Implementing Your Strategic Plan: How to Turn "Intent" Into Effective Action for Sustainable Change [Hardcover]

C. Davis Fogg (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0814403948 | ISBN-13: 978-0814403945 | Publication Date: December 1, 1998

This guide addresses the strategic change process: turning strategic issues into assigned, measurable actions; fostering creative leadership; removing resistance; aligning corporate and departmental plans; using teams appropriately; resource allocation; and fitting implementation into the process.

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About C. Davis Fogg Dave Fogg is a nationally known consultant to top management, a strategist, author and keynote speaker, He specializes in helping companies achieve extraordinary future results through developing a view of the future, a vision, creative strategies and superb implementation. He is a personal coach and counsel to CEOs, COOs, and senior leaders. Business History: He is uniquely qualified for his roles. After a two year MIT-Ford Foundation Fellowship in Economic Development in Nigeria, he spent 20 years in big business. He occupied "all of the seats". At Corning Inc, Dave managed sales, marketing, international strategic planning, new ventures, product development and an electronic components business. He headed the Johnston and Murphy Shoe Company, and was President of Bausch and Lomb's Ophthalmic Lens Division and Consumer Products Division Consulting: Founded in 1981, Fogg Management Consulting has consulted for over 150 organizations in virtually every industry. Speaking/Training: Dave taught strategic planning, strategy, implementation, and many general management subjects in executive programs at many institutions including Vanderbilt, Columbia, Emory, MIT, Penn State, University of Wisconsin, and The AMA's Presidents Association. Education and Publications: He is a graduate of Yale University and MIT's Sloan School of Management. He authored Diagnostic Marketing (Addison Wesley 1985), Implementing Your Strategic Plan (AMACOM 1999), and Team-Based Strategic Planning (AMACOM 1994), a professional best seller now in its 12th printing. He has authored many articles. Dave was chosen as the expert on implementing strategy for Harvard Business School Publication's outstanding Online Mentor Plus program. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 440 pages
• Publisher: AMACOM (December 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0814403948
• ISBN-13: 978-0814403945
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.4 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #993,093 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Making strategic intent into a reality., February 22, 1999

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This review is from: Implementing Your Strategic Plan: How to Turn "Intent" Into Effective Action for Sustainable Change (Hardcover)

This book could have been titled "making change happen." The core of this book consists of a chapter by chapter discussion of the 18 keys to implementing the strategic plan. The 18 keys are grouped into five categories: setting accountability; enabling and aligning action; fixing the organization; providing an environment in which people can excel; and judging and rewarding. This is a superb, penetrating and detailed book which begins with a fascinating summary of findings from the author's survey of CEOs and key executives who were successful in implementing change. One insight stands out from these findings-teams don't develop paradigm shift strategies; CEOs do. Indeed Fogg states that the single most important factor in the change equation is leadership. With that truth set forth up front, we were confident that this book would be a rewarding experience; it was...and we highly recommend it!

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5.0 out of 5 stars The More Times Change..., May 12, 2003

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This review is from: Implementing Your Strategic Plan: How to Turn "Intent" Into Effective Action for Sustainable Change (Hardcover)

...the more they stay the same. Despite the fact that this book was written and published more than five years ago, it's still the best book written on strategy execution and implementation. Alright,... I'll admit it: the book's title and cover design need a little work (author take note!!). However, if you're willing to look past these superficial flaws, you'll discover the definative book on strategy implementation -- even better than Larry Bossidy's fine "Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done." In addition to this book and Bossidy's "Execution," I'd also recommend that you consider Kotter's "Leading Change" and Smallwood, Ulrich, and Zenger's "Results-Based Leadership" (both five-star books!!). Bottom line? "Implementing Your Strategic Plan" is a must addition to your management library. Overall grade: B+/A.