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Stephen Bungay is a British management consultant, author, and lecturer at the Ashridge Business School. He has extensive experience in strategy and leadership, having worked with major corporations and served as a director at the Boston Consulting Group.
Known for: The Art Of Action: How Leaders Close The Gaps Between Plans, Actions And Results
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The Art Of Action: How Leaders Close The Gaps Between Plans, Actions And Results
The Art of Action explores how leaders can bridge the gap between strategy and execution by applying principles derived from the 19th-century Prussian Army’s command philosophy. Stephen Bungay argues that organizations often fail not because of poor planning but because of misalignment between intent and action. The book provides a practical framework for empowering teams, clarifying intent, and improving decision-making to achieve better results.
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The Three Gaps Model
I saw the same puzzle repeat itself across industries: plans meticulously drawn up, yet results disappointing. To diagnose why, I began to map out the disconnections, and three distinct gaps emerged—the gap between plans and actions, the gap between actions and outcomes, and, ultimately, the gap bet...
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Historical Context: Lessons from Prussian Military Reform
To truly grasp how to close these gaps, I turned to a domain where execution under uncertainty is literally a matter of life and death—the battlefield. In the early nineteenth century, Prussia faced the same dilemma as any modern corporation today: how to coordinate a large, complex structure in fas...
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About Stephen Bungay
Stephen Bungay is a British management consultant, author, and lecturer at the Ashridge Business School. He has extensive experience in strategy and leadership, having worked with major corporations and served as a director at the Boston Consulting Group. Bungay is known for his expertise in applyin...
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Stephen Bungay is a British management consultant, author, and lecturer at the Ashridge Business School. He has extensive experience in strategy and leadership, having worked with major corporations and served as a director at the Boston Consulting Group. Bungay is known for his expertise in applyin...
Stephen Bungay is a British management consultant, author, and lecturer at the Ashridge Business School. He has extensive experience in strategy and leadership, having worked with major corporations and served as a director at the Boston Consulting Group. Bungay is known for his expertise in applying historical and military insights to modern business leadership.
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