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CEO, Royal Philips N.V.
—FRANS VAN HOUTEN
“This book is fundamental—I have seen hockey sticks in business plans more than I like to admit. The principles laid out here, with compelling data, are a great way around the social pitfalls in strategy development.”
UCLA Anderson School of Management
—PROF. RICHARD RUMELT
“Every once in a while, a genuinely fresh approach to business strategy appears. Strategy Beyond the Hockey Stick delivers exactly that. Its analysis of the human elements in strategy-making—social, psychological, and political—cuts to the heart of why most strategies are banal and fail to focus action. If you want to break out of the rut, get this book.”
Chairman and CEO, Corning Incorporated
—WENDELL WEEKS
“Sustaining institutions long-term often means determining what must evolve. Strategy Beyond the Hockey Stick provides a roadmap for strategic evolution and a toolkit for identifying big moves that will take already strong organizations to the next level of performance.”
Harvard Graduate School of Education
—PROF. ROBERT KEGAN
“The great contribution of this book is that it joins the ‘hard data’ side to the equally crucial—and largely ignored—arena of social dynamics and human leadership. It is this rare combo of the ‘hard’ and the ‘soft’ that makes Strategy Beyond the Hockey Stick so distinctive.”
CEO, Citigroup Latin America
—JANE FRASER
“A different kind of book—I couldn’t put it down. Inspiring new insights on the facts of what it takes to move a company’s performance, combined with practical advice on how to deal with real-life dynamics in management teams.”
President, Tencent Technology
—MARTIN LAU
“A refreshing new look at what drives corporate performance. Even in fast-growing Internet businesses, people and their interactions are at the core of developing and executing strategies. The ideas shared in this book inspire fresh thinking and bold actions.”
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