The Real Reason Strategy Fails with Stefan Cousquer - OrgDev Episode 98

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This episode explores why leadership teams struggle to execute strong strategies despite recognizing their importance.

We'd love to hear from you so send us a message! Why do leadership teams say the future matters - and then fail to make time for it? This episode examines a common pattern inside organisations: strong strategies, but limited execution. We explore how top teams prioritise, make decisions, and enable strategic change, and why leadership effectiveness is often constrained not by capability, but by how time, attention, and work are structured. Here are the links to Stefan’s latest editorials: W...

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Hosts: Dani Bacon, Garin Rouch

Guest: Stefan Cousquer

Topics covered

• strategy
• leadership
• organizational change
• decision making
• execution

Keywords

• strategy
• leadership
• execution
• organizational effectiveness
• decision making

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