Executive beliefs influence strategic decision making in organizations, and thus they ultimately influence organization performance. The factors that might determine upper-echelon executive beliefs, however, have received scant empirical attention; certainly, little is known about their relative...

What executive hasn't dreamed of transforming an organization by achieving seemingly impossible goals through the sheer force of will? We're not talking about merely challenging goals. We're talking about management moon shots — goals that appear unattainable given current practices, skills,...