A version of this article appeared in the Summer 2018 issue of strategy+business. As Haier’s chief executive, I have been aware of the pressure that the Internet has placed on the business models of ...

Note: This is part one in a three-part series addressing how leaders at every level can become better equipped to navigate the new world of work. Read part two on developing better leadership habits.

So it should come as no surprise that those leaders are now being propelled to new heights. In December 2021, Leena Nair, Unilever’s CHRO, was named as the next leader of Chanel, swapping Dove soap ...

I had the feeling,” said Pierre Wack, “of hunting in a pack of wolves, being the eyes of the pack, and sending signals back to the rest. Now if you see something serious, and the pack doesn’t notice ...

“Execution” has become the new watchword in boardrooms, as CEOs and directors watch sound strategies fail at the hands of organizations that cannot or will not effectively implement them. The first ...

Since the mid-1990s, the source of competitive advantage has been shifting. Leading companies used to be diverse conglomerates that based their competitive strategy on assets, positions, and economies ...

A version of this article appeared in the Spring 2017 issue of strategy+business. It is rare for a week to pass without a newspaper or magazine offering a tale of the mistaken path of a fallen ...

Since its founding in 1957, GreenShield has been a nonprofit, focused on responding to the evolving healthcare and insurance needs of Canadians, while pursuing its social mission of Better Health for ...

When you look at strategy as a frame of mind to be cultivated, rather than as a plan to be executed, you are far more likely to succeed over the long run. That is the core premise put forth by Cynthia ...

But there is an alternative. Companies can still get the type of disruptive innovation they need to survive and create lasting change, without moving fast and breaking things. This can be achieved by ...

Evidence is mounting that conventional approaches to strategic human capital management are broken. This is particularly true for performance management (PM) systems—the appraisal approaches in which ...

Bank failures, health insurance rate hikes, and the troubles of auto manufacturers provide recent examples of the vulnerability of big, fast-changing systems and the ways in which large organizations ...