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February 11, 2013
How Leaders Mistake Execution for Strategy (and Why That Damages Both)
When leaders substitute visions, missions, purposes, plans, or goals for the real work of strategy, they send their firms adrift.
February 4, 2013
What Drives a Company’s Success?
Booz & Company and strategy+business have introduced an online survey to explore the relationship between management theory, corporate identity, and high performance.
January 28, 2013
Six Secrets to Doing Less
Why the best innovation strategies are rooted in the art of subtraction.
January 21, 2013
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.
January 7, 2013
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.
November 27, 2012
The Lesson of Lost Value
A new study finds that underestimating strategic risk is the number one cause of shareholder value destruction. But it doesn’t have to be.
November 27, 2012
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.
November 27, 2012
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.
August 28, 2012
Why Walmart Is Like a Forest
Thinking about your company as an ecosystem yields lessons for innovation, growth, and renewal.
August 28, 2012
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.
August 28, 2012
Managing in a Multipolar World
Why global companies need to rethink their operating models.
August 28, 2012
Planning for Facebook’s Future
As CEO of a public company, Mark Zuckerberg needs to engage his board in developing the next generation of leaders.
August 28, 2012
School Reform for Realists
Partnerships between business and education have a place in solving the talent gap, but not in the way most executives expect.
August 20, 2012
Staying on the Road to Growth
Even amid ongoing tensions, Middle East leaders must maintain their commitment to economic reform.
August 6, 2012
Blank Checks: Unleashing the Potential of People and Businesses
How an unusual management technique inspires business teams to envision — and achieve — breakthrough results.
June 1, 2012
Strategy or Execution: Which Is More Important?
Many business leaders think they’d rather have great execution than superior strategies, but you can’t have the first without the second.
May 29, 2012
Is Your Company Fit for Growth?
A more strategic approach to costs can help you prepare for the next round of expansion.
May 29, 2012
Connections with Integrity
The venture capitalist who cofounded LinkedIn reveals the surefire system that he has used since high school for evaluating potential business relationships.
May 29, 2012
The Steve Jobs Way
Leaders can learn a lot from the late Apple CEO, but not all of it should be emulated.
May 29, 2012
The Right Role for Top Teams
Analysis of informal networks offers a potent leadership model for the C-suite: Make top teams the hub of the enterprise, and watch performance improve.
May 29, 2012
Strategy: An Executive’s Definition
What is a business strategy? It is the result of choices made to maximize long-term value.
May 29, 2012
Three Games of Strategic Thinking
Decision makers struggling with uncertainty can choose from a trio of probabilistic models to match the type of risks they face.
May 29, 2012
China’s Mid-Market Innovators
A new category of competitor — low-price, medium-quality Chinese B2B upstarts — is shaking up the global competitive landscape.
May 24, 2012
CEO Succession 2011: The New CEO’s First Year
Big companies are once again appointing new chief executives in greater numbers, Booz & Company’s annual study finds. Here’s a close look at the incoming class, and some advice from veterans on how they can best navigate their crucial first year.
May 24, 2012
Navigating the First Year: Advice from 18 Chief Executives
CEOs who took part in Booz & Company’s 2011 study of CEO turnover share their thoughts about the difficulties they faced, the successes they achieved, and what, in retrospect, they might have done differently in their first year on the job.
April 27, 2012
The Two Levels of Strategy
Business strategy is best distinguished from corporate strategy by the different perspectives that business leaders and strategic planners must bring to bear.
April 9, 2012
Diagnosing Your Top Team’s Span of Control
What is the right number of direct reports for any incoming C-level executive? A new diagnostic tool can provide the answer, based on each leader’s situation and strategy.
April 2, 2012
Netflix Wasn’t All Wrong
Six months after video rental company CEO Reed Hastings was forced into a strategic retreat from Qwikster, strategists can still learn a lot from his decision.
February 28, 2012
Big Pharma’s Uncertain Future
The business model that drove the major drugmakers’ success isn’t working anymore. The survivors will be those that make smart strategic bets supported by winning capabilities.
February 22, 2012
The Capabilities Premium in M&A
A new study of inorganic growth shows that deals made to enhance or leverage the things that companies do well consistently outperform others.
February 17, 2012
Winning Moves for 12 Industries
Every industry faces its own challenges in 2012’s turbulent, uncertain economic environment. These capabilities systems could pave the way for business growth and development in a dozen key sectors.
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