Felix Oberholzer-Gee: the formula for keeping your strategy simple and focused
ISSN: 1087-8572
Article publication date: 26 July 2021
Issue publication date: 10 December 2021
Abstract
Purpose
In his new book Better, Simpler Strategy: A Value-Based Guide to Exceptional Performance, Felix Oberholzer-Gee offers business leaders and strategists guidance on a basic idea: unless an initiative creates value for customers, employees or suppliers, it is a waste of time and resources.
Design/methodology/approach
In this interview with S&L contributing editor Brian Leavy, Prof. Felix Oberholzer-Gee explains: “All you need to ask is, ‘Can my organization create differentiated value, can we raise customer willingness-to-pay (WTP) or lower employee and supplier willingness-to-sell (WTS)?’”.
Findings
Value-based strategy is “back-to-basics” in the sense that the approach insists on value creation as the foundation for every activity in the business.
Practical/implications
A comprehensive understanding of employees’ work lives is likely to reveal many chances to create value.
Originality/value
The interview explains why and how firms should seek to exceed expectations where it counts, and sustain excellence by diverting resources from lower-ranked value drivers.
Citation
Leavy, B. (2021), "Felix Oberholzer-Gee: the formula for keeping your strategy simple and focused", Strategy & Leadership, Vol. 49 No. 6, pp. 15-22. https://doi.org/10.1108/SL-07-2021-0061
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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