Elevate

Managers that simply call out problems without thoughtfully providing a range of solutions are rapidly losing their luster.

Using this simple framework, managers are equipped with a method to think strategically on a daily basis, not just annually during the strategic planning process. In practice, a manager could use these three disciplines in their daily interactions by asking questions like:
What is my key insight from this meeting?
Based on the strategy to achieve my goals, what are the trade-offs I need to make with my time, talent, and budget?
Am I working on an activity that is important to execution of the strategy, or is it an urgent, but unimportant issue that’s taken me off plan?

The three basic disciplines of strategic thinking are as follows:

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The Three Disciplines of Advanced Strategic Thinking

The Three Disciplines of Basic Strategic Thinking

To enable managers to elevate their thinking to a level that allows them to see the foundational elements of the business from a higher, more holistic vantage point, I’ve developed a framework called the three disciplines of advanced strategic thinking (Figure I.2):

of excitement that provides differentiation and separation in the marketplace

Whether you are a high tech company or a coffee company, your responsibility has to be to constantly create the kind

The idea of uniqueness—performing different activities or performing similar activities differently than the competition