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Contents

Praise for Be More Strategic in Business

Dedication

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter 1 Finding Your Ground Amidst Disruption

What Happens When Strategic Leadership Is Missing?

Why You?

What’s All the Fuss about Change?

How Do We Win?

What’s a Strategic Win?

Get Ready to Become a Winning Strategic Leader

Strategic Leadership Behaviors

Quick and Dirty Takeaways from This Chapter

Chapter 2 Six Factors for Strategic Leadership

When Was the Last Time You Tried to Climb a Tree?

The Rungs of the Ladder

Who Can Use the Factors?

A Quick and Dirty Framework for Strategic Leadership

Chapter 3 Factor 1—Develop Your Foundational Skills

1. Expand Your Knowledge of the Inside and Outside of Your Organization

2. Change Your Thinking

3. Look and Act Strategic

Where Do You Begin?

Enlist a Personal Development Board to Help You

Quick and Dirty Takeaways from This Chapter

Chapter 4 Communicate

Six Steps to Clear and Effective Communication

Navigating the Politics of Your Business

How to Report on Data, Trends, and Findings

Quick and Dirty Takeaways on Communication

Checklist for Factor 1: Develop Your Foundational Skills

Chapter 5 Factor 2—Establish the Vision

Creating a Vision and Strategy for Your Function

The Visioning Process

Strategizing

How Will You Know If You’ve Succeeded?

Quick and Dirty Takeaways for Factor 2

Checklist for Factor 2: Establish the vision

Chapter 6 Factor 3—Engage Stakeholders

The Governance Board

Quick and Dirty Takeaways for Factor 3

Checklist for Factor 3: Engage Stakeholders

Chapter 7 Factor 4—Build Your Strategic Plan

Plan, Do, Study, Act

Ask the Right Business Impact Questions

Know Your Enablers and Barriers

Finalize Your Business Impact Questions

Quick and Dirty Takeaways from This Chapter

Chapter 8 Create Your Impact Blueprint

Link Investments to Business Outcomes

Put Your Blueprint Into Action

Quick and Dirty Takeaways from This Chapter

Checklist for Factor 4: Build your strategic plan

Chapter 9 Factor 5—Execute Your Strategic Plan

Change

Use the Rungs of the Ladder

Build and Lead a Winning Team for Everyday Execution

Using Data to Show Progress on Your Impact Blueprint

Update Your Impact Blueprint

Quick and Dirty Takeaways for Factor 5

Checklist for Factor 5: Execute Your Strategic Plan

Chapter 10 Factor 6—Make Decisions to Win

What Happens When You Stumble?

Strategic Leadership is an Ongoing Journey

Quick and Dirty Takeaways for Factor 6

Checklist for Factor 6: Make Decisions to Win

Conclusion

Be In Touch

Acknowledgements

Recommended Reading

About the Authors