Strategic Tenacity

#Key to Your Survival

Jeffrey Pfepper

Doing means

learning. Learning

means mistakes.

"How do I stay positive despite of all the

negativity and set-backs?"

V.P. Marketing – China – Food Transformation - Multinational

Consumer Products

“It feels like leading the dark....Having to

decide with imperfect information."

Vice President – Human Resources – Multinational Industrial Products

"Dealing with people across border and

functions with dissimilar views is the most

difficult part of the job."

Vice President- Cross-Border e-Commerce- Multinational

Logistics

Openness to re-making

yourself

Deepak Chopra

The most creative

act you will ever

undertake is the

act of creating

yourself.

Carmine Gallo

Ask yourself: What

makes my heart

sing?

Openness to learn from new

experiences

Best in Class

Executives

Richard Branson

I want to have fun

in my journey

through life and

learn from my

mistakes.

Anuranjita Kumar

Dealing with

ambiguity is easier

when you learn to

enjoy it.

Openness to New Experiences

What is my “tap code”?

What can I learn about myself through this difficult experience?

What is it that you don’t know about the situation?

How can I exploit this challenge as a “positive” experience (an

adventure perhaps)?

Openness to creating

win-win-win outcomes from

adversity

Win-Win-Win

“Being open to exploring all the way up

and down the value chain.”

Openness to Re-engage

What is your tap code?

What new insights do you have about their needs?

What is the solution that everyone wants? Consider transparency

and simplicity of concepts, ideas, procedures or routines.

Strategic Tenacity

Openness to learning

from new experiences

Openness to creating “win-win-

win”

Openness to re-making

yourself