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‘The world needs you to be a critical thinker’ – Learning strategic planning

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on June 20, 2022

California author Kris Safarova earned her degrees in classical piano, communications, and business administration, and is the founder and CEO of FIRMSconsulting.com and StrategyTrining.com – the world’s largest strategy streaming channel! She shares her expertise in her seven Strategy Journals, of which this is the initial publication.

The purpose of this book – ‘a journal for those who want to do the work, for those who want to solve complex problems, ask the right questions, collect the right data, conduct right analyses, communicate the right findings, influence colleges to act, and know what needs to be done at each stage of the study to produce a truly unique solution that solves the original problem.’

Kris’s writing style is straightforward, actionable advice that leads to developing strategies for resolving problems confronting businesses, presented in a format akin to her online consulting technique for problem solving. The book is a fine resource for both beginning business and advanced CEOs. Grady Harp, June 22

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TJ

If you're starting a career like me, it would be a great investment.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on September 1, 2021

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Firmsconsulting content have always helped me and this journal is no exception. While I'm yet to fully implement it to talk of its success, it has already kindled the thought process for different projects I might have to take up in the near future. Apart from thought provoking content, like a parent it also reinforces positive thinking in you which is very unique to this strategy journal.

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Stephen Tam

Having FC training at your fingertips!

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on October 13, 2020

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This book is an excellent resource, and something that can be used on a daily basis. It's a bit of a different take from their previous books, but provides a very practical overview and example of the application of the critical thinking, storytelling, analysis and strategy development process. The guided example is engaging and direct, something that many books, let alone even corporate training struggles to achieve.

What the strategy journal allows readers and users to do is to adapt the methods and process to their own type of work, whether in consulting or an industry position. Furthermore being able to flip back and forth between the guided example and templates/tools will be truly valuable moving forwards.

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‘The world needs you to be a critical thinker’ – Learning strategic planning

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 20, 2022

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California author Kris Safarova earned her degrees in classical piano, communications, and business administration, and is the founder and CEO of FIRMSconsulting.com and StrategyTrining.com – the world’s largest strategy streaming channel! She shares her expertise in her seven Strategy Journals, of which this is the initial publication.

The purpose of this book – ‘a journal for those who want to do the work, for those who want to solve complex problems, ask the right questions, collect the right data, conduct right analyses, communicate the right findings, influence colleges to act, and know what needs to be done at each stage of the study to produce a truly unique solution that solves the original problem.’

Kris’s writing style is straightforward, actionable advice that leads to developing strategies for resolving problems confronting businesses, presented in a format akin to her online consulting technique for problem solving. The book is a fine resource for both beginning business and advanced CEOs. Grady Harp, June 22

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LESLIE OBRIEN

interesting concept for first-time consultants

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 26, 2022

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The Strategy Journal is an interesting compilation of tips on how best to approach and analyse a problem. The journal is broken up into 3 primary sections—the process, an example, templates and lists to help you create and complete your own study. As someone who is very familiar with Organizational Leadership and many of the principles and various approaches to OL, I’d say this is one more tool/option available. Especially for first-time consultants, the various charts and templates are a great way to help you focus your own thoughts. I will say that I thought the paper copy was on the pricey side, but I found the ebook to be just as useful and I could navigate around well enough when comparing their charts to my current project.

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George

Easy to follow and fun to work on.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 16, 2022

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Easy to follow and fun to work on, that is my whole experience with “The Strategy Journal: Learn the skills“. The author, or might I say guru, really thought of these strategies and activities. I am the kind of person that needs something to follow like a guide to be more effective. “People are creatures of habit, and we tend to develop patterns of behavior”, which worked for me very well with this book since going through the process I get to review from the beginning of the process and accomplish task. Also, working on each chapter or key concepts helped me accomplish a lot and understand a lot about being more confident in negotiation and influencing people. Just need to turn these steps into habits and grow more confident in my job!

Ashley

Business consultation broken down

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 14, 2022

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The Strategy Journal: Learn the skills used by the leading management consulting firms, such as McKinsey, BCG, et al. is the first of seven of Kris Safarova’s series of Strategy Journals. It includes guided examples, reflection, and documentation.
I looked into this book because I want to develop business consultation as a skill, and this book has lots of excellent reviews. I think this is a very useful book, for those who desire to become a business consultant or for small businesses looking to drive their client growth. I think it is vague enough that it can be used by whoever needs it across many industries. Having a guide, the first time, or first few, is a great foundation for a successful consultant, and this journal is well-paced and organized.

Falon Charles-Jabri

Mandatory Reading

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 13, 2022

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The Strategy Journal is a highly perceptive book that analyzes intriguing questions about strategies in business. The book outlines an ambitious objective and redefines how a consultant should construct a strategic plan.

Kris Safarova begins with a broad definition of strategy and concludes it “as choosing the right business objective and the steps to achieve that business objective.” Safarova broadens that definition by outlining the steps and planning involved in creating well defined strategy. There is a hands-on guide to creating a strategic plan by following the storyboard to convert the hypothesis into a workable analysis. This book seems to be a guide, and following the steps outlined, a strategic consultant can improve the profitability of their company, understand market structure, customers, competitors, culture, investments by answering questions posed within the book. If implemented correctly, this guide can serve as a successful tool to testing a hypothesis and should be mandatory reading for market research novices. It’s a welcome addition to reference libraries and those responsible for making complex, strategic decisions to get the desired result.

“This approach naturally creates an implementation road map, accelerates implementation, and makes implementation easier.”

The inclusion of a dedicated area for notes, prompts readers to purchase the printed version of this e-book and I highly recommend readers add the physical copy to their shelves. The templates provided are invaluable and The Strategy Journal is composed at a high savvy level. Accordingly, it is suitable for strategists, academicians, and understudies, yet not too advanced for the average reader.

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Ane Sanchez

Interesting and informative.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 13, 2022

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The Strategy Journal: Learn the skills used by the leading management consulting firms, such as McKinsey, BCG, et al. by Safarova Kristina is a business book that promises good results in a short time. It is a step-by-step guide to address and solve problems, develop hypotheses and test them, keep track of your tasks, manage the project and other useful tools and procedures.
Although I have never run a company, I think this book would be of great help. It not only offers tips, tools and a descriptive guide of the steps to follow, but it also explains the "why" of each action.
It is not a book for beginners but, if you have some experience, I think this reading can be a sure path to business success.

Sanjin

An approachable and helpful guide

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 25, 2022

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The Strategy Journal is a combination of a workbook and a business advice book. The author writes in a clear and straightforward way so I didn't feel like I was reading a heavy business guide or a textbook; it's way more approachable than that.
The only thing preventing me from giving it a five-star rating is that I feel like it's maybe too approachable. I would like to go deeper into some concepts the book presents, but the author decided to stick to the basics. And that's totally fine, but I would like some more for the highest rating.
Check it out if you're looking for a simple guide on business strategies.

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