Two Simple Concepts for Better Leadership
Learn to operate from two observation points simultaneously and to outsource at home.
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How Strategy Talk Creates Value
Investors appreciate hearing about a new CEO’s strategic vision, and they respond by bidding up the stock price.
You May Be Part of a Global Supply Chain
All sorts of U.S. industries, including education and car manufacturing, sell their products and services to international customers.
Return on Design
Companies that receive awards for product design see an immediate uptick in stock price.
Susan David’s Required Reading
The author of Emotional Agility recommends four books that leaders can read to better understand and harness their own and others’ emotions.
How to Build a Connected Workforce
Technology can help, but the key is to focus on interdependence and a common language.
The Imperfect Job Market
The persistence of shortages in a range of industries indicates the market is far from efficient.
Reframing Failure
We all fail at some point in our careers. The trick is to use it to your advantage.
Ralph Lauren’s Short-Lived Outsider CEO
Leaders who come in with a mandate for driving change often run into obstacles.
Women, Play the Long Game
Why working mothers need to think like chess masters.
Doing the Super Bowl Ad Math
Popular commercials aired during the big game can drive up a firm’s stock price, but only if the brand is relatively unknown or has a flagging reputation.
A Better Way to Engage Your Board on Strategy
Shaping strategy should be an ongoing team effort of the CEO and directors, not just an annual exercise.
Us versus Them: Reframing Resistance to Change
How to bridge the gap between those who champion transformation and those who challenge it.
U.S. Companies Reconsider Corporate Citizenship
Serious questions are being raised about the ability of people and goods to move freely across borders. What does that mean for business?
Getting the Leadership Basics Right
Whether they’re selling concrete or chocolate, CEOs can still look to five steadfast rules.
Sorting through Corporate Protest Tactics
Activist groups’ ideological stance, as well as a company’s own characteristics, shape the types of strategies used to effect change.
Quantifying Entertainment
How the science of big data analytics can contribute to the art of producing movie and TV content.
Executives of an Uncertain Age
Why we should stop being surprised that events surprise us.What’s Your Digital ROI?
Companies need a clear and complete view of how their digital transformations are progressing.
How Smartphone Apps Influence the Way We Shop
Consumers who use mobile apps tend to make more-frequent purchases, spend less per transaction, and return items more often than those who don’t.
Is Donald Trump a Model for Communicators?
His simple story line helped carry him to the presidency. Is there a lesson there for business leaders?
A Silver Lining in Gray Markets? It’s Complicated.
Although manufacturers can derive some short-term benefits from unauthorized retailers, outright bootlegging is harmful to profits and reputation.
A New Reality at Davos
Going into the World Economic Forum, globalization continues at a rapid pace but the social and political context is changing.
How Howard Schultz’s Angel Poised Starbucks for Success
Few have resolved the tension between identity and growth as masterfully as the coffee chain’s CEO.
What It Takes to Stay Ahead of the Competition
For companies, sustaining a consistently high level of performance requires unique capabilities that may differ sharply from the strategies they used to succeed in the first place.
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