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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

What Drives a Company’s Success?

by Art Kleiner and Nadia Kubis

Booz & Company and strategy+business have introduced an online survey to explore the relationship between management theory, corporate identity, and high performance.

The Lesson of Lost Value

by Christopher Dann, Matthew Le Merle, and
Christopher Pencavel

A new study finds that underestimating strategic risk is the number one cause of shareholder value destruction. But it doesn’t have to be.

School Reform for Realists

by Andrea Gabor

Partnerships between business and education have a place in solving the talent gap, but not in the way most executives expect.

Planning for Facebook’s Future

by Peter Thies and Jane Stevenson

As CEO of a public company, Mark Zuckerberg needs to engage his board in developing the next generation of leaders.

Six Secrets to Doing Less

Why the best innovation strategies are rooted in the art of subtraction.

The Multipolar MBA

To Rakesh Khurana, a Harvard Business School professor known for his histories of management knowledge, business schools are facing a crisis of global irrelevance.

Building the Skills of Insight

To eminent systems therapist David Kantor, learning to recognize the hidden patterns in conversation is the first step toward more effective executive leadership.

Best Business Books 2012

Best Business Books 2012: Strategy

Considering Competition

The Thought Leader Interview: William J. O’Rourke

The former head of Alcoa Russia teaches executives that in international business practice, ethics and competitive advantage go hand in hand.

The Offline Executive

A manager’s effectiveness depends not only on using e-mail and other electronic communication, but also on learning to shut it down.

Why Walmart Is Like a Forest

Thinking about your company as an ecosystem yields lessons for innovation, growth, and renewal.

Managing in a Multipolar World

Why global companies need to rethink their operating models.

The Business Case for the European Union

To corporate leaders, this year’s economic crisis is a sign that a more unified Europe is a solution, not a problem.

Staying on the Road to Growth

Even amid ongoing tensions, Middle East leaders must maintain their commitment to economic reform.

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