In business, you must watch out for the turns
Leaders make a variety of turns each day that can either boost or sink a business, which means they must turn with care and skill, writes Steve McKee.
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Leaders make a variety of turns each day that can either boost or sink a business, which means they must turn with care and skill, writes Steve McKee.
Simply describing company strategy as a "cheeseburger" without providing clarity will leave your employees wondering if they're the sauce or the bun, writes Art Petty.
When embarking on a new business journey, the unknown can knock you off the path unless you take time now to prepare.
Antronix CEO Neil Tang discusses how to build out fiber capacity without re-architecting.
Grégoire Verdeaux, SVP of External Affairs at Philip Morris International, explains how innovation can be leveraged to tackle the world's most difficult challenges..
Innovation and disruption. What are they and is there a silver lining?
Strategically identifying the intersections your business sits at can help leaders find the right direction and actions to pursue.
Companies can remain on the cutting edge of innovation by using these four steps to create self-initiated disruption.
Leaders can leverage the skills of great diplomats to boost strategy, collaboration and respect.
Customers should drive every aspect of a business, from market opportunities to goals and strategies. Learn how to be customer-centric.
Motivational expert Susan Fowler is adamant that rewards are never appropriate -- but she does have three important caveats.
Asking "How is this different?" can change everything. Larry Robertson explains how.
Ask yourself several key questions before embarking on a new strategy or activity to ensure you won't counter costly scope creep.
Companies succeed when ideas are turned into actions, and great leaders help create ideas-to-actions machines. Learn more.
The 7S model can help organizations stay aligned from senior executives on down. Learn more about how the revised 7S model works in practice.
Companies age, just like people, and they'll tighten up unless they have the right planning, the right exercises and the right precautions.
What's your competitive strategy? The details may differ, but you're likely to fall into one of 4 categories.
Advisory boards only succeed when they have a clear role, commitment and relevance. Learn more about starting and sustaining advisory boards.
Sustaining relevance is a perpetual task for brands, and it's never guaranteed. Here's what you can learn from Plymouth's rise and fall.
What's your singular strategic objective? Aim for that instead of getting lost in a pile of strategics, tactics and objectives.
Arguing over problems doesn't mean you're solving them. Here are three pivots to help move a business from defining problems to strategic management.
Planned obsolescence has a deserved bad reputation, but it's also a strategic mindset every company needs if it's to stand the test of time.
Leaders know that creativity and idea generation drive success, yet many are unsure how to unlock innovation in their teams. Learn more about the strategy behind creativity and idea generation.
Crisis and predicament have different meanings -- and huge consequences for your business depending on which you embrace.
AI and the metaverse won’t make humanity better; they will augment and intensify what we all already are, for good and for ill. Here's what that means for leaders and companies.
Leaders need to define their strategy, regularly revisit it and avoid the perils of win/lose thinking.
Founders and CEOs alike need to plan their succession -- and they likely need more time than they're alloting. Learn from a business owner who's done succession.
Strategic planning is increasingly complex and fluid. Here are 5 tips for smarter strategic planning at your annual event and on an ongoing basis.
Contrast is how we discover new ideas and move forward. Embrace the contrast between you and other people in your work and life.
Strategy isn't easy, and there's a confusing morass of advice. Here are 3 tools for figuring out your strategy, based on the experts who have thought deeply about.
PMI works to disrupt an industry from the inside
Brainstorming is often too formal and restrictive. Learn a better process for surfacing ideas and taking action from Patti Johnson, who outlines 4 ways to set the stage for innovation.
How can an effective corporate social responsibility program build trust?
Leadership can be a series of starts and stops, but that's how it is. Great leaders understand that and focus on "ensuring all your key players arrive."
In good or turbulent times, looking at ways you can retain, refocus or retool is a smart strategy for any business.
Even top-flight companies struggle to stay relevant in the long run. What can leaders do about this? Here's a quick three-part formula for thinking about long-term organizational relevance.
The rushed shift to working from home during the pandemic has left many companies neglectful of skill sets -- and HR and C-suite leaders alike must be ready to retrain, reskill and upskill their employees after the pandemic ends.
Artificial intelligence is not a one-size-fits-all strategy, and so executives need to understand what their company needs and how to communicate their AI strategy.
The president and CEO of Ricoh Americas explains how the company has weathered COVID-19 and what the pandemic means for business transformation.
Speedruns require teams to work together toward a common goal, often under less-than-ideal circumstances. Read on to learn why businesses should pay attention to the lessons learned.
The pandemic was a field test for how resilient companies really are. Here's what a CEO learned from conducting M&A during the pandemic, as well as being acquired.