Could Iceland Win the 2018 FIFA World Cup?
The ability of a small country to field a world-class soccer team can teach businesses about the power of good management for team building.
s+b Blogs: Strategy & Leadership
Seven Tips for Managing Procrastinators
It’s not your job to cure procrastinators. Your job is to get them to do their jobs.
Using Improv to Transform How You Lead
By embracing the concept of “yes, and” leaders can improve how they communicate and manage. See also “Three Questions to Help You Become a ‘Yes, And’ Leader.”
Journaling Can Boost Your Leadership Skills
Stepping away from the screen and putting pen to paper allows the brain to reflect, process, and find patterns. See also “How Journaling Can Help Leaders Achieve Their Goals.”
The Art of the Transition
How to navigate from task to task with greater efficiency.
What to Do When Success Leaves You Empty
When we are caught up in achieving a goal, we can forget to enjoy the process. Here’s how to change that. See also “You’ve Reached a Career Milestone. Now What?”
How Leaders Can Play the Loyalty Card
Fealty is something leaders have to earn.
Strategy Talk: Can Strategy Be Decisive and Flexible?
Clear choices can provide stability for your organization while also enhancing your strategic options and ability to adapt.
Getting the Autocratic Leaders We Deserve
We want our leaders to be decisive, proactive, and undaunted — but only to a point.
How to Lead Cynics
Be honest, play fair, and do what you say you are going to do.
When Should a CEO Tweet about a Controversy?
Knowing when and when not to comment officially on a public issue.
Strategy Talk: Can the Latest Organizational Innovations Really Help Us?
Evaluate new management approaches, such as holacracy and agile, based on how they can improve clarity and collaboration at your company.
Detecting Lies on Earnings Calls
Can software and analytics help investors figure out if corporate leaders really mean what they say?
Why Your Company’s Disaster Recovery Plan Needs a Strategy
Without strategic guidance, corporate crisis response efforts may not be sustainable.
The Monsters under the Desk
The true test of a strategic leader is being able to recognize, and having the courage to eradicate, subtle problematic ideas.
How to Become a Powerful Follower...and a Good Leader
Practicing mindful followership lets people build up crucial skills that help them run organizations effectively.
Put an End to Your Feedback Loop
Stop avoiding the one criticism that keeps haunting your career. Take our interactive quiz “Why Do You Avoid Acting on Feedback at Work?.”
What the Ironman Taught Me about Communicating Goals
Simply measuring how close an organization is to reaching an objective isn’t enough to signal that it’s a priority.
Never Let a Disaster Recovery Go to Waste
Rebuilding after a weather event is often harder than the initial response, and business has a big role to play.
When Is It Dangerous to Declare a Crisis Over?
Leaders have a natural desire to put significant issues behind them.
Burn Your Rule Book and Unlock the Power of Principles
Clear and simple shared objectives nurture employee energy, ideas, and commitment.
How Leaders Can Improve Their Thinking Agility
Not all thinking is created equal. Here’s how to get the most out of your brain when it really counts.
When You Keep Falling Short of Your Mission
The Fed can’t meet its inflation target, companies routinely miss earnings guidance, and schools fail to increase test scores. So what’s an institution to do?
Is Diversity in the Boardroom Reversing?
A new study on gender and ethnic diversity in corporate governance sets off alarms.
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.
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