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How Leaders Become Strategists

Skip Prichard

Don’t spend days on mission statements; don’t start with goals in strategy work.” Nevertheless, my own experience is that if an organization resists real strategy, looking only at goals, it is very hard to use any concepts to generate good strategy. Avoid the bright, shiny distractions that abound. Richard Rumelt.

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If I Read One More Platitude-Filled Mission Statement, I'll Scream

Harvard Business Review

Below are three mission statements from three Fortune 500 companies. Try to match each company with its mission statement: How did you do? The largely indistinguishable statements make the task almost impossible. That statement took the air out of the room. Let's start with a game.

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If I Read One More Platitude-Filled Mission Statement, I'll Scream

Harvard Business Review

Below are three mission statements from three Fortune 500 companies. Try to match each company with its mission statement: How did you do? The largely indistinguishable statements make the task almost impossible. That statement took the air out of the room. Let's start with a game.