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possible.\u00a0 The more we play golf, the more we realize that there is a negative correlation between how hard we swung and how far we hit the ball.\u00a0 In golf, rarely is much accomplished from merely swinging hard. Sheer force does create action, but this is often negated by a lack of strategy. Life in golf, we need to learn to pull back a little, focus, and work on specific objectives.<\/p>\n
Almost every business today faces major strategic challenges. In a survey conducted by Strategy&, PwC\u2019s strategy consulting business, the majority of the respondents think that they do not have a winning strategy.\u00a0 In another survey, the majority concedes that they are missing out on major opportunities in the market.<\/p>\n
These are happening not only due to external forces. These are the outcome of the way most companies are managed.\u00a0 There is a significant and unnecessary gap between Strategy Development<\/a> and Strategy Execution<\/a>.\u00a0 There is a lack of connection between where the enterprise aims to go and what it can accomplish.<\/p>\n Conventional Management today does not work. It violates the tenets of Management.\u00a0 Most conventional management practices have developed through trial and error. And often, these do not have any direct link to the company\u2019s strategy.<\/p>\n It is essential that our company must move away from the conventional wisdom of mainstream business practices to achieve success. It is about time that we focus on Capabilities-Driven Strategy<\/a>. \u00a0A Capabilities-Driven Strategy is built on distinctive capabilities that enable companies to focus on their greatest strengths and gain a competitive advantage.<\/p>\n The 5 Leadership Practices of Capabilities-Driven Strategy<\/a> is an appealing path that feels intrinsically rewarding. While this path may not be the only path to success, it is the only path that provides long-term sustainable success. Even taking a few steps in this direction can already boost our company\u2019s energy and morale.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>These Leadership<\/a> practices are so interconnected that we need to adopt them all together.\u00a0 Overlooking any one of them will cause us to fall back. What will happen if we fail to build a solid culture? When this happens, it will make our people feel trapped and disengaged.\u00a0 New strategies may fail because people do not believe that they will last.<\/p>\n Every step is important for every step is a link towards achieving long-term sustainable success.<\/p>\n Interested in gaining more understanding of 5 Leadership Practices of Capabilities-Driven Strategy (CDR)<\/a>? You can learn more and download an editable PowerPoint about 5 Leadership Practices of Capabilities-Driven Strategy<\/strong> (CDR) \u00a0here<\/u><\/a> on the Flevy documents marketplace<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n You can download in-depth presentations on this and hundreds of similar business frameworks from the FlevyPro Library<\/a>. FlevyPro<\/a> is trusted and utilized by 1000s of management consultants and corporate executives. Here’s what some have to say:<\/p>\n “My FlevyPro subscription provides me with the most popular frameworks and decks in demand in today\u2019s market. 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The quality of the decks available allows me to punch way above my weight \u2013 it’s like having the resources of a Big 4 consultancy at your fingertips at a microscopic fraction of the overhead.”<\/p>\n \u2013 Roderick Cameron, Founding Partner at SGFE Ltd<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n “Several times a month, I browse FlevyPro for presentations relevant to the job challenge I have (I am a consultant). When the subject requires it, I explore further and buy from the Flevy Marketplace. On all occasions, I read them, analyze them. I take the most relevant and applicable ideas for my work; and, of course, all this translates to my and my clients’ benefits.”<\/p>\n \u2013 Omar Hern\u00e1n Montes Parra, CEO at Quantum SFE<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.\u00a0 The more we play golf, the more we realize that there is a negative correlation between how hard we swung and how far we hit the ball.\u00a0… When the Going Gets Rough, Unlearn to Learn the 5 Leadership Practices of Capabilities-Driven Strategy (CDR)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":4602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[1514,1513,1512],"class_list":["post-4600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-strategy","tag-5-leadership-practices-of-capabilities-driven-strategy","tag-capabilities-driven-strategy","tag-conventional-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4600"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8171,"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4600\/revisions\/8171"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Conventional Management vs. Capabilities-Driven Strategy<\/strong><\/h2>\n
The 5 Leadership Practices of Capabilities-Driven Strategy (CDR)<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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