Strategic Quotes

Brilliant strategy is the best route to desirable ends with available means.

A great strategy meeting is a meeting of minds.

Competitive forces = the underlying drivers of profitability P.25

Michael E. Porter

A strategic victory seen as luck by laymen.

Toba Beta

Understanding industry structure is also essential to effective strategic positioning P. 26

Michael E. Porter

Understanding the competitive forces, and their underlying causes, reveals the roots of an industry’s current profitability while providing a framework for anticipating and influencing competition (and profitability) over time. P. 26

Michael E. Porter

The strongest competitive force or forces determine the profitability of an industry and become the most important to strategy formulation. The most salient force, however, is not always obvious. P. 26

Michael E. Porter

If the forces are intense, (..) almost no company earns attractive returns on investment.If the forces are benign, (..) many companies are profitable. P. 25

Michael E. Porter

In essence, the job of the strategist is to understand and cope with competition. P. 25

Michael E. Porter

Strategy is not really a solo sport – even if you’re the CEO.

Following the rules of your industry will only get you so far.

With a clever strategy, each action is self-reinforcing. Each action creates more options that are mutually beneficial. Each victory is not just for today but for tomorrow.

A military leader thinks about casualties and losses, but a strategic one only aims the win.

Give serious thought to why your company should care about your strategy. Specifically, find problems that the board wants to be solved. What are senior managers scared of? Part of becoming a credible strategic thinker is learning effective approaches to selling ideas for your situation. You’ll know that you’re getting better at selling (or pitching) strategy when managers start coming to you when there is strategic thinking to be done.

Wine gives one 'ideas,' whereas champagne gives one 'strategies.

If you don't have the right support form the right people you are always going to be the best choice and not the preferred choice.

Richmond Akhigbe

Corporate strategy is usually only useful if you get people engaged with helping you to make it work.

Strategy and culture should have breakfast together.

Plan strategically and strike it once to win. You can achieve maximum dues with minimum dice if only you are willing to clearly calculate and throw your efforts with optimism!

Israelmore Ayivor

Strategy is about shaping the future.

Redundancy is my favourite business strategy.

The focus of gap analysis should be getting to the other side. If you bend-over to analyze a gap too long, you'll probably fall into it.

Strategy was first used in Athens (508 BC) to describe the art of leadership used by the ten generals on the war council. Some argue for the more creative, human side, while others argue for the more analytic side of strategy.

We need to move from comparative advantage to perpetual advantage...

Slavery of the heart, oh Love - a prisoner of will thou art - proof that love, while blissful, can oft also be Hell. Demonstrative definition thou art, that love can be strategic as well!

Christina Engela

At the end of the day, if you’re wasting your time by not investing in yourself, you’re going to waste away—and that would be the greatest waste of all.

You are responsible for everything you TWEET and RETWEET.

You have to be strategic in your action

Be strategic and purposeful in whatever you do

Be strategic and purposeful in whatever you do

Learn to master your thoughts and watch closely what you deposit into your spirit. Speak over your life. Living in peace has transformative power.

Love spiritually, not strategically.