Strategy & Leadership Archive

Managing author Henry Mintzberg believes that to improve business schools, we must first understand the essence of what managers do.

Despite improvements in the global economy, chemicals, retail banking, consumer packaged goods, engineered products and services, oil and gas, and technology still need to transform.

For global companies, ignoring China is not an option. But they must adapt their strategies to the country’s changing markets, increased competition, and shifting government priorities.

When the head of a division had an impossible target to meet, the only way forward was through a constructive battle between allies.

A shortcut to the big themes in the conversation about corporate strategy.

Five steps to “differentiated” sustainability for a full embrace of environmentalism.

Predictably, one result of the economic crisis is the cry for a new style of leadership. In thinking about what qualities are needed as we move forward, it’s helpful to consider where we’ve been and what the times will require from the next generation of leaders.

Twelve strategies to shape a company’s destiny.

As cost cutting narrows the field of business journalism, it has become more difficult to put out a corporate story — or take one in.

To reduce expenses for the long term and lead the way to recovery, start by taking a strategic view of your capabilities.

Neuroscience research is revealing the social nature of the high-performance workplace.

Eleven of the top leaders from the largest food and beverage company in the U.S. talk about their three-year turnaround and their campaign to reorganize for growth.

Four new strategies offer a path to future profits for today’s troubled newspaper and magazine companies.

The most important task for corporate leaders, says consultant and author Steve Zaffron, is to reorient the minds of their employees toward a positive vision of the future.

Web-based computing services are already saving money for many large enterprises. It’s time to jump on the bandwagon.

Noble Group CEO Richard Elman discusses risk, opportunity, and his growth strategy for the commodities business.

The management author and former CEO of Intel Israel on the need to do the unexpected and attempt the impossible.

Mergers and acquisitions are becoming more critical — and more perilous — than ever. You can build your capabilities, even in the midst of turmoil.

Booz & Company’s annual survey of chief executive arrivals and departures shows that the financial crisis has held down the rate of CEO turnover — for now.

Strategies to improve working capital deficiencies and unearth excess cash from corporate balance sheets.

Lenovo’s ill-fated ambitions reveal the difficulties China faces in developing and managing innovative global corporations.

CEO Andrew Prozes on why his company needed to transform itself to survive in the highly competitive online data and content marketplace.

Companies need to assess their workforces today, but they should also look at their likely needs as conditions change.

The practice of assigning letter grades to jobs has had perverse consequences. Aligning jobs with accountability is a much better idea.