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HBR Guide to Setting Your Strategy
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HBR Guide to Setting Your Strategy

by Harvard Business Review
August 2020
Beginner
272 pages
3h 58m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
Audiobook available
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CHAPTER 14

Four Ways to Pressure-Test Your Strategy

by Rick Lynch and Jay Galeota

Every leader wants to avoid major strategic mistakes, but, in a complex world, it’s hard to anticipate all the forces that might impact your goal. It’s vital to find weaknesses in your strategies before you implement them—and to develop a rigorous process to do so.

The ability to poke holes in one’s own strategies is something the U.S. military has practiced and refined over centuries. Rick served in the U.S. Army for 35 years, retiring as a lieutenant general, and has seen this first-hand. In the heat of battle, strategic planning that’s incomplete or simply wrong causes leaders to revert to on-the-spot decision making. While sometimes necessary, making it up as ...

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