Shifting The Gears: Driving Companies Towards The Long-Term Thinking Mode

Most CEOs have aspirational long-term goals. They all want to make their companies better and stronger over the long term. Yet when it comes to priorities and plans of action, few have headlights that can shine further than two or three years. So while every CEO talks about managing for the long term, the reality is that the crush of immediate concerns and the uncertainty of the future lead them to focus on the short term. This tension between long-term intention and short-term action is one of the great challenges of modern management. This course tries to unravel the causes underlying this risky imbalance and the thinking and actions that could be taken to gain the benefits of the long-term perspectives.

4 CEP Hours