Jeffrey Pfeffer Quotes About Strategy

Quotes about: Strategy

• Successful organizations understand the importance of implementation, not just strategy, and, moreover, recognize the crucial role of their people in this process.

  Jeffrey Pfeffer

  Successful, Organization, People

  Jeffrey Pfeffer (1998). “The Human Equation: Building Profits by Putting People First”, p.16, Harvard Business Press

• Those who have power a) understand that the world is not always a just and fair place and accept that fact, b) understand the bases and strategies for acquiring power, and c) take actions consistent with their knowledge in a skillful way. Skill at anything requires practice, and power skills are no different.

  Jeffrey Pfeffer

  Skills, Practice, Way

  Source: bobmorris.biz

• Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals is instructive in painting a realistic portrayal of Lincoln and his methods for accomplishing his objectives. In fact, many good political biographies are useful in learning about power, strategy, and decision-making.

  Jeffrey Pfeffer

  Team, Decision, Political

  Source: bobmorris.biz

• Great strategy, not executed, can't possibly have any effect on performance because it doesn't actually affect anything. It's like planning for a successful surgery to remove a tumor. If no one picks up the knife and actually operates effectively, the diseases will persist.

  Jeffrey Pfeffer

  Successful, Planning, Strategy

  Source: bobmorris.biz

• Part of strategy is figuring out what you're good at, figuring out what you're not good at, and then getting yourself in position to succeed by doing mostly what you have a competitive advantage doing.

  Jeffrey Pfeffer

  Succeed, Strategy

  Source: bobmorris.biz

• In any branding strategy, you need to figure out what is the image you want to project. Then behave accordingly. And above all, cultivate the media and those who will help you burnish your reputation.

  Jeffrey Pfeffer

  Helping, Reputation, Strategy

  Source: bobmorris.biz

• Doing the right thing is important, which is where strategy comes in. But doing that thing well—execution—is what sets companies apart. After all, every football play is designed to go for a huge gain. The reason it doesn’t is because of execution—people drop balls, miss blocks, go to the wrong place, and so forth. So, success depends on execution—on the ability to get things done.

  Jeffrey Pfeffer

  Football, Block, Play

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