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Strategy is not the consequence of planning, but the opposite: its starting point. Henry Mintzberg
Strategy is not the consequence of planning, but the opposite: its starting point.
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. Peter Drucker
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.
Coalition leaders often have the strongest motivation for rejecting the sponsored strategy. It takes a high degree of motivation to form and lead a coalition. . . . Thus, removing the leader often can be effective in overcoming coalition opposition. Henry Mintzberg
Coalition leaders often have the strongest motivation for rejecting the sponsored strategy. It takes a high degree of motivation to form and lead a coalition. . . . Thus, removing the leader often can be effective in overcoming coalition opposition.
The biggest cowards are managers who don’t let people know where they stand. Jack Welch
The biggest cowards are managers who don’t let people know where they stand.
If strategy making can be a process of planning and analysis, cognition and learning, so too can it be one of bargaining and compromise among conflicting individuals, groups, and coalitions. Henry Mintzberg
If strategy making can be a process of planning and analysis, cognition and learning, so too can it be one of bargaining and compromise among conflicting individuals, groups, and coalitions.
An enterprise is a community of human beings, not a collection of "human resources". Henry Mintzberg
An enterprise is a community of human beings, not a collection of "human resources".
The second task in beginning the construction of strategic programs for stakeholders is to build a logical explanation for the stakeholder's behavior. Henry Mintzberg
The second task in beginning the construction of strategic programs for stakeholders is to build a logical explanation for the stakeholder's behavior.
Because the most effective way of controlling the power of external actors is to control the behavior of those actors, there has grown up an interesting literature on how organizations maneuver strategically to attain their objectives. Henry Mintzberg
Because the most effective way of controlling the power of external actors is to control the behavior of those actors, there has grown up an interesting literature on how organizations maneuver strategically to attain their objectives.
The strategies that may result fiom such a process tend to be emergent, and take the form ofpositions and ploys more than perspectives. Henry Mintzberg
The strategies that may result fiom such a process tend to be emergent, and take the form ofpositions and ploys more than perspectives.
As planning faltered, vision arose. The great leader-meaning some- I one with a vision-would come and save the organization. Henry Mintzberg
As planning faltered, vision arose. The great leader-meaning some- I one with a vision-would come and save the organization.
Managers downplay their competence to appear warm; employees hide their warmth to appear competent. Adam Grant
Managers downplay their competence to appear warm; employees hide their warmth to appear competent.
Effective strategy making connects acting to thinking which in turn connects implementation to formulation. We think in order to act, to be sure, but we also act in order to think. Henry Mintzberg
Effective strategy making connects acting to thinking which in turn connects implementation to formulation. We think in order to act, to be sure, but we also act in order to think.
