Ken Favaro

How to navigate the twin demands of current performance and future investment.

From 100 years back to a quarter century ahead, the evolution of the chief executive officer.

Although culture is much more than an “enabler” of strategy, it’s no substitute for it.

Customers and capabilities—not the competition—should take center stage when developing strategies.

Many adjacency moves fail because they’re driven by the wrong motives. But a lot can be learned from those that succeed.

Why a popular approach to growth may put your company’s health at risk.

From the headlines to the C-suite, big data embodied the height of strategy-as-fashion in 2013.

What is 2013’s most in-vogue strategy? Make your nominations.

Avoid the usual temptations and your big bet on Verizon Wireless might be a big win.

A respected head office and strong corporate affinity will drive the company’s fortunes.

As he prepares to step down, will Ballmer’s organizational shake-up make any difference?

The cofounder of unconscious thought theory explains how taking a break and distracting the mind can lead to higher-quality decision making.

Why some corporate relationships end in divorce while others live on in blissful union.

Successful strategists understand that their role is to manage a process fraught with contradictions.

As A.G. Lafley returns to the helm, the consumer products giant can’t just rely on its product development expertise to get its mojo back.

The road to sustained success begins with the answer to this simple question: “Who are we?”

The newest CEOs have neither the diversity nor the global backgrounds that you might expect.

CEO turnover is trending high, but in a more planned and stable manner.

Even when facing a crisis, some CEOs know how to anticipate the worst, plan a response, and navigate to advantage. You can do the same.

The big box retailer badly needs a good dose of strategic innovation. Is it up to the task?

Understanding the real value of corporate strategy and the head office.

How strategic intuition unlocks innovative solutions to your biggest problems.

A Harvard Business School professor observes that leaders become better strategists by engaging in conversations about the purpose of a company.

A review of Build, Borrow, or Buy, by Laurence Capron and Will Mitchell.

When leaders substitute visions, missions, purposes, plans, or goals for the real work of strategy, they send their firms adrift.

Many business leaders think they’d rather have great execution than superior strategies, but you can’t have the first without the second.

What is a business strategy? It is the result of choices made to maximize long-term value.

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.

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.

Business strategy is best distinguished from corporate strategy by the different perspectives that business leaders and strategic planners must bring to bear.