Can leaders be visionaries and operators? It appears that those who can switch between these two mindsets are the ones who can turn their organisations into super-competitors.
You may think that success can be achieved by excelling at either strategy or execution individually—that great visionaries can change how we see the world, or that amazing operators can wind up outperforming competitors. But our experience and research suggests that the days of keeping strategy and execution as separate topics are ending: We need leaders that can create big promises to customers, and help their organizations deliver on those promises.