TOOLS FOR STRATEGIC
THINKING
With the business environment changing so rapidly in this dot-
com age of sound bites and e-commerce, successful leaders need
to look well beyond routine and day-to-day operational tactics.
Providing “more of the same” is not a tenable strategy. Thus,
every leader, and ideally every employee, needs to think and act
strategically. To help you sharpen your thinking and skills as
leader and organizational strategist, these tools summarize the
most prominent perspectives on strategy of the past 20 years.68