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Find out why competitors win business rather than how large they are. Listen

Chuck says he starts by asking the team who it wins against, who it loses to, and which companies act as proxies for doing something special, then sends people out to research them. He says he is stunned by how little executives know about their competitors, and he does not care about competitors' headcount or revenue.

“I don't care about how many employees they have or what their revenue figures are. What I care about is why do they win business?”

From Strategy That Teams Actually Execute with Dr. Chuck Bamford.