I believe it was Peter Drucker who opined about outsourcing and then wrote a book on the subject. The original premise was that low level administrative functions, which were not a key or core focus of the business (like mail rooms) could be outsourced. Fast forward several years and business has learned that virtually all “non-value add” functions [...]
What’s with all the “strategy bashing” of late? How could sound strategic planning possibly be a bad thing? Things have spun so far out of control that I recently had a CEO ask: “Is strategy still relevant in today’s business world, and if so, what role does strategy play in the overall make-up of a CEO’s duties [...]
Even though the timing of Apotheker’s departure is a little unusual I can not say I am surprised by it. If I look over the landscape of a CEO’s job responsibilities (sales, strategy, etc.) and compare that to Leo’s short tenure I don’t see any direction coming from the top. Leo Apotheker came in at a [...]