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The Strategic Leader’s Roadmap

Strategy Driven

billion into Nissan, but in return it required more than 36 percent of the company’s ownership and a commitment from Nissan to appoint Renault executive Carlos Ghosn as Nissan’s chief operating officer. Learn to Lead Strategically. Ensure Strategic Fit. Convey Strategic Intent. Renault agreed to infuse $5.4

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You Can’t Engage Employees by Copying How Other Companies Do It

Harvard Business Review

Employee trust in management and commitment to the company have been in decline for decades. Yet we know that trust and commitment are essential for high individual and corporate performance. On the other hand, a sense of purpose, real responsibility, meaning, caring, fairness, and authenticity have been shown to increase commitment.

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How to Know If a Spin-Off Will Succeed

Harvard Business Review

Decisive actions are required to tackle the factors that prompted the spin-off in the first place, which in many cases are underperformance and/or a lack of strategic fit leading to chronic underinvestment in the development of the business. Only in rare circumstances is “business as usual” a viable value-creating option.