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.

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.

To outperform their rivals, private equity firms will need to enhance their ability to spur organic growth in the companies they own. (And public companies will need to follow.)

Booz & Company’s annual study of turnover among chief executives — now increasingly diverse, as the world’s largest companies migrate to emerging economies — suggests that the nature of the job varies with the role of the corporate core.

This measure of business performance is the best indicator of corporate success.

How CEOs can turn conflict, dissent, and disagreement into a powerful tool for driving performance.

The role of the chief executive is evolving. CEOs from around the world discuss the game-changing practices that lead to success.