Additional research in 2025 from The Strategy Brief reinforces the theme: 80 percent of teams are not aligned on what matters most, and 79 percent of organizations admit lacking effective strategy ...

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NACD survey of corporate directors finds that directors expect modest economic growth and heightened focus on execution, CEO succession, workforce capabilities and technology transformation While ...

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It’s one thing to craft a visionary strategy. It’s another to watch it fizzle in the face of the unforgiving realities of execution. Many high-growth leaders find themselves stuck in that gap where ...

Over 90% of organizations have a strategic plan, but few can claim strong execution. Execution often fails due to poor communication, misaligned resources, and a lack of actionable initiatives ...

Focus on coordinating across silos and adapting to change on the front lines. by Donald Sull, Rebecca Homkes and Charles Sull Since Michael Porter’s seminal work in the 1980s we have had a clear and ...

In his debut earnings call as CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH), John Chidsey offered an assessment of the cruise operator. Chidsey diagnosed a series of internal "execution failures" and ...

Despite the hype, the enormous potential business value of artificial intelligence is not going to materialize spontaneously. Digital workplace leaders must guide their organization toward an era in ...

It is striking how much confusion there is between strategy, implementation, and execution. Is “strategy” a matter of making choices about where we want to go, where we play and how we win, of setting ...

Paul,* the CEO of Maxreed, a global publishing company, was having trouble sleeping. Publishing is an industry that’s changing even faster than most other fast-changing industries, but Paul wasn’t ...