Conversely, daily selling efforts—successful or unsuccessful, smart or stupid constrain and redirect strategies in often unintended ways.
Instead of waiting for an activist to force their agents into a boardroom with the avowed purpose of redirecting strategy — as happened at Darden Restaurants — why not have the board leader, whether chair or lead director, preemptively strike?
To improve Triumph Computer's* lackluster performance, managers gathered facts and then brainstormed a range of alternatives, including radically redirecting strategy with entry into a new market, and even selling the company.
Some women have started banding together to help each other claim more of the air time, and a redirecting strategy can help women to reinforce their own points while elevating other women.
The present situation offers an important opportunity to redirect development strategy in ways that will not only improve the social and economic well-being of people in this region but also enhance the quality of the environment in which they live.
These are co-benefits that have convinced mayors around the world to collaborate and redirect their strategies.
Accordingly, he redirected corporate strategy to focus on the Internet, presented annual reports that discussed plans for new media, and moved the headquarters from Miami to San Jose.
"You always have to be ready to revise and redirect marketing strategies in order to find the sweet spot where you can keep things growing," said Barbara Cieplak, the commission's marketing director.
However, operating managers can redirect and improve strategy in very innovative ways.
It often yields an "Aha!" moment that helps managers refine or even redirect their innovation strategy.
