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s+b’s coverage of corporate strategy and leadership is extensive and path-breaking. Featuring the work of noted thought leaders, as well as Booz & Company corporate strategy experts, our thought-provoking articles on leadership cover topics such as strategic planning, risk management, leadership skills building, and business transformation. The world’s most prominent writers on leadership — including Warren Bennis, James O’Toole, and former Procter & Gamble CEO A.G. Lafley — write for strategy+business. We also publish Booz & Company’s comprehensive annual CEO Succession Study.

Strategy & Leadership

 

Can Best Buy Thwart the Grim Reaper?

by Ken Favaro
 
The big box retailer badly needs a good dose of strategic innovation. Is it up to the task?

Product Management Gets Stronger

by Barry Jaruzelski, Richard Holman, and
Ian MacDonald
An innovative approach to managing product portfolios—the strong-form model—can help companies stay ahead of change.
 



The Agility Factor

by Thomas Williams, Christopher G. Worley, and
Edward E. Lawler III
A few large companies in every industry show consistently superior profitability relative to their peers, and they all have one thing in common: a highly developed capacity to adapt their business to change.

We’re from Corporate and We’re Here to Help

by Ken Favaro
 
Understanding the real value of corporate strategy and the head office.
 

Culture and the Chief Executive

CEOs are stepping up to a new role, as leaders of their company’s thinking and behavior.

Captains in Disruption

Even when facing a crisis, some CEOs know how to anticipate the worst, plan a response, and navigate to advantage. You can do the same.

India’s Leadership Challenge

At many Indian companies, the development of top management has lagged behind the pursuit of technical excellence.

The Wise Leader

Practical wisdom in business comes from combining the broad view with the narrow, and opportunity with constraint.

The Thought Leader Interview: David Kantor

An eminent systems therapist says that learning to recognize the hidden patterns in conversation is the first step toward more effective executive leadership.

“It’s Time for a Change”

CEO turnover is trending high, but in a more planned and stable manner.

Building a Flywheel Business

By linking customers and capabilities, companies can generate the momentum for sustainable growth.

Leading with Intellectual Integrity

One skill distinguishes the effective CEO: the ability to make disciplined and integrated choices.

Portrait of the Incoming Class

The newest CEOs have neither the diversity nor the global backgrounds that you might expect.

Research Perspectives on the New CEO

Academic studies of the recruitment of chief executives suggest that those from outside the industry do relatively well, companies pay more for generalists than for specialists, and “shadow emperors” hamper performance.
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