Go for Bold How to Create Powerful Strategy in Uncertain Times

A new approach to designing simple and powerful strategy by harnessing organizational talent and creativity.

Strategy is important, but it’s not easy to come up with fresh ideas needed for success, let alone bring them to life. Uncertainty about the future, the pressure of competition, risk aversion, and those boring planning meetings employees sit through sap confidence and enthusiasm and produce timid templates for maintaining status quo.

This book offers a new approach to designing strategy. It shows how to inspire others to think differently long-term, work through challenging issues constructively, and ultimately become committed to an ambitious, shared future for your organization. Leading strategist Rosie Yeo reveals how to find answers to big questions by unleashing team creativity to hone in on what is most important and map a bold pathway to success.

For leaders, aspiring leaders and anyone who needs a future plan, Go For Bold offers a fresh take on the creative collaboration needed to design, implement and achieve your organization’s growth and other success metrics.

Rosie Yeo MBA (Exec) is known as a strategy alchemist because of her skill in helping leaders and teams collectively imagine and achieve a better future. She designs and facilitates strategic planning in boardrooms and executive offsites as well as injecting energy and focus into larger meetings and complex stakeholder consultations. Rosie's experience in politics, public affairs, as a board director and corporate adviser provides a unique blend of commercial and policy sense. She has woven her magic for private, public and government organizations around the world.

Introduction 1
Part I: Strategy is not for wimps (why we need boldness) 11
Chapter 1 Death by framework (and other problems with our approach to strategy) 15
Chapter 2 The magic behind powerful strategy 35
Part II: The three keys to creating powerful strategy 57
Chapter 3 Creative collaboration powers bold ideas 61
Chapter 4 Clarity drives bold decisions 81
Chapter 5 Consensus fuels action 97
Part III: Transforming your strategic conversations 109
Chapter 6 Everyday alchemy: three simple questions
for powerful conversations 113
Chapter 7 Go for bold at your next strategy meeting 125
To boldly go 145
Work with me 153
Acknowledgements 155
About the author 157
References 159
Index 169