Acerca da formulação da estratégia

"At some point in the formulation of a strategy, its creator must review his or her work with the leader, either by choice or by procedure."

Ainda ontem à noite lia Van den Steen acerca do envolvimento do líder na formulação da estratégia.

"The goal is to get a big gold star for having produced a wonderful, perfect strategy. Anything less is a disappointment. The creator and the reviewer both know that this is the desired outcome — and they know that the other knows it too. Hence, the creator presents as if everything in the strategy is obviously and unassailably true. And the reviewer most of the time provides the gold star or offers minimal and easily incorporated feedback on small aspects of the strategy. He or she knows that if any criticism is levied or shortcoming pointed out, the creator will be dismayed, if not entirely disillusioned." 

 E as implicações desta abordagem depois, na fase da implementação? E como lidar com as zonas de conflito? E como lidar com os trade-offs?

"strategists should want to use the leader’s judgment and experience to the maximum to improve the strategy. That means going to the leader early and often. Don’t want until your strategy is so polished that you don’t want anything more than a pat on the back. Instead, construct a more productive series of interactions on strategy"

Continua.

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