IBM's (IBM Quote) consulting group released a survey last week that spotlighted the most successful growth companies of the S&P Global 1200 index during the past decade. One glaring omission from the list: IBM.
The report's author, Vivek Kapur, a partner in IBM's Business Consulting Services unit, found that the companies best able to maximize growth and shareholder value excelled in three areas -- setting a strategic course, harnessing the necessary capabilities to pursue the course, and convincing the organization to follow it.
His own company "would have been strong on course, moderate-to-strong on capabilities, but conviction needs some work," says Kapur, noting that the latter is partly a function of time. IBM would have ranked high in shareholder return but below average in revenue growth, he added. ...
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