Business Strategy: Plan, Execute, Win! -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Level Setting/Foundation -- Chapter 1: Evolution of Strategic Planning and Today's Role: Chief Strategy Officer -- Evolution of Strategic Planning -- New Role: Chief Strategy Officer -- Strategy Starts at the Top -- Why Can't This Role Simply Remain with the CEO/President? -- Is Business Strategy Work a Full-Time Job? Isn't Business Strategy Work a Once-a-Year Job? -- What Type of Chief Strategy Officer Is Needed? -- CSO: A Distributed Solution versus a Singular Role -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Emotional Intelligence: Being "Facilitative and Consultative" -- Characterizations -- Innovation and Linkage to Business Strategy -- Summary -- Part II: Parables that Teach and Portray Business Strategy -- Chapter 3: Everything I Needed to Learn about Business Strategy I Learned . . . from Hell's Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares -- Hell's Kitchen -- An Incredible Sous-Chef Makes a Big Difference -- Know Your Sweet Spot -- Running the Pass -- Competing Restaurants -- Perform Like a Champion -- Kitchen Nightmares -- Know Your Customers, and Listen to Them -- I Am the God of Food -- It's Not My Fault, They Didn't Tell Me! -- Not Managing the Details -- Are You Tasting Your Food? -- Simplicity and Its Impact on Execution -- Counting Coins in the Kitchen -- Final Plating of This Chapter -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Everything I Needed to Learn about Business Strategy I Learned . . . at the Movies -- 21 Movies: Six Lessons on Business Strategy -- Passion/Motivation -- Imagination/Innovation -- Planning -- Values and Teamwork -- Customer Experience -- Knowing Your Market/Strategic Intel -- The Final Scene -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Everything I Needed to Learn about Business Strategy I Learned . . . Growing Up on a Farm -- Hard Work -- Being the Boss.

Planning and Executing -- Technology -- Milk Co-ops -- Innovation -- Outsourcing -- Delegation -- Sharpening the Saw -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Everything I Needed to Learn about Business Strategy I Learned . . .from the Bible -- Five Themes of Business Parables from the Bible -- Vision/Planning -- Communications and Listening to Customers -- Roles and Responsibilities -- Seeking Counsel and Direction -- Execution -- Final Closing Point -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Everything I Needed to Learn about Business Strategy I Learned . . . from Shark Tank -- Typical Questions the Sharks Ask All Presenters -- Round 2: Shark Personalities -- Summary -- Part III: Tools, Resources, and Conclusions -- Chapter 8: The Strategy Toolbox and Other References -- 13 Lucky Models and Methods -- Personal Top 12 Most Valuable Business Books of All Time -- One Final Tool -- Chapter 9: Winning Checklist: How to Succeed in Business Strategy -- Winning Conclusions and Summary -- A Closing Song -- About the Author -- Index.