The Strategy Trap Newsletter
Kevin ErtellStrategy fails when execution is an afterthought. This newsletter helps leaders close the gap with practical tips, operator insight, and occasionally a little fun.
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The Ivory Tower Trap
Leadership and coaching are not the same skill, and a lot of teams are run by someone who thinks they are.
This issue closes out the series on the six traps nested inside the larger Strategy Trap, and it’s built around the importance of co...
Why hitting every function's target doesn't guarantee the strategy works
Every function on your team can hit its goals, and the strategy still doesn’t produce results.
That’s usually a coordination problem, not a talent problem. This week’s Featured Musing covers why functional org charts create clarity inside...
You have to say it way more than feels necessary
You told them once. Surely that was enough.
This week’s theme is the Signal Fade Trap—the fourth of six traps in the series. You launch the strategy, everybody claps, and then two months later it’s like the whole thing never happened. A si...
The Overcommitment Trap
The barnacles are winning. Here’s what to do about it.
This week’s Musings is basically a love letter to capacity — protecting it, respecting it, and not letting a thousand little barnacles eat it alive. We’ve also got a fascinating new vo...
Is your team in the 5%?
Only about 5% of employees understand their company’s strategy. Is yours beating the average?
That’s the Complexity Trap, and it’s Part 2 of my six-part series on the traps hiding inside the bigger Strategy Trap. The short version is that...
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Straight talk on strategy, leadership, and execution. Retail exec turned speaker/advisor helping companies get unstuck. Ex-Nike. Now at Mistere Advisory.
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