Gartner Top Insights 2019-2020

2019-2020 Top Insights for the C-Suite

How to excel at both strategy and execution

Today’s business environment is characterized by disruption

Business leaders today face a very challenging business environment marked by significant change, emerging technology trends, competition, uncertainty — and opportunity. Although many organizations find it hard to accelerate through the kinds of disruptions and mixed signals they face, Gartner research shows that there are ways to position the business to drive through disruption and come out ahead, but it takes concerted action and preparation.

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    C-suite executives must prepare for the unexpected

    There’s little clarity on a range of economic, regulatory, cybersecurity, geopolitical and trade issues, and digital disruption has made widespread and multidimensional uncertainty the new normal. This makes business strategy planning a complex process for executives. Additionally,  turns of fortune may be sudden and can blindside you unexpectedly, disrupting even the most robust business strategy plan. Many organizations respond to turns by ad hoc changes, such as restructuring their enterprise architecture, but our research shows that some progressive business leaders do more than survive; they thrive — by embracing turns as a prime opportunity to seize and sustain a competitive edge.

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    Types of Disruptions over the Past Four Years - Organizational disruption leads at 47%

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    Based on research insights from Gartner clients, this e-book highlights the actions that progressive functional leaders across the enterprise, from supply chain managers to HR leaders, are taking to improve their execution, re-align their business strategy model and drive forward the organization’s objectives, especially through disruptive turns and uncertainty.

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    “Lack of preparation creates business risk. In today’s business environment, being right is only half the battle. Companies also need to execute at speed — intensely pursuing strategy with confidence and discipline as the environment changes.”

    Mike Harris
    Executive Vice President, Research & Advisory
    Gartner

    Lack of preparation creates business risk. In today’s business environment, being right is only half the battle. Companies also need to execute at speed — intensely pursuing strategy with confidence and discipline as the environment changes.

    Mike Harris

    Executive Vice President, Research & Advisory, Gartner