Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Under his leadership, Ghosn said, the struggling automaker would return to profitability in a year and halve its debt a year later. Fifteen years later, Nissan under Ghosn’s strategy and leadership was indeed back on its feet. Nissan’s experience reminds us that firms with good strategy but weak leadership can remain rudderless.

Chief Operating Officer 50

Chief Operating Officer Short-term Strategic Fit Restructuring 50

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

Within EB, Merck first created a Global Health Innovation Fund and then a Healthcare Services and Solution unit to identify, develop, and operate nascent opportunities that fit that thesis. As a great organizational scholar, James March, once noted, “ Leadership involves plumbing as well as poetry.”

Health Care 8

Health Care Venture Capitalist Strategic Fit Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

He or she must believe in and articulate a “higher ambition,” as we call it at the Center for Higher Ambition Leadership. Becton Dickinson , a global medical technology company, has made its purpose helping all people live healthier lives. It must be deeper than only making money for shareholders and managers.

Company 8

Company Teamwork Commitment Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2015

In 2002 I worked with a client at a large global electronics company. Situation Three: It Does Not Have Good Strategic Fit. If your project displays any of these signs, it’s time to radically change what you’re doing or pull the plug. Situation One: It’s a Technology in Search of a Need.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Long-term Marketing 8