Contents

SECTION ONE

Getting Started

1. Closing the Chasm Between Strategy and Execution

How the best executors think.

BY DOUG SUNDHEIM

2. What Is Execution, Exactly?

Defining key strategic terms.

BY KEN FAVARO

3. Why Strategy Execution Unravels—and What to Do About It

Busting five common myths.

BY DONALD SULL, REBECCA HOMKES, AND CHARLES SULL

SECTION TWO

Review the Specifics of Your Strategy

4. Eight Questions to Ask About Your Company’s Strategy

Are we clear about how we choose to create value?

BY PAUL LEINWAND AND MATTHIAS BÄUMLER

5. Does Your Strategy Have a Spine?

A document to show how all the pieces fit.

BY RITA MCGRATH

6. What You Lose with Your New Strategy

Be aware of direct and indirect losses.

BY NATALIA WEISZ AND ROBERTO ...

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