Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (793 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00AJVJ1HI |
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| Number of Pages | : | 468 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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If you want to know the strategy he’ll use to restore P&G to its former dominance—read this book.Playing to Win, a noted Wall Street Journal and Washington Post bestseller, outlines the strategic approach Lafley, in close partnership with strategic adviser Roger Martin, used to double P&G’s sales, quadruple its profits, and increase its market value by more than $100 billion when Lafley was first CEO (he led the company from 2000 to 2009). Lafley and Martin have created a set of five essential strategic choices that, when addressed in an integrated way, will move you ahead of your competitors. Lafley is now back at the helm of consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble. This is A.G. Lafley’s guidebook. The book shows leaders in any type of organization how to guide everyday actions with larger strategic goals built around the clear, essential elements that determine business success—where to play and how to win. Let th
And now they’re showing you how to do the same. G. This one is an exception.” Associations Now (ASAE: American Society of Association Executives)interesting and thought-provoking work on business strategy” Business WorldThe best practitioner-focused strategy book I have ever read, and all the more useful for the fact it is concise, well-structured and compelling, with almost no jargon.” Strategic Management BureauUnlike many management texts, which read as if written for CEOs of multi-billion-dollar businesses, these tales from the fast-moving consumer goods front are useful for acquiring, extending or defending market share at any size of company.” The Deal: The Australian Business MagazineI wish this book had been available to me earlier it would have been invaluable during my tenure at Britannia!&rdquo
Where and how to play Cristian Guajardo Garcia I’m always in for a good business book, specially when one of the protagonists was your professor.Filippo Passerini was one of the main executives for P&G. He lead the M&A with Gillette and brought new IT capabilities to the company. During the classes at the MBA, he used to talk about this VUCA world (vulnerable, unpredictable, chaotic and ambiguous). Several times he talked about Playing to Win and he told us this book was a longer version of his classes; that;s why I picked it up, 2 years after graduating, but as hungry as usual.Playing to win discusses the way P&G and it. Ian Mann said Great companies do not become great by accident. Great companies do not become great by accident; they become great through the strategic choices they make. Great companies do not remain great by inertia; they remain great through the strategic choices they make. Procter and Gamble (P&G) is a great company by any measure. In "Great companies do not become great by accident" according to Ian Mann. Great companies do not become great by accident; they become great through the strategic choices they make. Great companies do not remain great by inertia; they remain great through the strategic choices they make. Procter and Gamble (P&G) is a great company by any measure. In 2012, it recorded $8Great companies do not become great by accident Great companies do not become great by accident; they become great through the strategic choices they make. Great companies do not remain great by inertia; they remain great through the strategic choices they make. Procter and Gamble (P&G) is a great company by any measure. In 2012, it recorded $83.68 billion dollars in sales and Fortune magazine ranked the company the fifth most admired in the world.Lafley was the Chairman and CEO of (P&G) through one of the most challenging periods in its history. When he took over the leadership position P&G was no longer delivering the outstan. .68 billion dollars in sales and Fortune magazine ranked the company the fifth most admired in the world.Lafley was the Chairman and CEO of (P&G) through one of the most challenging periods in its history. When he took over the leadership position P&G was no longer delivering the outstan. 01"Great companies do not become great by accident" according to Ian Mann. Great companies do not become great by accident; they become great through the strategic choices they make. Great companies do not remain great by inertia; they remain great through the strategic choices they make. Procter and Gamble (P&G) is a great company by any measure. In 2012, it recorded $8Great companies do not become great by accident Great companies do not become great by accident; they become great through the strategic choices they make. Great companies do not remain great by inertia; they remain great through the strategic choices they make. Procter and Gamble (P&G) is a great company by any measure. In 2012, it recorded $83.68 billion dollars in sales and Fortune magazine ranked the company the fifth most admired in the world.Lafley was the Chairman and CEO of (P&G) through one of the most challenging periods in its history. When he took over the leadership position P&G was no longer delivering the outstan. .68 billion dollars in sales and Fortune magazine ranked the company the fifth most admired in the world.Lafley was the Chairman and CEO of (P&G) through one of the most challenging periods in its history. When he took over the leadership position P&G was no longer delivering the outstan. , it recorded $8Great companies do not become great by accident Great companies do not become great by accident; they become great through the strategic choices they make. Great companies do not remain great by inertia; they remain great through the strategic choices they make. Procter and Gamble (P&G) is a great company by any measure. In 2012, it recorded $83.68 billion dollars in sales and Fortune magazine ranked the company the fifth most admired in the world.Lafley was the Chairman and CEO of (P&G) through one of the most challenging periods in its history. When he took over the leadership position P&G was no longer delivering the outstan. .68 billion dollars in sales and Fortune magazine ranked the company the fifth most admired in the world.Lafley was the Chairman and CEO of (P&G) through one of the most challenging periods in its history. When he took over the leadership position P&G was no longer delivering the outstan. Strategy Sameness: Recipe for Mediocrity So what do Bounty paper towels have to do with the strategy question? It’s a fascinating case study noted in chapter three of this fascinating book on strategy, "Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works" (Harvard Business Review Press, 2013).It’s so fascinating I now bring a Bounty paper towel roll to client sessions on strategic planning.At Procter & Gamble in 2001, the president of global family care (the tissue and towel division) saw sales of Bounty plateau in North America. They wondered: could future growth come from Europe, Asia and Latin America?So in addressi