Strategy making forces executives to confront a future they can only guess at. It’s not surprising, then, that they try to make the task less daunting by preparing a comprehensive plan for how the company will achieve its goal. But good strategy is not the product of endless research and modeling; it’s the result of...Read more

When companies shift into growth mode, it’s an adjustment for everyone, including the CEO. William Lieberman Forbes Councils Member and Strategic Financial Advisor for Growth-Stage Companies underlines the importance of narrowing the focus to build a thriving business.Read more

Functional executives who aspire to the CEO’s chair should look for opportunities to show analytic leadership, deploy their own expertise, and broaden their leadership foundation. The lifelong learning comes at hand. MBA education help to develop those skills as executives are studying both human-related disciplines and gaining the hard skills in all managerial spheresRead more

Too many organizational leaders say they have a strategy when they do not. Instead, they eхpouse what is called “bad strategy” according to professor Richard Rumelt. In his book Good Strategy / Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters he states that bad strategy abounds. Senior executives who can spot it stand a much...Read more