Leading With Strategy (using Your North Star To Guide Decision-making)

A powerful collection of over 50 adaptable strategy frameworks to solve today''s most complex business challenges

In Leading With Strategy: Using Your North Star to Guide Decision-Making, veteran executive coach and strategy consultant for Fortune 500 firms Timothy Tiryaki delivers a transformative guide that clarifies the complex tradeoffs in today''s AI-enabled business environment. Dr. Tiryaki explores the contemporary maze of undiscussed leadership dilemmas that have been surfaced by the latest generative AI technologies and provides unique perspectives on strategic thinking and leadership.

At the core of Leading With Strategy are 50 practical visual frameworks. They''re dynamic tools designed as adaptable tools for creatively tackling diverse challenges and obstacles. These frameworks go beyond staid, one-size-fits-all approaches to common business problems and help you master essential strategic thinking and execution skills.

Inside the book:

• Dozens of illustrated frameworks and models designed as “thinking hats” to help you reflect on and solve complex problems
• Original insights that encourage you to build your awareness and ask the right questions in the right situations
• Expert techniques to scope a situation, gather relevant evidence, collaborate with others, co-create alignment, and make informed decisions

Perfect for managers, executives, entrepreneurs, founders, and other business leaders, Leading With Strategy is a must-have collection of problem-solving tools you can adapt to virtually any obstacle, challenge, or problem you encounter in the workplace.

Introduction xi

PART I Unlearn: Revisiting Our Assumptions About Leadership and Strategy 1

Chapter 1 Leadership Versus Management: Breaking Down the Executive Caste System 3
Chapter 2 Strategy as a Competency: Anyone Can Become More Strategic 7
Chapter 3 Becoming the Leader the Future Needs: The 6Es of Leadership Model 13
Chapter 4 The Myth of Strategic Planning: Why Strategy and Planning Are Not the Same 20
Chapter 5 Strategic Thinking: A Foundation for Leadership and Action 26
Chapter 6 Rebalancing Strategy: A New Era of Design and Execution 30
Chapter 7 The Strategy of Strategy: Clarifying the Strategic Planning Process 34
Chapter 8 What Most Consultants Miss: The Holy Grail of Organizational Success 39

PART II Rethink: Reimagining How Value Is Created Through Culture, Business Models, and Transformation 43

Chapter 9 AIM for Building Culture with Strategy, Structure, and Soul 45
Chapter 10 From Values to Behavior: The Culture Cascade 50
Chapter 11 North Star in Action: How Leadership Behavior Builds Culture 55
Chapter 12 Business Models and Operating Models: The Blueprint for Success 59
Chapter 13 The Living Organization: Strategy as Consciousness 64
Chapter 14 The Art of Reinvention: Why Business Models Must Evolve to Stay Alive 69
Chapter 15 When Giants Fall: The High Cost of Business Model Inertia 75
Chapter 16 Stability and Transformation Management: Leading the Paradox 82

PART III Discover: Rediscovering Purpose, Identity, and Our Inner Compass Through the North Star 87

Chapter 17 Defining Your North Star: Overview 89
Chapter 18 Defining Your North Star: Vision and Goals 94
Chapter 19 Defining Your North Star: Values and Strengths 98
Chapter 20 Defining Your North Star: Habits and Mindsets 103
Chapter 21 The Human Compass: Five Ethical Considerations for a Technological Future 108
Chapter 22 Values on the Wall Versus Values in Action: What the Fortune 100 Reveal About Leadership 113
Chapter 23 The Art of KPI Calibration and Goal-Setting Philosophies 117

PART IV Design: Building Coherent Stra