Roadmaps and Revelations: Finding the Road to Business Success on Route 101 - Softcover

Niven, Paul R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1119124727 ISBN 13: 9781119124726

Publisher: Wiley, 2009

Synopsis

Rory Newman's company is going through big changes the kind no one likes having been bought by a global competitor that is now shaking things up. His new boss's first order of business is to demand that Rory come up with a new process for strategic planning to guide the company as it struggles to reinvent itself in the marketplace. Up until now, the company's "strategic plans" were made up of visions in the former CEO's mind. Now, Rory's got five short days to develop, formalize, and deliver a winning strategic planning process. Rory planned to use a leisurely drive down the 101, en route to his wife's family reunion, to gather his thoughts, but things change when he halfheartedly agrees to pick up his wife's second cousin Sydney Wise from the airport. To his astonishment, Sydney turns out to be instead of another maddening relative a strategic planning guru, entrepreneur and Rory's rescuer. Discover, along with Rory and Sydney, what strategic planning is really about, why it is important, and how to develop a simple yet powerful strategy your company can use to set it on the course to success. Through Rory's experience, you will find out why strategic planning is not something left to the "higher ups," but something in which everyone in an organization needs to be invested. Roadmaps and Revelations: Finding the Road to Business Success on Route 101 uses an entertaining storyline to walk you through the daunting process of creating a successful strategy. Sprinkled with practical examples and workable solutions for business executives, managers, and consultants, this motivating fable will put you on track toward creating a strategy for sustainable success.

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Review:

"In this business fable, Niven, a peformance management consultant and speaker, uses an entertaining storyline about a struggling manager and a strategic planning guru on a road trip to walk, or perhaps drive, readers through the process of creating a successful business strategy." ( Book News, August 2009)

"In Road Maps and Revelations, Niven spins a compelling fable and manages to fit in very sound principles for developing a strategic business plan." (dbk Associates, 6/10/09)

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Praise for Roadmaps and Revelations

"Simply brilliant, and brilliant in its simplicity. I have read few books that convey so much in such a memorable manner. Roadmaps and Revelations will be a must-read for my leadership team as we look to improve our own strategic planning processes."
--Jay Forbes, Senior EVP & President, EMEA, Ingram Micro (a Fortune 100 company)

"Strategy how-to meets the buddy road trip! Niven takes a novel and refreshing approach to what is often a dry topic--enterprise strategy formation. Those new to strategic planning, as well as strategy professionals, will benefit from hitching a ride with this informative journey."
--David Adelman, Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Edwards Lifesciences

"Once again Paul Niven hits right on target. Through his examination of strategic planning, he fills a gap many of us practitioners face when we embark on the process of developing our strategy, and he couldn't have done it in a better way than with his fable. His story provides a very practical and comprehensive methodology for developing strategy while at the same time engendering a fundamental understanding of the meaning of strategy to its readers."
--Salvador Ornelas, President and CEO, Crown Paradise Resorts, Mexico

Get on the road to dynamic business strategy!

Written in a fun and engaging manner by renowned performance management expert Paul Niven, the message of Roadmaps and Revelations: Finding the Road to Business Success on Route 101, A Business Fable is simple: Developing a business strategy doesn't have to be a dreaded or complicated process. Realistic and relevant, this story shows you how to:

• Tunnel through your assumptions
• Examine information in a new light
• Craft a statement that will vault your company to great success
• Have your strategy vetted by a crack team of trusted examiners
• Communicate, communicate, communicate--spread the word about your strategy

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1119124727
• ISBN 13: 9781119124726
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240