It is a game of two objectives: Score many goals and do not concede. All the 11 players and the coach, and club administration focus on the winning any match the team plays both in the short term and long term. Much as the keeper is responsible for stopping balls from entering his goal (not conceding a goal); any opportunity a Keeper has to score, they attempt to score. You can see this usually in world cup matches where the Keeper sometimes runs to the other goal to try to score a corner kick at a huge risk to the…
Playing to win
“We have to take a chance and play to win. It doesn’t mater if we lose, we have to try to win.” That is what Pep Guardiola told his team at half time. You have to play to win. Also read: What are your top four must-win-battles? If you don’t focus on the top line, to score as many goals, chances of winning the match, however solid your defense is wont be possible. That is why most of the time the effort at cost cutting fails flat because chances of losing both ends is high. Also read: How to win…
Is your strategy executing you?
“A poor strategy executed well is always better than a great strategy executed poorly.” — Michael Porter Strategy means choice. Unfortunately, many companies have a document labelled strategy. But when you ask “what is the strategy in your strategic plan” all they show you is a research paper full of great internal and external analysis using models like SWOT, PESTLED, Michael Porter’s 5 Forces and lots of the stuff. When you keenly analyze, you discover a missing link: lots of analysis but no relationships. Strategic choices are not properly informed by the analysis made. The measure of a great strategy…
What is your strategy?
Strategy are the choices a company makes to win with its customers against the competition. It is like in a football match or a political race. How do you win the match? You must do some homework on how you will win: what is the desired result? Figure yourself being declared the winner for a presidential race and ask: what will it take to win that position? You will need to garner more than 51% of the votes cast by say 10,000,000 approved voters, located in several counties. You must know the number of voters per county and your strong…