Strategic Business Transformation: The 7 Deadly Sins To Overcome by Mohan Nair is a guidebook to help your business create a secret sauce for longer-term success.  Nair has a lot of business experience in Innovation and Operations.  He takes his direct experience and combines it with pieces of business strategy from well-known business gurus to present tangible and actionable tactics for success.  Nair uses examples of textbook companies like Southwest Airlines but manages to add some insights that may have been overlooked by others.  

 

Here is a quick list of the 7 deadly sins:

 

Ignoring the new principles of business transformation Driving without a cause Missing market momentum Ignoring the two orders of value Overlooking transformational servant leadership Mistaking capability for strategic competence Expecting flawless execution without a performance platform

At its core, Nair has given leaders a playbook to reference repeatedly as they face continuous change in the marketplace.  A good add to your bookshelf.