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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

s+b Blogs

June 11, 2013

What You Should Accomplish in Your First 10 Days

by Eric J. McNulty

It traditionally takes months for new leaders to make a positive impact. That’s simply much too long to wait.

Strategy & Leadership

June 11, 2013

An Index to the Best Thinking in Business

by Art Kleiner

Welcome to strategy+business’s new blog.

How Ready Are You for Growth?

by Ashok Divakaran and Vinay Couto

A Booz & Company study reveals that only 17 percent of companies are poised for a profitable future.

Captains in Disruption

by Ken Favaro, Per-Ola Karlsson, and
Gary L. Neilson

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.

“It’s Time for a Change”

by Ken Favaro, Per-Ola Karlsson, and
Gary L. Neilson

Procter & Gamble's once and new CEO on the one skill that distinguishes the effective CEO: the ability to make disciplined and integrated choices.

Portrait of the Incoming Class

by Ken Favaro, Per-Ola Karlsson, and
Gary L. Neilson

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

Building a Flywheel Business

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

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.

Culture and the Chief Executive

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

India’s Leadership Challenge

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

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.

Leading with Intellectual Integrity

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

The Wise Leader

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

Rebranding Strategy: Why Traditional Strategy Planning Needs a Makeover

Harvard Business School professor Cynthia Montgomery speaks with Booz & Company partner Ken Favaro about why strategy needs to be reimagined, and how a leader can help define what a business is and why it matters.

Structural Dynamics: Using Conversational Cues to Lead More Effectively

Systems therapist David Kantor speaks with Booz & Company partner Rutger von Post about how leaders can tap into "structural dynamics" to create better-performing teams.