Do your best-laid plans seem to fall apart when it comes to executing them? Here's a dose of inspiration from leaders who excel at strategy execution.

1. MONDAY MORNING
I N S P I R A T I O N
15 Quotes to Drive Strategy Execution

2. “Vision without action is a
daydream.
Action without vision is a
nightmare.”
—Japanese Proverb

3. “Strategy without
—Sun Ztu
is the slowest route to victory.
TACTICS
Tactics without
is the noise before the defeat.”
STRATEGY

4. “There is nothing like a concrete
life plan to weigh you down.
—Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo
Because if you always have one
eye on some future goal,
YOU STOP PAYING ATTENTION
MISS OPPORTUNITIES!
even when a better, newer
course might have opened up.”
TO THE JOB AT HAND,
THAT MIGHT ARISE,

5. “The biggest risk is not taking any risk....
In a world that’s changing really quickly,
the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail
—Mark Zuckerberg, Founder of Facebook
IS NOT TAKING ANY RISKS.”

6. “Take time to deliberate,
—Napoleon Bonaparte
AND GO IN.”
but when the time for action comes,
STOP THINKING

7. "Strategic leaders must not get
consumed by the operational and
tactical side of their work.
—Stephanie S. Mead, Author
THEY HAVE A DUTY!
to find time to shape the future."

8. “Always focus on the front
windshield
—Colin Powell, Military Commander & Statesman
AND NOT
the rearview mirror.”

9. —Miyamoto Musashi, Japanese Swordsman
“PERCEPTION IS STRONG!
In strategy, it is important to see distant
things as if they were close and to take
a distanced view of close things.”
AND SIGHT WEAK.!

10. “Success doesn't necessarily come from
—Naveen Jain, CEO of Infospace
BREAKTHROUGH INNOVATION
but from flawless execution.
A great strategy alone won't win a game
or a battle; the win comes from
BASIC BLOCKING AND TACKLING.”

11. —Peter Drucker, Author
“TOMORROW ALWAYS ARRIVES.
And even the mightiest company is in
trouble if it has not worked on the future.
It is always different.
Being surprised by what happens is a risk that even the
largest and richest company cannot afford, and even
the smallest business need not run.”

12. “Planners should not plan, but serve as
—A. Hax and N. Majluf, Strategists and Authors
CATALYSTS,
to guide the planning process effectively.”
Facilitators,
Inquirers, AND SYNTHESIZERS

13. “Good tactics can save even the
—Gen. George S. Patton
Bad tactics will destroy even the
worst strategy.
best strategy.”

14. —Robert Half, Human Resources Consultant
“PERSISTENCE
is what makes the impossible p o s s i b l e
the possible l i k e l y ,
and the likely d e f i n i t e . ”

15. “Designing a winning strategy is the art of asking
—Constantinos Markides, Teacher & Speaker
EXPERIMENTING
and then constantly renewing the thinking
process by questioning the answers.
QUESTIONS,
NO MATTER HOW GOOD TODAY’S STRATEGY IS,!
YOU MUST ALWAYS keep reinventing it.”

16. Your start does not determine
how you’re going to finish.”
—Herm Edwards, Head Coach New York Jets (2001-05), Kansas City Chiefs (2006-08)
“Stay focused.

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