Capabilities 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 […]

StrategyDriven 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 […]

StrategyDriven Corporate Cultures Article

Corporate Cultures – Culture Trumps Strategy

Culture is hard to quantify but its impact on business operations is unmistakable. Even the well-conceived strategy cannot withstand the onslaught of a counter focused culture. In order for a strategy to be implementable, it must be formulated to work within the confines of the corporate culture. Alternatively, the corporate culture must be changed before the strategy is implemented… typically a years long process.

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Business Complexity has Grown Significantly Since the Financial Crisis

New research confirms the financial crisis has significantly exacerbated business complexity. A recently released survey reveals that 86 percent of firms face increasing complexity in their operating environment or organizational structure over the past three years. In the survey for the report titled, The Complexity Challenge: How businesses are bearing up, only 22 percent of […]

Leadership Inspirations – The Right Mental Attitude

“Nothing can stop someone with the right mental attitude from achieving their goal. Nothing on earth can help a person with the wrong mental attitude.” Thomas Jefferson 3rd President of the United States of America (1801 – 1809)

Capabilities 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 […]

Lost in Translation

Increase the impact of customer insights and analytics. How to break down the barriers between the analytics community and the business. Data is omnipresent and within our grasp yet business truths are still elusive. Finding meaning in that data requires sifting through droves of extraneous information for business insight. It means distilling raw information into […]

StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 56 – An Interview with Andy Kanefield, co-author of Uncommon Sense

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 56 – An Interview with Andy Kanefield, co-author of Uncommon Sense explores how […]

Worn out at Work? Twelve Common Workplace Behaviors that Drain Everyone’s Energy – and How to Purge Them in 2011, part 2 of 2

7. The Unclear Communiqué DON’T: Assume others have all the information they need, or that something you know isn’t really all that important. These hastily drawn conclusions that result from chronic poor communication can lead to serious mistakes and major missed opportunities. Plus, lack of clarity is incredibly frustrating to those who must work with […]

StrategyDriven Alternative Selection Article

Alternative Selection – Forgotten Productivity Related Challenges to Process Reengineering’s Value Creation

Estimating any initiative’s return on investment is extremely challenging and often suspect. This article addresses the frequently forgotten and unanticipated factors diminishing the return on process reengineering projects.