6 Ways to Make Strategy Resonate with Skeptical Leaders

“We don’t have a strategy,” boasted a tech company CEO in our first conversation. He was justifiably proud of what he and his team had built. “We’ve done well without one, and we’re doing fine now. Strategy feels like a good way to take our eye off the ball.” To him, strategy was a slow, political exercise that invited too much debate, increased bureaucracy, and distracted the organization from what made it successful.