Chief executives spend their time on a narrow set of decisions that almost nobody else in a company can make, and this collection concentrates on exactly those.
The articles address setting strategic direction, allocating capital and attention, managing a board, leading a transformation and recognising when a business model has stopped working. Drawn from Harvard Business Review, the pieces combine research with accounts of how executives handled particular situations, including work by Martin Reeves and his co-authors on matching an approach to the environment a company operates in. Each is short enough to finish between meetings.
Topics covered:
• Articles on direction setting, capital allocation and board relationships
• Guidance on leading transformation and spotting a failing business model
• Research on choosing a strategic approach that fits the operating environment
• Self-contained pieces suited to reading in short stretches
Written for executives, senior managers and aspiring leaders, available at Boipoka.