April 2008

Turn Strategy Into Action:
Strategic Project Management Tools for Leaders and Teams

by Terry Schmidt

"75% of all projects fail." Discover how to be among the 25% that succeed...every time. Benefit from Terry Schmidt's proven system to plan and deliver on your biggest opportunities. In this breakthrough book, Terry distills three decades of wisdom into a step-by-step process and simple tools to help you successfully execute your most critical projects and strategic initiatives.

This book equips you and your team with the ability to...
START FASTER and finish sooner
LINK PROJECTS to the big picture
GET CONSENSUS among stakeholders
BUILD A TEAM that's united
SHARPEN GOALS and make them measurable
REDUCE RISK and avoid problems

You will learn a practical thinking and planning system that begins with four critical strategic questions. Your answers flesh out a Logical Framework strategy matrix that provides an essential roadmap to deliver results in complicated times.

This flexible system avoids the activity/budget focus of traditional project planning, and increases your ability to achieve big-picture goals.

Apply this logical system to the hot potato issues on your plate, including those complicated, slippery, intangible projects involving process and change. The concepts readily adapt to projects, strategic initiatives, and efforts of all sorts and sizes in organizations of all types, large and small. The system works, when you put it to work!

A timely book, Turn Strategy Into Action helps every individual and organization create the solid action plans and shared team commitment that produces great results. Accompanied by case studies, practical checklists, and planning templates, this book equips you to confidently tackle bigger opportunities and achieve success every time.

About the Author:

Terry Schmidt, company founder and president of ManagementPro.Com, is an internationally-known executive management consultant, and master strategist. He has three decades of broad experience assisting corporations, governments, and research institutions worldwide. He earned his BS in aerospace engineering from the University of Washington and his MBA from the Harvard Business School. Before starting his own consulting company, Terry worked for Boeing, NASA, the US Department of Transportation, Management Analysis Center, and the US Embassy in Thailand.