by Dennis Carey , Brian Dumaine , Michael Useem , Rodney Zemmel
Are you constantly sacrificing tomorrow to survive today? You aren’t alone. Nearly 80% of executives admit they would willingly hurt their company’s future just to hit a quarterly target.
In today’s fast-food business culture, the pressure to deliver instant results is suffocating. But what if the secret to massive success requires enduring short-term pain? In this briefing of “Go Long,” we explore how CVS Health voluntarily burned $2 billion in guaranteed revenue to completely dominate the healthcare industry—and why you need to adopt this exact mindset to secure your own future.
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Dennis Carey, PhD, is the Vice Chairman of Korn Ferry and a preeminent authority on corporate governance and executive succession. With over 25 years of experience, he has recruited CEOs and board directors for over 75 Fortune 500 companies, including Ford and 3M. As the founder of the CEO Academy …
Brian Dumaine is an award-winning journalist and a contributing editor at Fortune magazine, where he has spent over three decades covering leadership, technology, and corporate strategy. As the founder of High Water Press and author of Bezonomics and Go Long, Dumaine is a leading authority on …
Michael Useem is the William and Jacalyn Egan Professor of Management and Director of the Center for Leadership and Change Management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. An expert in leadership and governance, he has authored numerous influential books, including "The Leadership …
Rodney Zemmel is a prominent business strategist and author who serves as the Global Head of the Blackstone Operating Team. Previously, he spent nearly three decades at McKinsey & Company, where he was the Global Leader of McKinsey Digital and headed firmwide AI transformation. An expert in digital …
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