All articles by Ken Favaro

CEO Succession 2011: The New CEO’s First Year

May 24, 2012

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.

by Ken Favaro, Per-Ola Karlsson, and Gary L. Neilson

Navigating the First Year: Advice from 18 Chief Executives

May 24, 2012

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.

by Ken Favaro, Per-Ola Karlsson, and Gary L. Neilson

The Two Levels of Strategy

April 27, 2012

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

by Ken Favaro

Netflix Wasn’t All Wrong

April 2, 2012

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.

by Ken Favaro

The Next Winning Move in Private Equity

May 24, 2011

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.)

by Ken Favaro and J. Neely

CEO Succession 2010: The Four Types of CEOs

May 24, 2011

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.

by Ken Favaro, Per-Ola Karlsson, and Gary L. Neilson