The Power of Strategic Fit

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The Power of Strategic Fit

Companies that don’t align the essential elements of their strategy won’t be able to create sufficient value for their firms and their stakeholders to sustain long-term success. Too many leaders, facing heavy pressure to increase the worth of their company, use simplistic “spreadsheet strategies”: They set financial goals that will meet analysts’ expectations and find ways to back into them. They don’t address the essential elements of strategy …