Review of 'Crux' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Picking up where left off, [a:Richard P. Rumelt|1709397|Richard P. Rumelt|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1521331864p2/1709397.jpg] again pens an accessible, illustrative and easily-practiced guide to developing - and enacting - organisational strategy.
At the heart of both [b:Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters|11721966|Good Strategy Bad Strategy The Difference and Why It Matters|Richard P. Rumelt|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1360570381l/11721966.SY75.jpg|16670227] and [b:The Crux: How Leaders Become Strategists|58895961|The Crux How Leaders Become Strategists|Richard P. Rumelt|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1653036347l/58895961.SY75.jpg|92565703] is the assertion that strategy is about firstly problem-solving: deeply understanding the environment, the organisation and the challenges it faces, the resources and advantages it has. This introspection yields the titular "crux" - the key problem that the organisation has to solve.
Secondly, strategy is about harnessing the organisation's resources to a singular pursuit of a path that solves that key problem; for Rumelt, diversification of efforts is dilution of strategy.
Recommended both for early-career managers, and for seasoned leaders …
Picking up where left off, [a:Richard P. Rumelt|1709397|Richard P. Rumelt|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1521331864p2/1709397.jpg] again pens an accessible, illustrative and easily-practiced guide to developing - and enacting - organisational strategy.
At the heart of both [b:Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters|11721966|Good Strategy Bad Strategy The Difference and Why It Matters|Richard P. Rumelt|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1360570381l/11721966.SY75.jpg|16670227] and [b:The Crux: How Leaders Become Strategists|58895961|The Crux How Leaders Become Strategists|Richard P. Rumelt|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1653036347l/58895961.SY75.jpg|92565703] is the assertion that strategy is about firstly problem-solving: deeply understanding the environment, the organisation and the challenges it faces, the resources and advantages it has. This introspection yields the titular "crux" - the key problem that the organisation has to solve.
Secondly, strategy is about harnessing the organisation's resources to a singular pursuit of a path that solves that key problem; for Rumelt, diversification of efforts is dilution of strategy.
Recommended both for early-career managers, and for seasoned leaders who are weary of vague and ill-grounded strategy documents that become shelf-ware.