in Figure 5.4.1, one by one.
- Northwest quadrant: Many companies do not review or improve their strategies and processes, their SOPs, techniques, ...