When done well, strategy as a clear plan of action aligns outputs, objectives, capabilities and resources with opportunities and challenges that the environment provides.
People will remember the actions others take now. Those who focus on creating value for others will be kept in high esteem.
Most of us don’t achieve most of our goals because we’re good at setting them and horrendous at executing them.
For many, sales and acts of selling feel slimy. When they think of sales, they imagine the stereotypical used car salesman or a con artist like the one featured in The Wolf of Wall Street.
We’re in a transition imposed on us by circumstances beyond our control. For most of us, this transition involves leveraging people, capital, and technology to meet the demands of a new world.