Strategic thinking

Despite a long-term decline in the circus industry, Cirque du Soleil profitably increased revenue twenty-two-fold over the last 10 years by reinventing...

Businesses hoping to survive over the long term will have to remake themselves into better competitors at least once along the way. These efforts have...

The storied British banker and financier Nathan Rothschild noted that great fortunes are made when cannonballs fall in the harbor, not when violins play in the ballroom. Rothschild understood that the more unpredictable the environment, the greater the opportunity—if you have the leadership skills to capitalize on it. Through research at the Wharton School and […]

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...

Figure out your passion and put it to work.

The best leaders don’t let themselves get too busy to reflect.

Groups don't become teams just because that is what someone calls them. Nor do teamwork values alone ensure team performance. So what is a team? How can...

An effective executive does not need to be a leader in the typical sense of the word. Peter Drucker, the author of more than two dozen HBR articles, says...

Countless books and articles offer advice on avoiding missteps at the bargaining table. But some of the costliest mistakes take place before negotiators...

The past decade has seen a wealth of research on decision making, yet business executives seem impervious to its lessons. The problem is not that they...

When an executive makes a big bet, he or she typically relies on the judgment of a team that has put together a proposal for a strategic course of action....

Christian Harbinson, a young associate at the venture capital firm Scharfstein Weekes, has a difficult decision to make before the next investment committee...

Change how you think, not just what you do.

Michael E. Raynor, director at Deloitte Services LP, explains how to keep your decisions on track for long-term success.

The four questions you need to solve different types of problems.

The best leaders know when to focus in and when to pull back.

How to close the gap between knowing and doing

Loyalty programs abound, but most of them don’t accomplish much. If you want yours to perform, here are the five mistakes to avoid.

Stacey Barr, performance measure specialist at Stacey Barr Pty Ltd, details the pros and cons of different performances measures and explains when to...

The former CEO of Kaiser Permanente on the benefits and pitfalls of activating "us versus them" energy.

BE CONFIDENT IN YOUR STRATEGY SUCCESS. Strategy work can be a frustrating, stressful process that doesn't always lead to actionable results. This time...

Helping your team set effective goals is a critical part of your job as a manager. Challenging, but attainable goals improve productivity and create a...

Performance reviews are a key component of employee development and a critical part of your job as a manager. It's an opportunity to assess performance,...

Are you at the top of your game--or still trying to get there? Take your cues from the short, powerful "9 Things Successful People Do Differently," where...

Find the right person to help supercharge your career. Whether you're eyeing a specific leadership role, hoping to advance your skills, or simply looking...

Your boss plays an important role in your career. So how do you navigate this delicate, significant professional relationship without playing political...

No matter what your circumstances or goals, the authors assure us of one thing: we will be better off if we are skilled thinkers. Critical thinking, they...

Are you where you want to be professionally? Are you ready to transition into a new role? Are you doing what you were meant to do? How do you create your...

Across industries, businesses are globalizing at a remarkable rate. However, the authors argue that there is a severe shortage of executives and managers...

Learn to recognize the skills that define strategic thinking and how to apply those skills on the job. Includes tools and techniques for clarifying strategic...

Governments around the world are under unprecedented pressure to identify more cost-effective ways to deliver their services and produce better societal...

In order to master Big Data, businesses must put aside much of what they know about 'working with data' and adopt new mindsets, technologies and capabilities....

Take the stress out of giving feedback. To help your employees meet their goals and fulfill their potential, you need to provide them with regular feedback....

If you're an executive, manager, or team leader, one of your toughest responsibilities is managing your people's performance. How do you appraise just...

While it is relatively easy to identify why strategies fail, it is much harder to explain how to fix a failing strategy or build an organization that...

Creative consumers (defined as customers who adapt, modify, or transform a proprietary offering) represent an intriguing paradox for business. On one...

Despite the differences between their fields, ecologists have produced many insights that are potentially useful to strategic management. The authors...

Is your fund manager's sudden bullishness the result of some special insight, or is it the result of the torrid love affair he is engaged in providing...

In January of 2013, Design Thinking reached a milestone when the venerable CBS TV-news magazine 60 Minutes featured "one of the most innovative thinkers...

All day long, we are creating frames for what we see, hear, and experience, and those frames both inform and limit the way we think. In most cases, we...