The quality and caliber of top leadership is very important to address fundamental questions about their company’s strategy, such as: Who do we want to be? What is our chosen value proposition? And they’re just as focused on fundamental questions of execution: What can we do amazingly well that no one else can? What other capabilities do we need to develop? How will we blueprint, build, and scale those capabilities — and put them to use? The right answers will lead the company to consistently outmatch competitors
This is an excellent article in Harvard Business Review that details the five acts of leadership with fantastic case studies that lead to closure of the strategy-to-execution gap and long-term sustainable success. Read on…