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The Crux
- How Leaders Become Strategists
- Narrated by: Charles Constant, Richard Rumelt
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
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Summary
The most important part of a leader's job is to set in motion the actions today that will build a better future tomorrow—in other words, strategy. But how do leaders become strategists?
In this groundbreaking book, Richard Rumelt, the world's leading authority on strategy, shows how finding the crux of a challenge is the essence of the strategist's skill. The crux is the key issue where action will best pay off, and Rumelt reveals how to pinpoint it so you can focus energy on what really matters. Drawing on decades of professional and academic experience, and through vivid storytelling—from Elon Musk's decision-making to Netflix's industry dominance—Rumelt illuminates how leaders can overcome obstacles, navigate uncertainty and determine the best path forward.
Strategy is not about setting financial targets, statements of desired outcomes or performance goals, it is about finding the crux and taking decisive, coherent action.
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- Anonymous User
- 12-01-23
Very practical and insightful
Excellent follow up to Good Strategy Bad Strategy! Highly recommended for anyone that wants to craft a winning strategy
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- Anonymous User
- 18-02-24
Focused and Relevant
If you have read Good Strategy Bad Strategy, this book develops the core themes further with more recent examples.
Loved the chapter that contrasts certain business models such as platforms, and Rumelt’s focus of the “crux”.
Very helpful for the aspiring entrepreneur executive seeking to focus on challenges a business can face that it can actually overcome (or at least have a chance of overcoming).
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- Mr. Ja Wityk
- 28-11-22
Down the earth, scientific but practical guidance!
Highly recommend this book, I like the view on purpose, vision and mission statements - all not a strategy
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- Daniele T.
- 17-05-22
Finally another great book
This is the book every business leader must read. It prompts the reader to go through a lot of critical thinking while delivering a great amount of invaluable information.
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- Kindle Customer
- 19-01-23
Another excellent and informative listen
Richard Rumelt has an ability to turn what could be a dour subject into inspirational and practical guide to direction. Supported by case studies extracted from his portfolio of work, we gain a deeper approach for how we approach challenges and treat challenges as strategy. I will use the work in our challenge programmes and model the Foundary into our Weaves.
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- Niko Vuokko
- 25-02-23
Mindbogglingly poor, superfluous, rambling
Full of erroneous or superficial analysis, title of the book isn't even addressed on the pages
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- Emils Petracenoks
- 27-10-22
Starstruck author, factual mistakes and exaggerated opinion
Somehow his first book was a bit more humble and less cringe to read. So his stuff makes sense, but over reading the book I've downgraded the rating of this book (and thus his first book) from a survey / research summary to a rank of an opinion piece.
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