{"product_id":"strategy-beyond-the-hockey-stick-people-probabilities-and-big-moves-to-beat-the-odds-hardcover","title":"Strategy Beyond the Hockey Stick: People, Probabilities, and Big Moves to Beat the Odds - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChris Bradley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMartin Hirt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSven Smit\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeat the odds with a bold strategy from McKinsey \u0026amp; Company\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Every once in a while, a genuinely fresh approach to business strategy appears\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003elegendary business professor Richard Rumelt, UCLA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMcKinsey \u0026amp; Company's newest, most definitive, and most irreverent book on strategy--which thousands of executives are already using--is a must-read for all C-suite executives looking to create winning corporate strategies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eStrategy Beyond the Hockey Stick\u003c\/i\u003e is spearheading an empirical revolution in the field of strategy. Based on an extensive analysis of the key factors that drove the long-term performance of thousands of global companies, the book offers a ground-breaking formula that enables you to objectively assess your strategy's real odds of future success. \u003cp\u003e\"This book is fundamental. The principles laid out here, with compelling data, are a great way around the social pitfalls in strategy development.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eFrans Van Houten, CEO, Royal Philips N.V.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe authors have discovered that over a 10-year period, just 1 in 12 companies manage to jump from the middle tier of corporate performance--where 60% of companies reside, making very little economic profit--to the top quintile where 90% of global economic profit is made. This movement does not happen by magic--it depends on your company's current position, the trends it faces, and the big moves you make to give it the strongest chance of vaulting over the competition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is not another strategy framework. Rather, \u003ci\u003eStrategy Beyond the Hockey Stick\u003c\/i\u003e shows, through empirical analysis and the experiences of dozens of companies that have successfully made multiple big moves, that to dramatically improve performance, you have to overcome incrementalism and corporate inertia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eJane Fraser, CEO, Citigroup Latin America\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStrategy Beyond the Hockey Stick\u003c\/i\u003e is about unlocking big moves--because that is what it takes to beat the odds in business. Anchored in empirical evidence from thousands of companies, it reveals what really matters--and what does not--for exceptional performance. Despite their best intentions, business leaders often get bogged down by human biases and social dynamics that get in the way of clear strategy and strong execution. Just about anyone proposing a strategy comes in with a confident \"hockey stick\" projection. But how do you distinguish the true breakthrough plans from the fakes--and then carry through the tough choices needed to make good on those promises? \u003ci\u003eStrategy Beyond the Hockey Stick\u003c\/i\u003e provides you with practical advice on how to change these dynamics in your strategy room and make the right strategic moves. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChris Bradley, Sven Smit, and Martin Hirt are all leaders in McKinsey's Strategy Practice. They have worked together over the last decade on a mission to advance the state of the art in strategic management, while serving corporate leaders around the world to help them beat the odds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003cb\u003eSTRATEGY\u003c\/b\u003e BEYOND THE \u003cb\u003eHOCKEY STICK\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--JANE FRASER, \u003c\/b\u003e CEO, Citigroup Latin America \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--MARTIN LAU, \u003c\/b\u003e President, Tencent Technology \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--FRANS VAN HOUTEN, \u003c\/b\u003e CEO, Royal Philips N.V. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sustaining institutions long-term often means determining what must evolve. \u003ci\u003eStrategy Beyond the Hockey Stick\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--WENDELL WEEKS, \u003c\/b\u003e Chairman and CEO, Corning Incorporated \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Every once in a while, a genuinely fresh approach to business strategy appears. \u003ci\u003eStrategy Beyond the Hockey Stick\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--PROF. RICHARD RUMELT, \u003c\/b\u003e UCLA Anderson School of Management \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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 \u003ci\u003eStrategy Beyond the Hockey Stick\u003c\/i\u003e so distinctive.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--PROF. ROBERT KEGAN, \u003c\/b\u003e Harvard Graduate School of Education\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSVEN SMIT\u003c\/b\u003e is a Senior Partner in Amsterdam. He leads McKinsey Western Europe and, before that, led McKinsey's Strategy Practice. He is the co-author of the bestselling book \u003ci\u003eGranularity of Growth\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARTIN HIRT\u003c\/b\u003e is a Senior Partner in Greater China. He leads McKinsey's Global Strategy \u0026amp; Corporate Finance Practice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHRIS BRADLEY\u003c\/b\u003e is a Partner in Sydney. 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