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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Seven things to get clear on before you launch a strategy
Every season, legendary basketball coach John Wooden started by taking time to teach his players how to put on their socks.
Yes, socks. His reasoning was that wrinkles cause blisters, and blisters get in the way of practice and games, so a...
Your Company Values Should Actually Do Something
Enron’s core values were Integrity, Communication, Respect, and Excellence. Oops.
Values can and should be powerful execution drivers. But all too often they’re meaningless posters and not much else. This week we dive into how to make them...
The Expert Trap: When Success Makes You Stop Asking Questions
Expertise ain’t always what it’s cracked up to be.
This week, I came across a quote from Henry Ford saying he didn’t have experts in his company because they were too sure of themselves. I was fascinated, so I dug into it, and even more fa...
Stop Hiring the Hero
Ever hired someone who crushed the interview and then spent the next two years making everyone else’s job harder?
Your hiring process might be built to reward the hero’s story, when the job actually needs someone who’s good at handing the...
Something’s Not Adding Up
A green scorecard doesn’t guarantee a healthy business.
This week I’m digging into why so many companies have a pile of metrics instead of an actual measurement system, and what it takes to build one that connects all the way up to the num...
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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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