Donald Sull 
Professor | London Business School
London, England, UNITED KINGDOM
One of the ten new management gurus you should know--Fortune Magazine
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Biography
Dr. Donald Sull is a Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, and Faculty Director of Executive Education at London Business School. Fortune Magazine listed him among the ten new management gurus, and The Economist identified his theory of active inertia as an idea that shaped business management over the past century. He has published over one hundred articles and case studies including several best-selling Harvard Business Review articles, and five award-winning books. Sull has three degrees from Harvard, where he taught entrepreneurship. He worked as a consultant with McKinsey & Company, and a management-investor with the leveraged buyout firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. He is an active investor in technology start-ups, works closely with several members of the Young Presidents' Organization, and advises the top management teams of companies including Oracle, Royal Bank of Canada, Standard Chartered, MTN, Baker & McKenzie, Microsoft, Burberry, and Pimco.
Industry Expertise (7)
Business Services
Financial Services
Legal Services
Manufacturing
Professional Training and Coaching
Consumer Goods
Oil and Gas
Areas of Expertise (4)
Strategy and Execution
Simple Rules for A Complex World
Executing Strategy for Results
Thriving in Turbulent Markets
Education (3)
Harvard University: MBA 1992
Harvard University: Doctorate 1996
Harvard University: AB 1985
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Event Appearances (14)
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PIMCO Managing Director Offsite Newport Beach, California
2011-05-11
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Boston Technology CEO Conference Boston
2011-03-24
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Nordisk Film Top Executive Team London
2010-11-24
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Capital Group Managing Directors Offsite
2010-10-16
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Baker & McKenzie Annual Meeting of all global partners Beijing
2011-10-27
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Silicon Valley CEO Conference San Francisco
2010-09-29
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Network Event: CEOs of twenty largest companies in Denmark London
2011-10-06
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Sberbank Top Executive Team Moscow, Russia
2010-09-08
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Gulf Petrochemical Association Dubai
2011-10-08
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Microsoft CEO Summit Redmond, Washington
2009-05-20
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Young Presidents' Organization: Growing Your Business Programme London
2011-06-02
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Adidas Global Executive Development Program Montreal
2011-06-26
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SAP Leadership Event Barcelona
2011-07-06
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MTN Group Board of Directors Durban, South Africa
2011-05-31
Sample Talks (3)
Thriving in turbulent markets
By most measures, volatility is on the rise. Based on a decade of study of more and less successful companies in turbulent markets including China, Brazil, fast fashion, and finance, this speech presents a few simple principles for seizing the upside of turbulence
Why good companies go bad (and how great managers avoid failure)
From GM to Lehman, many once-great companies have gone bad. This speech introduces "active inertia," an influential theory that explains why good companies go bad, illustrates the theory with stories of well-known corporate failures, and explains how to avoid this fate.
Executing strategy for results
Execution tops the lists of most CEOs' concerns, yet two-thirds of all companies fail to execute their strategy effectively. This interactive speech introduces a comprehensive model of strategy execution based on cutting-edge research and successful roll out in companies.
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