When a new leader’s formative years were advisory rather than operational, are boards underestimating the transition risk?

As the pace and complexity of business accelerate, enterprise leaders are under pressure to deliver more, faster: more growth, innovation, and resilience. And yet, despite bold visions and thoughtful ...

Most organizations don’t struggle to make progress because they lack ideas. They struggle because execution capacity hasn’t kept pace. New research from the Project Management Institute shows that 93 ...

Alex Brueckmann is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of "The Strategy Legacy" and CEO of Brueckmann Strategy Consultants Ltd. Every year, executive teams around the world spend months ...

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 ...

Most strategy discussions begin with the assumption that if we could just design the perfect plan, every leader and team would execute it the same way. However, the evidence and decades of real-world ...

Many executives say they weren’t prepared for the strategic challenges they faced upon being appointed to senior leadership roles. Often, these leaders fail because they lack depth in their ...

Pharmaceutical organisations rarely struggle to write strategy. They struggle to protect it. Global brand teams define ...

As we look toward 2026, one thing is clear: the old idea of strategy is no longer fit for purpose. For decades, strategy was treated as a static plan. A document produced once a year, built on ...