In their Harvard Business Review article, "8 Tough Questions to Ask About Your Company's Strategy," Paul Leinwand and Matthias Baumler say that most companies do not have the answers. Tough Questions to Ask About Your Company's Strategy...

Rocío Lorenzo and her team surveyed 171 companies to find out if diverse companies were more innovative. The answer was a clear yes. M ore diverse companies are more innovative. In the video above, Lorenzo explains how a company can start producing...

In the above link, watch the video. Citigroup's Head of Operations and Technology, Don Callahan, describes the bank’s efforts to accelerate its digital transition. Who are Citi's competitors? How does he define agility? Why must a company...

Conduct a personal SWOT analysis. What are your strengths? weaknesses? opportunities? threats? What will you do with this information? Will you make any changes? If so, what?

Wharton professors Harbir Singh and Mike Useem contend that the best managers must possess leadership and strategy in their new book, The Strategic Leaders’ Road Map: Six Steps for Integrating Leadership and Strategy. How can managers develop...

"Ten Principles of Customer Strategy" at strategy+business reports that business needs "to create distinctive value and experiences for customers." Master the art of the possible : developing your own informed judgment about what...

The above infographic is from McKinsey Quarterly's article, " The CEO guide to customer experience ." It helps to answer the question, "What do my customers want?" Customer experience is an important part of corporate strategy...

Will a robot do your job in the future? How is your degree in management preparing you for the future?

Goals are important in management. What is the formula for choosing vivid goals that will motivate you to do what's necessary to achieve them? Write a SMART goal.

SailPoint's annual Market Plus Survey, a global survey designed to measure employee attitudes toward protecting corporate digital assets, "found that 1 in 5 respondents would sell their passwords to a third-party organization and a staggering...

Numerous people in business don’t plan and are wondering why they’re not seeing better progress. Perhaps Winston Churchill said it best in World War II, when he said, "He who fails to plan is planning to fail." Why is procrastination...

Sheryl Connelly, Ford Motor Company's in-house futurist, sees 2016 as a time of "inspiration, ingenuity and identity." The trends for 2016 are: Embracing Heroes Swiss Army Knife Time Poverty The EZ Life Mindful Goes...

In the video below, Doug Simon, President & CEO, of D S Simon, offers analysis on the most common mistakes CEOs make when it comes to communications. The three problem areas CEOs make when communicating, according to Doug Simon, are listed below...

Tim Nudd at Adweek shares the infographic above of the 24 most inspirational company mission statements. What is a mission statement? Explain why the mission statements are inspirational. How do these mission statements represent the purpose...

McDonald's CMO (Chief Marketing Officer) Deborah Wahl unveiled its new brand vision . The company is keeping the tag line , "I'm loving it ". Ad Age reports "The company said other changes in 2015 will include new uniforms on crew...

In an article for Forbes, Jeffrey Pfeffer, gives us "3 Critical Lessons from Sony's Email Hack." Sony Pictures email was hacked and some of the executive emails were shared on the Internet. The incident is a warning to all of us that email...

Source: Bain Brief at http://www.bain.com/publications/articles/winning-operating-models-that-convert-strategy-to-results.aspx From time to time, managers must revisit the operating model to ensure that strategy is being executed. Marcia Blenko, an...

We all know that social is important to business, but how do you get started? How can managers be sure that efforts on social are strategic? Marketo states, "To be successful on social, your social marketing strategy needs to include high-level objectives...

Patagonia's mission statement is to " Build the best product, cause no unnecessary harm, use business to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis." The company "makes clothes for climbing – as well as for skiing...

Hans-Werner Kaas and Thomas Fleming interviewed Bill Ford for the October McKinsey Quarterly . The Quarterly asked, "What’s the right balance between individual mobility and more holistic transportation systems, especially in light of accelerating...

You can learn a lot about the strategy of a business by reading the transcripts of their quarterly and annual reports. For example, Mark Zuckerberg restated Facebook's strategy in Facebook's Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call recorded from...

In this interview, 2014 Golden Chain Award winner, 7-Eleven CEO Joseph DePinto is interviewed by Stan Sheetz, president and CEO of Sheetz Inc. and winner of a 2012 Golden Chain Award. The annual Golden Chain Award recognizes outstanding leadership and...

Watch this video . In it, Johnson & Johnson’s vice president of digital strategy, Gail Horwood, discusses the importance of talent development and the role of the specialist. Watch this video . In it, Gail Horwood explains how to embed strategy...

As a student, you can attend professional conferences at a reduced rate. Your goals should be to network, get new contacts, ideas, and inspiration. But, to get the most out of a conference, you have to have a plan. In the video above, the Wall Street...

Chief Executive Officer, A. G. Lafley, announced today that Procter & Gamble (P&G) will cut up to 100 brands from its product line. In an i nterview with the Enquirer, Lafley said , "Some of our big brands are in industries that are...