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5 Ways the Best Companies Close the Strategy-Execution Gap

Harvard Business

Following the company’s go-private transaction in October 2013 , Dell put in place new models for strategy development, resource allocation, and performance management. Dell’s executive leadership team focuses on systematically addressing the issues on the company’s strategy agenda. Value flexibility.

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Let Go of What Made Your Company Great

Harvard Business

A similarly difficult, but necessary, “letting go” challenge: GE’s decision to divest its once successful financial service businesses. While these core businesses continued to generate cash flow, IBM struggled to find The Next Big Thing.

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