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.
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.
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Strategy Driven
OCTOBER 21, 2016
A new strategy was required. Carlos Ghosn make clear that he had come to Japan “not for the good of Renault but for the good of Nissan,” and that would entail a new combination of not only a more aggressive execution of the company’s strategy but also a more demanding manager in charge of it. Integrate Strategy and Leadership.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 12, 2014
However, by the middle of the decade, Google was growing, YouTube was forming, and “operational excellence” wasn’t a differentiating strategy in technology. Ballmer had done his job, but the strategic needs of the organization had shifted. Ballmer effectively led this shift and saw strong revenue growth from it.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 8, 2015
Change and innovation are choices, not givens, in any organization, and there are managerial levers for making these selections wisely. 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.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 9, 2018
But determining whether AI crime-fighting solutions are a good strategic fit for a company depends on whether the benefits outweigh the risks that accompany them. Below, we explain some of the steps they’re taking: Evaluating the strategic fit. Adopting AI. Sponsored by SAS. Assessing and mitigating internal risks.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
According to chairman and CEO Timothy Smucker, 67, who is now stepping down to hand the jars to his younger brother Richard, 63, "Volume gains in the fruit spreads category were supported by investments in advertising and product innovation." In 2001, Smucker's acquired Jif and Crisco from P&G, which no longer saw them as a strategic fit.
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