Strategy Quotes - Page 2

Though Moltke was working with subordinates who were totally lacking in comprehension for whatever strategic plans he may have entertained and who on occasion abused the independence granted them, those plans were sufficiently flexible to accommodate errors; that is, a large safety margin was left to ensure that mistakes would not develop into catastrophes.

Martin van Creveld

There is sitting and there is sitting. (...) Each one waits for the other to move, but the lion is poised, his tail twitching, while the fawn is frozen by fear, bowels turned to belly. No matter which way he bounds, the lion will have him, and he knows it.

George R.R. Martin

One man on the wall is worth ten beneath it.

George R.R. Martin

There is a difference between giving-up and strategic disengagement. Know the difference.

Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.

Sun Tzu

If, on the other hand, in the midst of difficulties we are always ready to seize an advantage, we may extricate ourselves from misfortune.

Sun Tzu

There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must be not attacked, towns which must not be besieged, positions which must not be contested, commands of the sovereign which must not be obeyed.

Sun Tzu

The rising of birds in their flight is the sign of an ambuscade. Startled beasts indicate that a sudden attack is coming.

Sun Tzu

A weapon is merely a weapon, nothing more. What matters is how you use it.

We maintain, on the contrary, that war is simply a continuation of political intercourse, with the addition of other means. We deliberately use the phrase “with the addition of other means” because we also want to make it clear that war in itself does not suspend political intercourse or change it into something entirely different. In essentials that intercourse continues, irrespective of the means it employs.

Carl von Clausewitz

Abolishing hierarchies thus means that people would not have set roles or tasks, but rather that these are in line with their skills and the necessary performance at a given time

Miguel Reynolds Brandao

his was a profession in which a good leader constantly had to adapt to new weapons, whether he liked them or not,

David Halberstam

The art of war is the art of deception.

Sun Tzu

Leaders need to sacrifice "power-over" to get "power-to".

Strategic coherence is more important than strategic perfection.

Compared to ecosystems and some species, corporations are very fragile entities indeed.

Leaders need to correct for cognitive biases the way a sharpshooter corrects for wind velocity or a yachtsman corrects for the tide.

Ambiguity is not, today, a lack of data, but a deluge of data.

Green light, STOP - if you want to see where you are taking the most risk, look where you are making the most money.

Yesterday’s decision-making strategies are ill-equipped to deal with petabyte information flows.

Most businesses would profit greatly from just applying Change Management 101 well.

It is time to euthanize change management.

The notion of "business as usual" is a harmful myth.

Injuries, therefore, should be inflicted all at once, that their ill savour being less lasting may the less offend; whereas, benefits should be conferred little by little, that so they may be more fully relished.

Niccolò Machiavelli

Fear of public speaking can be overcome with effective public speaking tips, skills and strategies.

Our relations seemed poor to me, and I wasn't surprised that the US intelligence picture in the Horn of Africa was weak. Much of what I read consisted of recycled news headlines repackaged as intelligence. Real, valuable intelligence only came from real people, yet we hadn't done much to meet and work with the people.

A person with the best strategy never gets angry.

Debasish Mridha

In a conflict doesn't win who has more weapons but who knows best use for them

Válgame

Anyone can act strategically, it doesn’t take much to make a plan. The skill of a general is his or her ability to react strategically when plans fail.

Change is neither good nor bad. It creates different situations, and that difference is what we have to understand, embrace and explore as an opportunity.

Hope is not a strategy

Strategists seek to increase available options by manipulating structure and context, and in this way dictate the terms of conflict. One of the most captivating discussions of manipulating rules and boundaries to further the end of politics is in William Riker’s thought-provoking conception of heresthetics. Riker produces more than a dozen examples of a master strategist’s manipulation of perceptions, agendas, rules, and procedures to assure the strategist’s desired results would ensue. The strategist does not seek a specific outcome or decision; instead the process of decision-making is altered to increase the likelihood that a desired decision will be made. In most cases, the strategist provides additional choices for the opponent, inducing the other side to make a decision that was not previously apparent, but now seems necessary. By increasing the choices of others, strategists increase their own power.

Everett C. Dolman

Check your moves well, because it can cost one pawn or losing a lot of just from three moves!

A strategic IT is a silver lining for a high-performing business.

Pearl Zhu

A strategy is a combination of an origin, a destination, and a route to get from origin to destination.

Pearl Zhu

Make the strategy a living thing, which can breathe life into people and the culture.

Pearl Zhu

The success of strategy management undoubtedly lies in the “timely execution.

Pearl Zhu

If organizations measure the input to the strategy implementation, but not the output, it’s a recipe for disaster.

Pearl Zhu

If your enemy has the power to see into the future, make sure you are the author of that future.

The old men had a set rabbit-hunting strategy that they had always used. Usually when a dog jumps a rabbit, and the rabbit gets away, that rabbit will always somehow instinctively run in a circle and return sooner or later past the very spot where he originally was jumped. Well, the old men would just sit and wait in hiding somewhere for the rabbit to come back, then get their shots at him. I got to thinking about it, and finally I thought of a plan. I would separate from them and Big Boy and I would go to a point where I figured that the rabbit, returning, would have to pass me first.It worked like magic. I began to get three and four rabbits before they got one. The astonishing thing was that none of the old men ever figured out why. They outdid themselves exclaiming what a sure shot I was. I was about twelve, then. All I had done was to improve on their strategy, and it was the beginning of a very important lesson in life—that anytime you find someone more successful than you are, especially when you’re both engaged in the same business—you know they’re doing something that you aren’t.

Malcolm X

While you're taking your minute to think, consider the possible outcomes. Immediately discard any that involve making the Bully back down and admit that you're right. You cannot be right and effective at the same time.

Albert J. Bernstein

Strategy is not about doing things…it's about doing things deliberately.

Why just order a pizza, when you can get a restraining order for the delivery guys, make them come to you, sue them, and get all the profit?

The speaker instructs his audience to cheer wildly at the word tomorrow -- then forgot. When he used the word building toward the climax of his presentation, he was so started he fell off the stage.

An angry enemy is a conquered enemy

Bangambiki Habyarimana

In politics, nothing good ever comes from the unexpected.

The move is there, but you must see it.

Savielly Tartakower

It was rather difficult to throw a game when you had no idea what you were doing to win it in the first place.

Brandon Sanderson

Competitive forces = the underlying drivers of profitability P.25

Michael E. Porter

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The Sure Bettor

Do not confuse good tactics with good luck.

That which is chiefly the office of a general, to force the enemy into fighting when he finds himself the stronger, and to avoid being driven into it himself when he is the weaker...

Plutarch

If all we’re prepared for is unconventional warfare, suddenly a massed conventional attack becomes an asymmetric advantage.

Chris Penningroth

To discover strategy is to fulfill mandate

A good strategy with a bad implementation is a bad strategy

Marketing should never be just a blunt instrument.

Agility within and of itself is a strategy.

Pearl Zhu

A good strategy tells you not only what specifically needs to accomplish, but WHY.

Pearl Zhu

The strategy is about putting a good team together to give you a multifaceted picture zooming into the business culture.

Pearl Zhu

Strategy and execution represent the two sides of one and the same thing.

Pearl Zhu

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