Gus Byleveld argues strategy and execution must function as a single system. He advocates for translating long-term intent ...

Throughout my years advising leadership teams on strategic planning, I’ve witnessed a consistent pattern: companies often judge the quality of their strategy by the sophistication of the final ...

True execution is the byproduct of engineering accountability and clear decision rights into a dynamic system that makes high ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about self-leadership and leading others. Great strategy without disciplined execution is just wishful thinking. Most ...

After facilitating strategic planning sessions for dozens of fast-growing companies, I’ve observed a consistent pattern that separates high-performing leadership teams from those that struggle with ...

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 ...

Great strategies die in a thousand small moments: a decision gets stuck in a queue, a team spends days on a feature that’s ultimately scrapped, an integration checkpoint is missed, or a team lead ...