Strategy Through People: The Basics of a Contributing Organisation

This book introduces the concept of Strategy through People (STP) as a synthesis of the author's unique professional experience, values and beliefs of prominent business leaders he has been working with on consulting engagements in Russia since 1994. * STP as a conceptual framework explores the meaning of strategy as an ethical and purposeful collective quest for superior solutions. The resulting contribution as the ultimate measure of sustainable strategic success is most effectively generated in continuous productive collaboration with business partners, customers and with the larger community. * STP as a cross-organizational practice suggests useful approaches to shaping the type collective behavior, which turns employees into genuine partners - the co-owners and co-beneficiaries in a plus-sum strategic pursuit. In three sections the author takes the reader from the basic humanitarian insights through discussions built around business cases and academic sources to simple and concrete conclusions. Whether it is tire manufacturing, a bakery, a brewery or a fashion company, his message is universal.