Strategy execution

How three chief strategy officers are responding

Insights from conversations with CEOs, CHROs, and innovation leaders.

To understand what makes the difference, Egon Zehnder surveyed more than 500 senior revenue-driving leaders around the world.

Using visuals that tell a story will engage employees’ imaginations and help win their support.

You can’t bring your business into the future when your KPIs are stuck in the past.

How to move forward with alignment and purpose.

An HBR Executive Masterclass with Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez.

Join HBR on Thursday, February 26, for the HBR Strategy Summit, a live virtual event designed to help leaders develop and execute strategy in today’s complex business environment.

A survey of 400 executives identifies the most common mistakes—and how to avoid them.

Four steps to shift from directing to designing systems.

Words like “market leader,” “customer-first,” and “agility” often obscure more than they clarify.

The HBR Executive Playbook on deciding when a project is no longer worth the resource investment.

The HBR Executive Playbook on removing chronic barriers to collaboration.

Five steps leaders can take to get employees on board and keep moving forward.

Make the change relevant to their work—not just the company’s goals.

Success comes not from starting more, but from stopping what no longer creates value.

Leaders need to intervene at the points where critical information often gets lost.

Our guide to all things strategy, from “adjacency expansion” to “value stick.”

GenAI capabilities are improving exponentially every six months or so, and yet most companies are adopting models at a linear pace, at best.