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It Looked Great on Paper (How to Translate Strategy into Everyday Actions)
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Product Details
Author:
Andrea Belk Olson
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
184
Publisher:
Advantage Media (January 5, 2027)
Imprint:
Entrepreneur Press
Release Date:
January 5, 2027
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9781613085035
ISBN-10:
1613085036
Weight:
6.14oz
Dimensions:
6" x 9"
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Eloquence-SimonSchuster_08052026_P10441858_onix30_Complete-20260805.xml
Folder:
Eloquence
List Price:
$24.99
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65
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28
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Overview
How to Translate Strategy Into Everyday Actions
Most leaders assume strategy falters due to a lack of employee commitment and buy-in. The real culprit is subtler and more destructive: execution drift. It’s the slow, invisible separation between what leaders intend and what organizations actually do—fueled by vague direction, competing priorities, and leadership behaviors that quietly undermine alignment.
Behavioral scientist and strategy expert Andrea Belk Olson spent decades diagnosing why smart companies with solid strategies still fail to bring them to life. The problem isn't employee ambition or effort. It's a lack of clarity, creeping inconsistency, and the hidden friction that builds between leadership and the front line. In It Looked Great on Paper, she gives leaders a practical method for translating strategy into the everyday actions that actually move organizations forward.
Readers will learn:
For executives, department heads, and leaders at every level who are ready to stop presenting strategy and start living it—one decision, one action, one day at a time.
Most leaders assume strategy falters due to a lack of employee commitment and buy-in. The real culprit is subtler and more destructive: execution drift. It’s the slow, invisible separation between what leaders intend and what organizations actually do—fueled by vague direction, competing priorities, and leadership behaviors that quietly undermine alignment.
Behavioral scientist and strategy expert Andrea Belk Olson spent decades diagnosing why smart companies with solid strategies still fail to bring them to life. The problem isn't employee ambition or effort. It's a lack of clarity, creeping inconsistency, and the hidden friction that builds between leadership and the front line. In It Looked Great on Paper, she gives leaders a practical method for translating strategy into the everyday actions that actually move organizations forward.
Readers will learn:
- Why 60–90 percent of strategies quietly fail—and the three leadership behaviors that accelerate the drift
- How to build a Steering Guide: a one-page operating system that aligns daily decisions, actions, and mindsets with strategy
- How to close the gap between strategy and execution without adding more meetings, metrics, or mandates
- How to measure behavioral change, not just outcomes—and why it matters more than KPIs
- How any leader, regardless of title, can create alignment without waiting for permission
For executives, department heads, and leaders at every level who are ready to stop presenting strategy and start living it—one decision, one action, one day at a time.
