How do you know if a business is well managed? How can you tell which companies are the most successful and which ones are losing money? It turns out that social media provides some answers. The world of strategic management is a big one. There are so many influencers, authorities, and experts that it can be hard to know where to start. Lucky for you, we've done the work for you!
We put together this list of 25 people in the space who should definitely be on your radar. These are all individuals whether peers have been recognized as top leaders in the industry. They're sure to offer some insights about staying ahead and getting better results with your strategic planning efforts today!
Dr. Damjana Pondelek
urednica.si
Dr. Damjana Pondelek, director of the company Urednica, is a consultant to management and collectives, companies, and organizations in difficult circumstances. These are a strong incentive for the necessary organizational changes, strengthening the organizational culture, leadership, and employees. It monitors companies and organizations in a period of change and transformation, advising owners, management, and employees. She is an indispensable consultant in crisis management.
Two decades of strategic and crisis management work provide her with a comprehensive insight into the social, economic, political, and media accurate and practical assistance to management and collectives even in the most difficult moments and trials. At the Faculty of Postgraduate Humanities, she holds a Ph.D. in social perception and treatment of holders of social functions in crisis situations.
Gail Stout Perry
credera.com
Gail is a Partner in our Dallas office. She joined the firm in 2019, where she focuses on strategy formulation, strategy execution, and performance management. She brings more than 25 years of management consulting experience across multiple industries, disciplines, and technologies. Prior to joining Credera, Gail worked in management consulting at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), the Balanced Scorecard Institute, and other firms. She has also held the role of Chief Strategy Officer at a global software company. She is a co-author of a textbook, The Institute Way: Simplify Strategic Planning and Management with the Balanced Scorecard, which is available in English, Arabic, and Vietnamese.
Gail has had many keynote speaking opportunities across the globe. She has been featured in Performance Magazine and written for publications such as Texas CEO Magazine. Gail is a member of the Executive Women’s Roundtable at the Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Vicky Pope
vipcgng.com
International Consultant in Strategy and Change Management, Vicky Idoko-Pope has over 20 years of experience working with multinational companies across a wide range of sectors. In the past decade she has focused on developing capacity for change management within organizations as well as coaching senior executives to make breakthroughs that lead to strategic alignment. Her approach is hands-on. She leverages her expertise from all phases of business life (e.g., product development, marketing, operations) into one holistic framework that integrates strategy formulation with execution; design thinking; innovation processes including ideation and collaboration tools; decision making through risk assessment and managing uncertainty using statistical models; customer-centricity leveraging data analytics techniques such as machine learning algorithms which are used in predictive modeling
Dr. Siri A. Terjesen
business.fau.edu
Dr. Siri A. Terjesen is Associate Dean, Research & External Relations and Phil Smith Professor of Entrepreneurship at FAU, and Professor .2 at the Norwegian School of Economics (Norges Handelshøyskole: NHH) in Bergen, Norway. Dr. Terjesen is a nationally recognized expert in higher education, strategic management, and entrepreneurship. She was nominated to serve as one of 15 voting directors to the National Board for Education Sciences (NBES), which advises the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute for Education Sciences. Dr. Terjesen serves as a reviewer for the Horizon 2020 project, the Swedish and Norwegian governments’ higher education, and an advisor to the World Bank, Kauffman Foundation, and various think tanks. Dr. Terjesen is an affiliated researcher with Catalyst (New York), Indiana University’s Institute for Development Strategies, and the Ratio Institute (Stockholm) and serves on the board of Strata.
Siri’s teaching at the undergraduate, graduate and executive education levels has received several awards, including FAU College of Business’s most outstanding teacher (2020) and American University’s Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life’s most outstanding faculty member (2017), and Kogod School of Business as “excellent” in teaching (highest recognition every year), and Indiana University’s Sauvain Undergraduate Professor of the Year and Alpha Kappa Psi’s student-selected favorite professor awards. She mentors fifteen students each year through the UNCF Koch Scholars program.
Siri’s research on entrepreneurship, corporate governance, and strategy has been published in over 80 articles, 2 books, many white papers, and manuscripts (e.g., Kauffman Foundation, World Bank, and U.S. Small Business Administrations received over 11,000 citations on Google Scholar. She publishes in leading journals such as Academy of Management Review, Journal of Management, Journal of Operations Management, Business Ethics Quarterly, Journal of Business Ethics, Leadership Quarterly, and Strategic Management Journal. Her research is featured in international media, including Bloomberg, U.S. News & World Report, the Times, and CNBC. Siri is a former Associate Editor of Academy of Management Learning & Education, and current editor of Small Business Economics, Journal of Risk & Financial Management, Industry & Innovation, and Magma, and a member of Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice and Corporate Governance: International Review. She has been PI or co-PI on $5.3m in research grants and gifts over her career.
Frank T. Rothaermel
ftrstrategy.com
Frank T. Rothaermel (Ph.D.) is a Professor of Strategy & Innovation, holds the Russell and Nancy McDonough Chair in the Scheller College of Business at the Georgia Institute of Technology (GT), and is an Alfred P. Sloan Industry Studies Fellow. He is the recipient of a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award, which “offers the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious awards in support of … those teacher-scholars who most effectively integrate research and education” (NSF CAREER Award description). Bloomberg Businessweek named Frank one of Georgia Tech’s Prominent Faculty, while Poets & Quants selected Frank as one of the “Favorite Business School Professors Teaching MBAs.” The Kauffman Foundation views Frank as one of the world’s 75 thought leaders in entrepreneurship and innovation.
Frank’s research interests lie in the areas of strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship; he has published over 35 articles in leading academic journals such as the Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, and elsewhere (complete listing of research papers and PDF downloads). Based on having published papers in the top 1% based on citations, Thomson Reuters identified Frank as one of the “world’s most influential scientific minds.” He is listed among the top-100 scholars based on impact over more than a decade in both economics and business. Frank’s body of work has been cited over 16,500 times in Google Scholar with an h-index of 34.
Dr. Saaid
drsaaid.com
Dr. Saaid is the founder and CEO of DSGC. He has a wide range of experiences in senior management, consulting, and entrepreneurship through his career development both in the industry and academic world for more than 30 years. In the course of his career, he held a number of senior positions, including Chief Operating Officer, Bank Manager, Managing Director, and Principal Consultant. The last position held was the Director of Institute of Professional Advancement at Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN).
His years of leadership experience, development of training programs, management, and business consulting have provided him with a unique and personal approach in coaching individuals and as workgroups. Dr. Saaid has engaged actively in a wide range of consultancy services for various private and public organizations, including the TNB group of companies and government agencies.
Dr. Saaid earned his Ph.D. in Management Accounting and Masters in International Banking & Finance.
Harlan Bennett
capetechconsulting.com
Harlan Bennett is an Innovator and Analyst with over 15 years experience in Consulting, Innovation, Business Systems Analysis, Systems Engineering, and Strategy. In addition to helping clients in various sectors, including financial services, non-profits, logistics, and the United States Department of Defense, he supports businesses large and small to become more lean and successful.
Mr. Bennett is a member of the International Association of Innovation Professionals (IAOIP) and a member of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)Technical Committee 279, which is charged with the standardization of terminology, tools, methods, and interactions between relevant parties to enable innovation. He is a former President of the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) Washington DC Chapter. He is passionate about innovation, solving business problems, helping organizations grow, and entrepreneurialism.
Bruce Linn
brucelinn.com
Bruce Linn is an experienced Company Director, Chairman, and former CEO who heads successful governance and strategic management consulting business operating in Australia and the USA.
Formerly CEO of Finlaysons Lawyers, his previous executive roles included CE for EDS (now DXC Technology), responsible for all State Government business in Australia, and CEO of Camtech, one of Australia's leading Internet & Electronic Payments technology innovators.
A Science graduate of The University of Adelaide, he is a technologist with over 40 years of experience in business strategy, digital strategy, governance, leadership, business management, and commercialisation of a broad range of technologies, including IT, telecommunications, Internet, and social media.
Past President of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (SA/NT Division), he is currently Chairman of Anglicare SA Ltd, Anglicare SA Housing Ltd, State Library of South Australia and Sensei Productivity Pty Ltd. He is also a non-executive director of SABRENet Ld and e Think180 Pty Ltd advisory board member.
He is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Australian Computer Society. He has been awarded a Member of the Order of Australia, a University Fellow from the University of South Australia and a Distinguished Fellow from the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
David Miles
mileslehane.com
Dr. David Miles is the Chairman of The Miles LeHane Company and the author of The Four Pillars of Employable Talent and Building Block Essentials. He acquired the business with his wife and business partner, Melanie, in 1992, following a twenty-five year career with Marriott Corporation (Saga).
During the ensuing years he has grown this Strategic Management and Talent Management Consulting Firm into five primary areas of practice: Strategic Management Planning, Coaching, Career Transition, Executive Search and Human Resources Products and Services. Becoming a published author in 2011, with the fourth edition in 2017, Dr. Miles’ The Four Pillars of Employable Talent offers readers thought-provoking analyses of the changes that have transformed the workplace as well as a compelling argument for why an individual must possess four key attributes to be employable in today’s challenging job market: resilience, balance, strategic career planning, and active financial planning. He also examines how each of the five generations interact within today’s workforce—Seniors, Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials and IGens (Gen Z) — and how they perceive and embrace each of the Four Pillars. Dr. Miles became a published author once more in 2012, adding the fourth edition in 2017, with the publication of Building Block Essentials, a tactical guide for job searching.
Lee Crumbaugh
forrestconsult.com
Lee, a strategy consultant and business coach, founder and president of Forrest Consulting, has helped 100s of companies, associations, non-profits, leaders, owners and entrepreneurs be more successful.
Armed with a University of Chicago MBA in marketing and finance and a University of Illinois BS degree in communications, he has been a leader in banking, associations, publishing and philanthropy, and has launched a publishing company and an area business group.
An Association for Strategic Planning past president, Lee holds its Strategic Management Professional certification. He is an International Association of Facilitators member. He is an author of two books, AHEAD: Strategy is the way to a better future (available on Amazon) and BIG DECISIONS: Why we make them poorly, how to make them better (publication expected this year), and a blog, Strategic Thinking & Strategic Action.
Rodolfo J Cremer
aciertomarketing.com
Rodolfo J Cremer is a Business administrator and International Keynote speaker, on issues of strategic management, service and customer experience. During the last 20 years, he has developed consulting projects in several countries in Latin America, North America, and Europe, in various industries and sectors, from mass consumption to high-value intangible services. He combines professional activity with academic activity in prestigious national and foreign graduate schools.
Dominik Brendel
purpose-brands.com
Dominik is a scholar and advisor with significant experience as a business practitioner in service businesses, FMCG, e-commerce, retail banking, B2C retail, software development, manufacturing and travel industries. As a thought-leading Marketer and strategic thinker in brand building, business strategy and management he is a sought-after advisor and keynote speaker to companies as well as a regular contributor to leading conferences and publications.
His expertise is spanning (e.g.) building global brands at Procter & Gamble, advising many companies and organisations (B2C and B2B) on Brand- and Goto-Market strategies, leading the consumer-business strategy for HRS and delivering its growth as Marketing Director.
Since several years, Dominik is advising organizations and companies on strategic development projects, such as Vision and Mission, Brand Identity and Positioning, Go-to-Market strategies, business modeling competitive strategy development and moreover how to become a customer-centric organization in order to transform existing businesses against the current challenge of digital transformation.
Remco van der Hoeven
florpartners.nl/en
Horticultural companies are continuing their development in the area of horizontal and vertical cooperation. Within Florpartners, He uses his background in business administration, strategic management and Lean Six Sigma for many different projects and interim assignments.
He advises on and improves business processes within companies, enabling them to achieve their ambitions and better every day. He might, for instance, do this in the role of process supervisor to change and implement the company culture according to the Lean methodology. Or he might act as an interim manager responsible for process optimization, organizational and personal development, improving financial housekeeping and strategic development, and translation into operational goals.
Liisa Hyvärinen
lisacon.fi
She is the CEO of LIISTA, a communications firm focused on management consulting. Liisa holds a Master's degree in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Her professional training includes courses at Harvard University, INSEAD Business School, and two Finnish Universities.
With over 15 years in leadership positions, one common theme for her work with clients is to help them find clarity around what matters most so they can focus on getting it right. Her customized solution-based coaching programs are designed to give leaders the support necessary to move forward by leveraging their own strengths and skills.
Her company works with ambitious entrepreneurs who want to build thriving businesses through strategy and execution; global corporate executives who want to make last seeing organizations grow especially those with high ambitions. Her customized solution-based coaching programs are designed to give leaders the support necessary to move forward using their own strengths and skills.
She works with ambitious entrepreneurs who want to build thriving businesses through strategy and execution; global corporate executives who want to make lasting positive contributions, as well as change agents who want to be accountable for results while creating meaningful change.
Bert George
bertgeorge.com
Bert George (Ph.D.) is an applied economist and professor of public management who focuses on strategic planning and management in public administration, public sector performance, and behavioral public policy using surveys, experiments, and meta-analyses. He is currently appointed at Ghent University (Belgium) and was previously appointed at Erasmus University Rotterdam (The Netherlands).
Bert’s research interests can be structured into two areas. Firstly, the processes and behavior underlying public strategy. This includes the application, practice, and effectiveness of strategic planning and management in public organizations, and the tools, individuals, and teams involved in strategic decision-making by public managers or policymakers (i.e., behavioral public strategy). Secondly, the drivers and characteristics of public sector performance. This includes meta-analyses and experiments aimed at identifying factors that can enable or inhibit public sector performance and work focused on measuring performance, taking into account the need for public value pluralism and purposeful performance information use.
Iman Ousseyran
laurelandtercel.com
In the past decade, Iman has been a business executive in Europe and Africa. He was educated at The European Business School (EBS) where he obtained his MBA degree with distinction from EBS London campus. After graduating, he worked as an Associate Consultant for the Strategy & Leadership Consulting Practice of PwC France before joining the Industrial Development Bank of Egypt (IDBE), now known as Egyptian International Cooperation Effort - IDCE, to transform it into one of top 20 banks in MENA region according to Forbes ranking system after less than two years when he became its CEO.
Iman is well-known by his team members and clients alike for achieving success and motivating others during difficult periods that frequently occur in the turbulent business environment. His leadership skills and performance have been recognized by his peers, which led to being voted one of Top 100 Most Influential African Business Leaders for two consecutive years 2012 & 2013 respectively.
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