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Memo to the CEO: Is Your Chief Strategy Officer Set Up for Success?
Empowering the CSO and restoring strategy to the front line is imperative in a challenging environment. See also “How to Refocus the role of the Chief Strategy Officer into a Competitive Advantage.”
January 15, 2019 by Paul Leinwand, Nils Naujok, and Joachim Rotering
Why Tax Reform Changes Nothing — and Everything
With so much cash on company balance sheets, U.S. companies face competitive pressure to use the tax windfall strategically.
May 14, 2018 by Paul Leinwand, John Ranke, and Amy Murphy
Reimagining Effective Cross-Functional Teams
Three guardrails must be in place to allow these groups to perform well within an organization.
November 20, 2017 by Sally Blount and Paul Leinwand
The Fear of Disruption Can Be More Damaging than Actual Disruption
Resist the urge to react too hastily to major change — or to use it as an excuse not to take action. Focus instead on making the fundamental strategic choices necessary to strengthen your business. See also “Disruptors and the Disrupted: A Tale of Eight Companies — in Pictures.”
September 27, 2017 by Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi
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

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Memo to the CEO: Is Your Chief Strategy Officer Set Up for Success?

Why Tax Reform Changes Nothing — and Everything

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The Fear of Disruption Can Be More Damaging than Actual Disruption

11 Types of Strategic Maturity: Which One Describes Your Company?

Pulling the Triggers That Pull Companies

Inclusion Is More Strategic Than Ever

How to Design a Team to Deliver Powerful Capabilities

Creating a Strategy That Works

Getting Off the “Bad Growth” Treadmill

The New Supercompetitors

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Cut Costs, Grow Stronger

How to Win by Changing the Game

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