The CAC 40 has performed strongly over the past 10 years: the winners have activated the strategic levers of value creation
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Growth is a choice on five levels: ambition, playing field, business model & investment level, speed & scale, culture & organization. These choices call for boldness, which must be assessed and monitored
Growth is a seemingly straightforward issue. It is the product of investing more than competitors, by the impact of this investment on sales and profitability, and applied to the most favorable activity mix
There are three possible growth models, each with different logics and contexts: organic growth, bolt-on growth and strategic acquisitions. To be effective, each also requires specific approaches, management tools and organizations
Top management's time is one of the critical resources of the company. Yet it is rarely optimized : this requires a clear definition and coherence between the company's strategy, organization and operating modes
Companies that have experienced strong growth over many years often find themselves paradoxically facing with a growth challenge. One option to pursue growth is to develop new pillars
Successful companies manage to grow faster than their competitors not only because they move in the right direction : they also make their organization a driver of performance, not a barrier to it
For long-term profitable growth, three perspectives must be integrated: the strategic & financial perspective, the environmental perspective and the human perspective
Economic downturns often highlight the obvious : every company must regularly adapt and reallocate its resources
Crises always allow leaders to grow and gain market shares. Traditional approaches, though, are no longer sufficient : choices have to be made, and anticipation, agility and governance have to be improved
Environmental challenges are becoming a critical issue for companies. In addition to reducing their environmental footprint, companies must develop new competitive and environmentally relevant business models: “green models”. Which ones and how?
Growth is a choice : the only way to grow at the right speed and on the right scale is to choose the right priorities and focus on the right battles