Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Today’s business leaders are faced with many challenges: intense competition, increased regulation, and the need for constant innovation. It identifies the building blocks of a strategic leader and pinpoints areas for improvement to help individuals reach their full potential. And actions are only as good as the thinking behind them.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Today’s business leaders are faced with many challenges: intense competition, increased regulation, and the need for constant innovation. It identifies the building blocks of a strategic leader and pinpoints areas for improvement to help individuals reach their full potential. And actions are only as good as the thinking behind them.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Ensure Strategic Fit. Arrange a strong match between the strategic challenges of a managerial position and the individual with the leadership skills to fill it. Convey Strategic Intent. Communicate strategic intent throughout the organization and empower others to implement the strategy. About the Authors.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

” Members from each partner organization rate the alliance in areas related to strategic fit, operational fit, and cultural fit. Heat degrades the substrate of innovation, while light catalyzes it.” Lilly’s research shows these same effects can happen between members of alliance innovation teams.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Plenty of time also gives the CEO and directors an opportunity to ensure that the eventual insider finalists are given a chance to master the additional skills required for moving up, for transcending any Peter Principle limitations. Mentoring by the CEO and lead director can be vital here, as can service on another board or two.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2015

Situation Three: It Does Not Have Good Strategic Fit. In the meantime, the competition is managing their own innovation and coming up with similar or better improvements to their own products. No innovation remains innovative for long. How can you tell if the product you are working on is likely to succeed or fail?

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