A inércia e o medo de fazer opções

"Two uncomfortable strategic truths face the vast majority of executives and companies – and probably you, too. First, you don’t have a powerful strategy. And second, you aren’t doing much about it.
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The widespread absence of a powerful strategy is clear from our recent study of 3,000 of the world’s largest companies, which finds that just 20 percent in that group create 90 percent of its total economic profit. The rest of the companies, more than 2,400, simply do not have a strategy that effectively outperforms the market.
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A second new McKinsey study delves into the question of what executives are doing about their strategic shortfall, and concludes that most are not doing enough.
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While they should increase investment in the parts of their business with the best shot at creating value and cut investment in business lines that are tapped out, they don’t. Instead they divvy up their corporate resources in the same way year after year, giving businesses, whether great or weak, essentially the same slice of corporate resources they had the year before."

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originalmente apresentada em "Não há almoços grátis: Há que optar"
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Estratégias híbridas são mais amorfas. Implicam menos riscos mas geram rentabilidades medíocres. E quando o dinheiro fica caro... tem de render mais!

Trechos retirados de "Get the Strategy You Need — Now"

Cuidado com as empresas que querem ser boas a tudo

"If you spend your life trying to be good at everything, you will never be great at anything. While our society encourages us to be well-rounded, this approach inadvertently breeds mediocrity. Perhaps the greatest misconception of all is that of the well-rounded leader.
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Organizations are quick to look for leaders who are great communicators, visionary thinkers, and who can also get things done and follow through. All of these attributes are desirable and necessary for an organization to succeed. But of all the leaders we have studied, we have yet to find one who has worldclass strength in all of these areas. Sure, many leaders can get by or are above average in several domains. But paradoxically, those who strive to be competent in all areas become the least effective leaders overall."
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"Without an awareness of your strengths, it's almost impossible for you to lead effectively. We all lead in very different ways, based on our talents and our limitations. Serious problems occur when we think we need to be exactly like the leaders we admire. Doing so takes us out of our natural element and practically eliminates our chances of success."
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Este trecho, retirado de Strengths Leadership Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow" de Tom Rath e Barry Conchie, foi escrito a pensar nas pessoas, nos líderes.
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Pois bem, por mim, aplico-o na íntegra, também, às empresas. Cuidado com as empresas que querem ser boas a tudo, que querem ir a todas e servir a todos.
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Se calhar, não conseguem ser boas a nada.