Rock & Sand: A Practical Insight to Business Growth
By Michael Synk
()
About this ebook
Related to Rock & Sand
Related ebooks
Execution Is the Strategy (Review and Analysis of Stack's Book) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStrategy First: How Businesses Win Big Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsExecution IS the Strategy: How Leaders Achieve Maximum Results in Minimum Time Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Leadership in Action Series: On Strategic Leadership Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsExcellence in Execution: How to Implement Your Strategy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSpeed: How Leaders Accelerate Successful Execution Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDemystifying Strategic Planning: People-Centered Leadership, #2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStrategic Execution: Driving Breakthrough Performance in Business Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPartnering with a Purpose: A Practical Guide to Using Strategic Alliances to Achieve Your Business Goals Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStrategy = Execution: Faster Improvement, Renewal, and Innovation in the New Economy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSimplicity: Strategic Planning for Business and Life Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSales & Marketing Alignment Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUpstream Marketing: Unlock Growth Using the Combined Principles of Insight, Identity, and Innovation Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Selling to the C-Suite: What Every Executive Wants You to Know About Successfully Selling to the Top Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5They Buy Your Because: Closing the Sale in a Crowded Market Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThrive: The Leader's Guide to Building a High Performance Culture Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFearless Growth: The New Rules to Stay Competitive, Foster Innovation, and Dominate Your Markets Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Road to Reinvention: How to Drive Disruption and Accelerate Transformation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Core Value Equation: A Framework to Drive Results, Create Limitless Scale and Win the War for Ta Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMaximizing Revenue & Margin from your Existing Customers in Recession & Recovery Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Leader's Guide to Radical Management: Reinventing the Workplace for the 21st Century Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Profitable Growth Strategy: 7 proven best practices from German companies Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsB State: A New Roadmap for Bold Leadership, Brave Culture, and Breakthrough Results Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Must-Win Battles (Review and Analysis of Killing, Malnight and Key's Book) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsExecution Excellence: Making Strategy Work Using the Balanced Scorecard Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Going Global on a Shoestring: Global Expansion in the Software Industry on a Small Budget Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Trusted: The human approach to building outstanding client relationships in a digitised world Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5UpSolutions: Turning Teams into Heroes and Customers into Raving Fans Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Strategic Planning For You
The 12 Week Year (Review and Analysis of Moran and Lennington's Book) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Rocket Fuel (Review and Analysis of Wickman and Winter's Book) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Art of War: A New Translation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/57 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Strategy Skills: Techniques to Sharpen the Mind of the Strategist Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Primalbranding: Create Belief Systems that Attract Communities Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Grow Your Small Business: A 6-Step Plan to Help Your Business Take Off Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Summary of The 33 Strategies of War: by Robert Greene - A Comprehensive Summary Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsScaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It...and Why the Rest Don't (Rockefeller Habits 2.0 Revised Edition) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ultimate Sales Machine (Review and Analysis of Holmes' Book) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Start Your Own Business: The Only Startup Book You'll Ever Need Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Signing Service Secrets Revealed: A Guide On How To Start Your Own Signing Service Service Company Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTime Management (The Brian Tracy Success Library) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Business Plan Checklist: Plan your way to business success Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCreating a Business Plan For Dummies Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Summary: Made to Stick: Review and Analysis of the Heath Brothers' Book Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStart with Strategy: Craft Your Personal Real Estate Portfolio for Lasting Financial Freedom Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNeuroscience for Leadership: Harnessing the Brain Gain Advantage Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe One Page Business Plan (Review and Analysis of Horan's Book) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Good Strategy Bad Strategy (Review and Analysis of Rumelt's Book) Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Rewired: The McKinsey Guide to Outcompeting in the Age of Digital and AI Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5People Powered: How Communities Can Supercharge Your Business, Brand, and Teams Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The AI Factor: How to Apply Artificial Intelligence and Use Big Data to Grow Your Business Exponentially Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMONEY Master the Game (Review and Analysis of Robbins' Book) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Checklist Manifesto (Review and Analysis of Gawande's Book) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Reviews for Rock & Sand
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Rock & Sand - Michael Synk
Rock & Sand
A Practical Insight to Business Growth
www.rocknsand.net
by Michael Synk
Copyright © 2013 by Michael Synk
All rights reserved. No part of this book my be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission from the publisher.
In-Synk: Aligning Strategy, Actions and Goals
1610 E. Clanlo Drive
Memphis, TN 38014
www.in-synk.com
Cover Design by Tactical Magic
Layout Assistance by Screwpulp
This book was produced using PressBooks.com.
Contents
Testimonials
Foreword
1. Strategy is Everywhere
2. Are you Pushing Sand
or Moving Rocks?
3. The Rock and Sand Model
4. No Rocks, No Growth
5. Which Rock is the Right One?
6. The Big Five Strategy Questions
7. Do the Numbers: Three Years > One Year > Next 90 Days
8. Thrusts > Initiatives > Rocks
9. The Little Three Execution Questions
10. What About the Sand?
11. Pick a Rock, Move it, Repeat
Acknowledgements
About the Author
About In-Synk
"Strategic planning is exciting and sexy. Deciding what comes next and then executing it is confusing and difficult. Rock and Sand takes the mystery out of these critical steps. This model is clear and compelling. It’s a practical and straightforward insight that will move your organization forward. Michael Synk has moved an important rock for all of us."
–Verne Harnish, Author of Mastering the Rockefeller Habits, Creator of The One Page Strategic Plan™, Founder of Gazelles, Inc.
Effective business leaders must know the answers to two fundamental questions that drive profitable growth:
What is our strategy? and
How will we make that happen?" Both are regularly overcomplicated beyond practicality by authors, experts, and consultants with a stake in