Strategy is a topic we’ve explored before on HR Coffee Time (and we’ll look at again in the future) because it’s an important aspect of HR leadership. Whether you’re a seasoned strategist, or you feel uncomfortable and worried when it comes to strategy, this episode is here to help you build your skills and confidence.  

Strategy expert and author of the award-winning book, “The Strategy Book: How to think and act strategically to deliver outstanding results”, Dr Max Mckeown shares: 

• What strategy is & what it isn’t 
• How you’re already a strategist (even if you don’t realise it) 
• Why people doubt themselves when it comes to being strategic 
• The three parts of being strategic – timescale, scope, & sequence 
• An example of strategy done badly 
• An example of a good strategy (McDonalds) 
• Strategy is simple but simple is complex 
• Max’s strategy tool, Speed Strategy – where are we now, where do we want to go, what do we need to do to get there, how do we need to do it, what do we need to measure along the route, what is pushing us, what might stop us? 

 

Useful Links 

• Connect with Fay on LinkedIn 
• Fay’s website: Bright Sky Career Coaching 
• Free Speed Strategy template 
• Max’s website 
• Connect with Max on LinkedIn 

Buy the Book Recommendation 

(Disclosure: the book links are affiliate links which means that Fay will receive a small commission from Amazon if you make a purchase through them) 

• The Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudence, by Baltasar Gracián 
• The Strategy Book: How to think and act strategically to deliver outstanding results, by Max Mckeown 
• The Innovation Book: How to manage ideas and execution for outstanding results, by Max Mckeown 
• Adaptability: The art of winning in an age of uncertainty, by Max Mckeown 

 

Other Relevant HR Coffee Time Episodes 

• Episode 102: Boosting your strategic knowledge to step up in your HR role 
• Episode 98: HR insider insights: how to create a powerful People Strategy for an SME, with Kelly Vincent 
• Episode 93: Creating a more inclusive work culture: how to make an impact, with Toby Mildon 
• Episode 77: How to create an effective DEI strategy, with Metra Rowe 
• Episode 61: The 4 pillars that will help you be strategic in your HR role 
• Episode 26: How to be strategic in your new HR leadership role 

 

Looking For the Transcript? 

You can find the transcript on this page of the Bright Sky Career Coaching website.  

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