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Paul Leinwand

Paul Leinwand is global managing director of capabilities-driven strategy and growth for Strategy&. Based in Chicago, he is a principal with PwC US. He is also the coauthor of several books, including Strategy That Works: How Winning Companies Close the Strategy-to-Execution Gap (Harvard Business Review Press, 2016).

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11 Types of Strategic Maturity: Which One Describes Your Company?
A quick interactive diagnostic tool shows whether your strategy is coherent, how well it stacks up against your competitors, and how you can improve it.
June 13, 2017 by Matthias Baeumler and Paul Leinwand
Pulling the Triggers That Pull Companies
When you give voice to confidence, aspiration, prescience, or desperation, it can set you on a more powerful path. See also “How to Define Your Corporate Identity.”
December 14, 2016 by Paul Leinwand
Inclusion Is More Strategic Than Ever
By setting your company up for growth, you have already made a strong, implicit commitment to diversity. The political events of 2016 could help you deliver on that promise.
November 30, 2016 by Art Kleiner and Paul Leinwand
How to Design a Team to Deliver Powerful Capabilities
Inside every exceptional company are teams of people working across functions, year after year, doing things together they couldn’t do alone.
May 18, 2016 by Paul Leinwand and Rutger von Post
Creating a Strategy That Works
The most farsighted enterprises have mastered five unconventional practices for building and using distinctive capabilities.
February 3, 2016 by Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi
Getting Off the “Bad Growth” Treadmill
The secret to sustainable expansion is to stop chasing growth; instead, build an engine that delivers it.
March 31, 2015 by Cesare Mainardi and Paul Leinwand
The New Supercompetitors
Companies that realize the power of their capabilities can shape how industries evolve. And watch the related video.
August 8, 2014 by Thomas N. Hubbard, Paul Leinwand, and Cesare Mainardi
Beyond Functions
Conventional organizational structures may be obsolete. How about a model based on capabilities instead?
February 26, 2013 by Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi
M&A in the New CPG Strategy
For consumer products companies seeking acquisition targets, the game-changing deals are those that bring more coherence.
June 6, 2011 by J. Neely, Paul Leinwand, and Amit Misra
Cut Costs, Grow Stronger
To reduce expenses for the long term and lead the way to recovery, start by taking a strategic view of your capabilities.
September 15, 2009 by Shumeet Banerji, Paul Leinwand, and Cesare Mainardi
How to Win by Changing the Game
Investing in a capabilities-driven strategy will equip your company for growth in uncertain times.
November 25, 2008 by Cesare Mainardi, Paul Leinwand, and Steffen Lauster
Pay Attention to Revenue Growth. But How?
Identify the growth rate for any given portfolio of businesses, and measure how your company stacks up.
November 29, 2005 by Paul Leinwand, John Loehr, and Kolinjuwa Shriram