Making it Happen: How to Turn Strategy into Reality with Suzy Welch

Discover two powerful and immediately applicable tools any manager can use to tighten the link between strategy and execution and turn best-laid plans into reality.

Introduction

• Making it happen: Turning strategy into reality

1. "Well, It Sounded Good in the Meeting!"

• Bridging strategy design and implementation
• Executing strategy: Deciding how and when
• Strategy design: Who owns operationalizing?
• Avoiding decision drift: Keep strategy on course
• Strategy-culture alignment: Operationalize success

2. Tool #1: The Cure for Decision Drift with 10-10-10

• The truth about decision making
• The 10-10-10 approach
• 10-10-10 in action
• A word of warning—and encouragement

3. Tool #2: The Culture Creation Construct

• Culture and strategy: Align behaviors for success
• Enter the Culture Creation Construct (CCC)
• The CCC in action
• Culture eats strategy for breakfast

Conclusion

• Make your own action plan