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Harvard Business Review | Strategy & Execution
 

January 13, 2026

 
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When You Have to Execute a Strategy You Disagree With

By Jenny Fernandez and Kathryn Landis

Four ways to maintain integrity, influence, and impact when you don’t have control over the CEO’s decisions.

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Your New Role Requires Strategic Thinking…But You’re Stuck in the Weeds by Nihar Chhaya

Five strategies to help you protect your time and lead at scale. Read more >

 

How to Push Back Against Your CEO’s Bad Decision by Jenny Fernandez and Kathryn Landis

Four strategies to protect long-term value while operating under short-term pressure. Read more >

 

Bring Your Extended Leadership Team into Strategy Decisions by David Lancefield

The C-suite, business-unit presidents, regional CEOs, and functional heads should operate as a single, interconnected system. Read more >

 

Match Your AI Strategy to Your Organization’s Reality by Julian Nolan, et al.

Align your ambitions with the parts of the value chain you control and the technologies you’re equipped to handle. Read more >

 
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