Luck Is Not A Strategy

As a leader, there will likely be multiple times in your career where you’ll be responsible for leading change initiatives.

In Luck Is Not a Strategy, Dr. Janet Ply shares the often hard-won lessons from her 25+ years of consulting experience in leading complex change initiatives for multiple organizations spanning a range of industries, circumstances, and sizes.

Leaders will gain practical guidance on the requirements for success, including topics such as:

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Organizational Change Readiness
Organizational Alignment
Building and Organizing Teams
Portfolio Management
Building an Effective Program Management Office (PMO)
Integrating Support Organizations Into the Program
Planning and Monitoring Interdependent Projects
Determining Operational Readiness
And So Much More!

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Executives by necessity, and not always by training or experience, must lead organizations through multiple, complex change initiatives. Over two-thirds of these initiatives fail.

Why is that?

In Luck is not a Strategy, answers are provided as leaders receive practical guidance and a focus on the tools for success.

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What Readers Are Saying...

★★★★★

Well written, real-world, and applicable book written by a change and leadership expert.

I have lead many large scale organizational changes in my career. Janet has written a well organized, easy to understand, and real world book that can be applied to change initiatives. She has many real life examples and it is clear she understands and is very experienced in leadership. This book made me a better executive and will have a positive impact on those who read it. Dr. Janet hit a home run in writing this book.

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A must-read for organizational change!

A must-read for any executive or leader going through an organizational change! The author's 25+ years of expertise are evident throughout the book. Through the real-life examples and reflection questions at the end of each chapter, this book is relatable to any field. This book helps take a complex project and break it down into manageable, clear steps to lead both the company and its people through change. Nothing is missed in this well-thought-out, great resource!

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Wish I had read this before.

This book is a straightforward playbook on the do’s and don’ts of what you need to run, scale and maintain a successful corporation from process improvements to major acquisitions. This book literally detailed the wrong steps of a very difficult acquisition I was a part of. If only we had focused on all these strategies. I now know better. This is an easy read and has a lot of information packed in with drops of sarcasm and humor.

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A common sense approach to success!

Luck is Not a Strategy provides an excellent foundation and approach to program/project delivery regardless of experience level. A quick, easy read that provides a common sense approach to assessing and organizing a sound delivery strategy while engaging and teaching all levels of employees involved. This book has made my permanent fixture list, and will be utilized for many book studies to come!

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Excellent resource to share with your management team!

This is an easy book to read with concepts followed by examples. Having the Reflection Questions at the end of each chapter summarized in an appendix is a big help. I find myself using them as a check list for the programs that I oversee.
While reading this book, I became aware of glaring examples of why our company was struggling due to old or outdated management ideas The book contains actionable steps that are reminders of what we know to do but somehow seem to skip over! I wish all of our upper management people would read this book. It will make an excellent resource to share with your management teams.

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Easy read, actionable content!

You get the benefit of someone who has been there and done that and has dozens of t-shirts from change initiatives. Janet's style and approach makes for an easy read, and the reflection questions at the end of each chapter give you an opportunity to connect your own situation with the lessons shared.