Archive for Strategic Planning
How to Stress-Test Your Strategy
Robert Simons, the Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, explains why management teams must ask themselves tough strategy questions. During this interview, Robert covers: obstacles business leaders face when executing their business strategy why companies need to focus on one primary customer the importance in choosing which among shareholders, [...]
Read moreCapabilities Driven Mergers & Acquisitions – Integrating Capabilities, part 4 of 5
What role do capabilities play in successful mergers? Too big to fail has proven to be a flawed notion. In Integrating Capabilities, Booz & Company partners Gerald Adolph and Paul Leinwand continue their discussion on the role of capabilities in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and explain why pursuing a capabilities-driven M&A strategy produces more successful [...]
Read moreCapabilities Driven Mergers & Acquisitions – Capabilities Roadmapping, part 3 of 5
What role do capabilities play in successful mergers? Too big to fail has proven to be a flawed notion. In Capabilities Roadmapping, Booz & Company partners Gerald Adolph and Paul Leinwand continue their discussion on the role of capabilities in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and explain why pursuing a capabilities-driven M&A strategy produces more successful [...]
Read moreStrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 57 – An Interview with Robert Simons, author of Seven Strategy Questions
StrategyDriven Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve superior results. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag articles on the StrategyDriven website. Special Edition 57 – An Interview with Robert Simons, author of Seven Strategy Questions explores [...]
Read moreCapabilities Driven Mergers & Acquisitions – The Path to Coherence, part 2 of 5
What role do capabilities play in successful mergers? Too big to fail has proven to be a flawed notion. In The Path to Coherence, Booz & Company partners Gerald Adolph and Paul Leinwand continue their discussion on the role of capabilities in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and explain why pursuing a capabilities-driven M&A strategy produces [...]
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