Michael Porter Quotes About Strategy

Quotes about: Strategy

• The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.

  Michael Porter

  Essence, Deep Thought, Transcendentalism

  Harvard Business Review, John P. Kotter, Michael Porter, Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg (2015). “Leadership, Strategy, and Innovation: Health Care Collection (8 Items)”, p.1721, Harvard Business Review Press

• Strategy is about setting yourself apart from the competition. It's not a matter of being better at what you do - it's a matter of being different at what you do.

  Michael Porter

  Competition, Being Different, Matter

• A strategy delineates a territory in which a company seeks to be unique.

  Michael Porter

  Unique, Territory, Strategy

• The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy.

  Michael Porter

  Teacher, Strategy, Ceo

  "Strategy bites back: It is a lot more, and less, than you ever imagined". Book by Henry Mintzberg, Bruce W. Ahlstrand, Joseph Lampel (p. 45), 2005.

• Strategy is choice. Strategy means saying no to certain kinds of things.

  Michael Porter

  Mean, Choices, Saying No

• Finally, strategy must have continuity. It can't be constantly reinvented.

  Michael Porter

  Strategy, Continuity

• Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs; it's about deliberately choosing to be different.

  Michael Porter

  Choices, Different, Strategy

  "What is strategy?" by Michael Porter, Harvard Business Review, November 1996.

• There's a fundamental distinction between strategy and operational effectiveness.

  Michael Porter

  Effectiveness, Fundamentals, Strategy

  "What is strategy?" by Michael Porter, Harvard Business Review, November 1996.

• Competitive strategy is about being different. It means deliberately choosing a different set of activities to deliver a unique mix of value.

  Michael Porter

  Mean, Unique, Being Different

  Harvard Business Review, John P. Kotter, Michael Porter, Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg (2015). “Leadership, Strategy, and Innovation: Health Care Collection (8 Items)”, p.1700, Harvard Business Review Press

• The company without a strategy is willing to try anything.

  Michael Porter

  Trying, Strategy, Company

• If a strategy meets a goal: It's working. If a strategy meets a target: It's a success.

  Michael Porter

  Goal, Target, Strategy

• Sound strategy starts with having the right goal

  Michael Porter

  Goal, Sound, Tactics And Strategy

• The essence of strategy is that you must set limits on what you're trying to accomplish.

  Michael Porter

  Essence, Trying, Limits

• The underlying principles of strategy are enduring, regardless of technology or the pace of change.

  Michael Porter

  Technology, Principles, Pace

• Risk is a function of how poorly a strategy will perform if the 'wrong' scenario occurs.

  Michael Porter

  Risk, Management, Strategy

  Michael E. Porter (1985). “Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance”

• Operational effectiveness and strategy are both essential to superior performance.

  Michael Porter

  Effectiveness, Essentials, Strategy

  Harvard Business Review, John P. Kotter, Michael Porter, Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg (2015). “Leadership, Strategy, and Innovation: Health Care Collection (8 Items)”, p.1687, Harvard Business Review Press

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