Posts tagged ‘Discipline of Market Leaders’

Through my years of working with organizations and assisting in the formation of Strategy, I have found one concept or element to be the most important concept for Strategy to become effective. This is the one thing that drives the competitive advantage and insures success in your marketplace. So what is this magic bullet?

First, it is not a magic bullet. Second, it becomes magic in its effect upon the overall performance of the organization when the top managers and executives totally understand this concept. Several years ago, a couple of researchers validated the concept and wrote a best selling management book entitled – the Discipline of Market Leaders. It was determined that companies using the discipline to focus in certain areas and limit investment of time and money in other areas – would lead their markets.

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The fifth C in the twelve part series on success is Concentration.

Concentration is a unique trait of the most successful people and organizations. The unsuccessful usually have no understanding of the importance of this characteristic. If the ability to concentrate is missing or limited, then you will find people working on mostly low priority items or activities. The outcomes and results are also limited, therefore, high performance is not possible.

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