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Editor's Note: If you are interested in becoming an expert on Strategy Development, take a look at Flevy's Strategy Development Frameworks offering here. This is a curated collection of best practice frameworks based on the thought leadership of leading consulting firms, academics, and recognized subject matter experts. By learning and applying these concepts, you can you stay ahead of the curve. Full details here.

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What is strategy without execution?  Merely  theory.

A successful business requires both a well developed strategy and the ability to execute on that strategy.  Many companies develop robust strategies, but fail at operationalizing their strategies into implementable steps.

We have just released a free primer on Strategy Development and Strategy Execution.  It is a 54-slide deck that discusses 12 frameworks, spanning both Strategy Development and Strategy Execution:

• Porter’s Five Forces
• Consolidation-Endgame Curve
• Hoshin Kanri
• Product Lifecycle
• Consumer Adoption Curve
• Balanced Scorecard
• Blue Ocean Strategy
• BCG Matrix
• SWOT
• PEST
• Marketing Mix
• Organizational Hurdles

Here is the download link for our free product: https://flevy.com/strategy-frameworks.

You may also be interested in our end-to-end Business Toolkits focused on these topics.  Each toolkit is comprised of multiple documents that, when used together, provide a comprehensive and holistic framework for the project.

• Strategy Development Toolkit
• Strategy Deployment & Execution Toolkit

We have a growing collection of Business Toolkits.   You can peruse them all here: https://flevy.com/business-toolkits.

Want to Achieve Excellence in Strategy Development?

Gain the knowledge and develop the expertise to become an expert in Strategy Development. Our frameworks are based on the thought leadership of leading consulting firms, academics, and recognized subject matter experts. Click here for full details.

"Strategy without Tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without Strategy is the noise before defeat." - Sun Tzu

For effective Strategy Development and Strategic Planning, we must master both Strategy and Tactics. Our frameworks cover all phases of Strategy, from Strategy Design and Formulation to Strategy Deployment and Execution; as well as all levels of Strategy, from Corporate Strategy to Business Strategy to "Tactical" Strategy. Many of these methodologies are authored by global strategy consulting firms and have been successfully implemented at their Fortune 100 client organizations.

These frameworks include Porter's Five Forces, BCG Growth-Share Matrix, Greiner's Growth Model, Capabilities-driven Strategy (CDS), Business Model Innovation (BMI), Value Chain Analysis (VCA), Endgame Niche Strategies, Value Patterns, Integrated Strategy Model for Value Creation, Scenario Planning, to name a few.

Learn about our Strategy Development Best Practice Frameworks here.