Wallace Garrison/Getty Images One response to today’s climate crisis has been a belief that markets and corporate innovation will provide the solution. As business tycoon Richard Branson has proclaimed in 2012, “our only option to stop climate...
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sweetvenom/Getty Images How do banks switch customer relationships from branch offices to mobile phone screens? Why is one multinational consumer goods company organized by category, while another organizes by region? Why is one insurance company...
Read moreHow to Tell If a Company’s Culture Is Right for You
Alija/Getty Images Congrats, you got the job! Now you have to decide whether or not to take it. You’ve done your research and know the ins and outs of the company’s public profile, but how can you assess cultural fit — and if you’d actually be...
Read moreThe Key to Better Cybersecurity: Keep Employee Rules Simple
Emma Todd/Getty Images It’s a common adage that employees are the weak link in corporate cybersecurity. But I believe they are also the best defense, if they are given policies that are easy to follow and not too numerous and complex. Employee...
Read moreCEOs Should Leave Strategy to Their Team — and Save Their Focus for Execution
Awakening/Getty Images The common perception is that strategy is done at the top of the org chart, and execution is done below. It is exactly the opposite – let me explain why. First, I should explain that I have always hated the use of the term...
Read moreWhat to Do If Your Boss Gets Distracted by Every New Thing
nico piotto/Getty Images No matter what the strategic plan says, many of us are more attracted to something new that’s glittering on the horizon than we are to the goals that have languished on our to-do list for months. This weakness is as true...
Read moreThe Avoidable Mistakes Executives Continue to Make After a Data Breach
Tom Knight/Getty Images The past few years have taught us that companies will be breached and consumer data will be stolen. Last year was a record year for data breaches, and 2017, so far, has seen its fair share of high-profile cyberattacks...
Read more5 Ways the Best Companies Close the Strategy-Execution Gap
James Balog/Getty Images Executives say that they lose 40% of their strategy’s potential value to breakdowns in execution. In our experience at Bain & Company, however, this strategy-to-performance gap is rarely the result of shortcomings in...
Read moreHow to Excel at Both Strategy and Execution
Adam Pretty/Getty Images For decades, we’ve often thought of leadership profiles in unique buckets—two popular varieties were the “visionaries”, who embrace strategy and think about amazing things to do, and the “operators”, who get stuff done...
Read moreWhy the Entire C-Suite Needs to Use the Same Metrics for Cyber Risk
Harry Haysom/Getty Images When it comes to cybersecurity, the chains of communication that exist within an organization, if they exist at all, are often a mess. Multiple conversations about cyber risks are happening across a multitude of...
Read moreHow to Reduce the Costs of Salesperson Turnover
dave Wheeler for HBR Even the best sales forces can’t keep every good salesperson. Loss of salespeople to competitors occurs frequently in high-growth industries in which the demand for experienced salespeople exceeds the supply, such as in...
Read moreWhat to Do When a Personal Crisis Is Hurting Your Professional Life
Issara Willenskomer/Unsplash At some point, we all confront a stressful life event or personal crisis that threatens to distract us from work. Perhaps it’s tending to a sick family member, coping with your own illness, or dealing with a divorce...
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