Strategy Beyond the Hockey Stick

PRAISE FOR STRATEGY BEYOND THE HOCKEY STICK "A different kind of book--I couldn't put it down. Inspiring new insights on the facts of what it takes to move a company's performance, combined with practical advice on how to deal with real-life dynamics in management teams." --JANE FRASER, CEO, Citigroup Latin America "A refreshing new look at what drives corporate performance. Even in fast-growing Internet businesses, people and their interactions are at the core of developing and executing strategies. The ideas shared in this book inspire fresh thinking and bold actions." --MARTIN LAU, President, Tencent Technology "This book is fundamental--I have seen hockey sticks in business plans more than I like to admit. The principles laid out here, with compelling data, are a great way around the social pitfalls in strategy development." --FRANS VAN HOUTEN, CEO, Royal Philips N.V. "Sustaining institutions long-term often means determining what must evolve. Strategy Beyond the Hockey Stick provides a roadmap for strategic evolution and a toolkit for identifying big moves that will take already strong organizations to the next level of performance." --WENDELL WEEKS, Chairman and CEO, Corning Incorporated "Every once in a while, a genuinely fresh approach to business strategy appears. Strategy Beyond the Hockey Stick delivers exactly that. Its analysis of the human elements in strategy-making--social, psychological, and political--cuts to the heart of why most strategies are banal and fail to focus action. If you want to break out of the rut, get this book." --PROF. RICHARD RUMELT, UCLA Anderson School of Management "The great contribution of this book is that it joins the 'hard data' side to the equally crucial--and largely ignored--arena of social dynamics and human leadership. It is this rare combo of the 'hard' and the 'soft' that makes Strategy Beyond the Hockey Stick so distinctive." --PROF. ROBERT KEGAN, Harvard Graduate School of Education