Roadmaps and Revelations: Finding the Road to Business Success on Route 101: Finding the Road to Business Success on Rte 101

Roadmaps and Revelations: Finding the Road to Business Success on Route 101: Finding the Road to Business Success on Rte 101

by PaulR.Niven (Author)

Synopsis

Rory Newman's company is going through big changes-the kind no one likes-having been bought by a global competitor that is now shaking things up. His new boss's first order of business is to demand that Rory come up with a new process for strategic planning to guide the company as it struggles to reinvent itself in the marketplace. Up until now, the company's strategic plans were made up of visions in the former CEO's mind. Now, Rory's got five short days to develop, formalize, and deliver a winning strategic planning process. Rory planned to use a leisurely drive down the 101, en route to his wife's family reunion, to gather his thoughts, but things change when he halfheartedly agrees to pick up his wife's second cousin Sydney Wise from the airport. To his astonishment, Sydney turns out to be-instead of another maddening relative-a strategic planning guru, entrepreneur-and Rory's rescuer. Discover, along with Rory and Sydney, what strategic planning is really about, why it is important, and how to develop a simple yet powerful strategy your company can use to set it on the course to success. Through Rory's experience, you will find out why strategic planning is not something left to the higher ups, but something in which everyone in an organization needs to be invested. Roadmaps and Revelations: Finding the Road to Business Success on Route 101 uses an entertaining storyline to walk you through the daunting process of creating a successful strategy. Sprinkled with practical examples and workable solutions for business executives, managers, and consultants, this motivating fable will put you on track toward creating a strategy for sustainable success.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 222
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 21 Apr 2009

ISBN 10: 0470180013
ISBN 13: 9780470180013

Media Reviews
In this business fable, Niven, a peformance management consultant and speaker, uses an entertaining storyline about a struggling manager and a strategic planning guru on a road trip to walk, or perhaps drive, readers through the process of creating a successful business strategy. (Book News, August 2009) In Road Maps and Revelations, Niven spins a compelling fable and manages to fit in very sound principles for developing a strategic business plan. (dbk Associates, 6/10/09)
Author Bio
Paul R. Niven is a management consultant, author, and noted speaker on the subjects of strategy, performance management, and the Balanced Scorecard. As both a practitioner and consultant, he has developed successful performance management systems for organizations large and small around the globe. His clients include Fortune 500 companies, public sector agencies from all levels, and nonprofit organizations. Paul's previous books include: Balanced Scorecard Step by Step (translated in over 15 languages), Balanced Scorecard Step by Step for Government and Nonprofit Agencies, and Balanced Scorecard Diagnostics. He may be reached through his Web site at www.senalosa.com.