[Simple Rules] = Sull, Donald and Kathleen Eisenhardt. Simple Rules: How to Thrive in a Complex World. Mariner Books, 2015. ISBN: 978-0544705203.
| SES# | Topics | Cases and Readings |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | What Strategy Execution Is (and Isn't) | Sull, Donald, Rebecca Homkes, and Charles Sull. “Why Strategy Execution Unravels—and What to Do About It." Harvard Business Review (March 2015). |
| 2 | Strategy for Execution | Rumelt, Richard. “The Perils of Bad Strategy.” McKinsey Quarterly (June 2011). Sull, Donald, James Yoder, Charles Sull, and Stefano Turconi. “Strategy for Execution.” (working paper) |
| 3 | Goals 2.0 | Sull, Donald, James Yoder, and Charles Sull. “Goals 2.0.” (working paper) |
| 4 | Simple Rules | [Simple Rules] Chapter 1: "Why Simple Rules Work." |
| 5 | Simple Rules in Action |
Sull, Don and Stefano Turconi. "Canadian Compression Company: Coping with Complexity." London Business School Case REF: CS-13-012, August 2013. (Revised August 2014.) [Simple Rules] Chapter 5: “Strategy as Simple Rules,. |
| 6 | Execution Culture | Sull, Donald and Charles Spinosa. “Promise-based Management: The Essence of Execution.” Harvard Business Review (April 2007). |
| 7 | Building an Execution Culture | Simons, Robert and Natalie Kindred. "Henkel: Building a Winning Culture." Harvard Business School Case 112-060, February 2012. |
| 8 | The Execution Loop | Sull, Donald. “Closing the Gap Between Strategy and Execution.” Sloan Management Review (Summer 2007). |
| 9 | The Execution Loop (cont.) | As above. |
| 10 | Leading Execution From the Middle | Bartlett, Christopher A., Michael Y. Yoshino, and Perry Fagan. "Silvio Napoli at Schindler India (A)." Harvard Business School Case 303-086, February 2003. (Revised November 2006.) Huy, Quy Nguyen. “In Praise of Middle Managers.” Harvard Business Review (September, 2001). |
| 11 | Executing Strategy in Volatile Markets |
Sull, Don, Stefano Turconi, and Barbara Muckermann. "Carnival Corporation: The P&O Princess Acquisition (A)." London Business School Case REF: CS-09-015, June 2009. (Revised June 2011.) Escobari, Martin and Donald Sull. "Brahma versus Antarctica: Reversal of Fortune in Brazil’s Beer Market." London Business School Case REF: CS-04-015-001, 2005. |
| 12 | Competing on Agility | Sull, Donald. “Competing Through Organizational Agility.” McKinsey Quarterly (December 2009). |