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San Francisco Giants 2015 News and Updates
4/29/15 - It took eleven innings, but the San Francisco Giants held off the Rockies to earn their first win (5-4) against them in the 2015 Season. Pitcher Jean Machi picked up his first win, and left fielder Nori Aoki scored the winning run for the Giants. On Friday (5/1), the Giants host the Los Angeles Angels in a three-game weekend series. Great seats start at only $18 for this evening game, but they'll be there all weekend. The Giants don't get any rest before hosting the San Diego Padres beginning on Monday (5/4). Don't wait to grab your tickets for one of these games. Come down to the ballpark and cheer for your hometown team. They need your support to improve their 8-12 record and get back on top of their game.
4/24/15 - After an eight game losing streak that began on April 10 against the Padres, the Giants have won two games, the first against the Diamondbacks (1-4). In the opening game of three against the Dodgers, their oldest rival, the Giants showed them who was boss, ending the Dodger's seven-game winning streak. The Giants had four double plays, and with pitcher Tim Lincecum keeping the Dodgers to seven hits, the final score of 2-6 gave the Giants the win. The Giants have games against the Dodgers through Thursday (4/23). They're out on the road until Friday (5/1) when the Los Angeles Angels come to town for three games. Get your tickets starting at $15, and relax after a long week with a beer and a hot dog.
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4/17/15 - The San Francisco Giants are on a five-game losing streak, a disappointing way to start off the 2015 MLB Season. AT&T Park has been rocking out with home games against the Colorado Rockies. On Thursday (4/16), the Giants kick off a four-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Enjoy an evening game when you get off work on Friday. Get your tickets starting at $18. Wrap up your weekend with an afternoon game on Sunday (4/19), and relax before you head out to start your workweek. The Giants get one day off before they start a three-game series on Tuesday (4/21) against the Los Angeles Dodgers. This is probably the most intense rivalry in the MLB, beginning in the late 19th century when both teams were based in NYC. Don't miss any of the action.
4/10/15 - Opening the 2015 MLB Season with a three-game series against the Diamondbacks, the San Francisco Giants have a 3-2 record. They took the first (5-4) and third (5-2) games, but lost the second with a 6-7 score. Chris Heston, pitcher for the Giants had the 5-2 win, and he will be the starter when the Giants play their home opener on Monday (4/13) against the Colorado Rockies. Get your tickets starting at $112. The Rockies have games on Tuesday and Wednesday at AT&T Park, both in the evening. Grab your tickets and enjoy a relaxing game of baseball at the end of a hard day's work. On Thursday (4/16), once your taxes have been sent off, come out for the first of four games against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
4/3/15 - After a disappointing record (11-20) in the Cactus League, the San Francisco Giants are going back to AT&T Park for the regular MLB season. Even with a dismal record during spring training, the Giants still have been given 20 to 1 odds to win the World Series and they're on of the top 13 contenders for that spot. The Giants are out on the road for the opening week of the MLB season. They visit the Arizona Diamondbacks for games on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (4/6-8). Without any rest, they go to San Diego on Thursday for a series of four games through Sunday. The Giants' home opener game is on Monday (4/13) against the Colorado Rockies, and you want to get your tickets now before they're gone.
3/27/15 - Less than two weeks from Opening Day, the San Francisco Giants are ready to approach the 2015 season with a tweaked roster compared with last year's World Championship team. "There is no panic in this (locker) room," insisted veteran RHP Jake Peavy. "No panic, other than Joe Panik." Peavy is the first to discuss adjustments that San Francisco is making as a club, including his own adoption of new pitches this season. "As you get older, why not look for new ways to get people out?" The righty picked up the win versus the Royals on Monday in a preseason rematch of last year's World Series. Next up for the Giants are their Bay Area rivals, the Oakland Athletics. Tickets are still available for Thursday night at Scottsdale Stadium starting at $34!
3/18/15 - The San Francisco Giants are still reeling from their last two losses. IN Tuesday's game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Giants gave away 10 runs while not putting any of their own on the scoreboard. Madison Bumgarner, the 2014 World Series MVP, gave up one run and three hits during his time on the mound. The Giants are 4-12-1 in the Cactus League, and they aren't happy. Upcoming home games include one on Friday (3/20) against the Cincinnati Reds. Tickets start at $62. On Sunday, the Giants host the Los Angeles Angels. You can get tickets starting at $38. If you're off work on Monday (3/23), come on down to Scottsdale Stadium to see the Kansas City Royals. Just $23 per ticket gets you into a great game of baseball.
3/13/15 - The San Francisco Giants have won three games and lost seven, with one draw in the Cactus League after ten days of play. The Giants beat the Chicago White Sox 7-4 in Thursday's game, even though the White Sox took an early lead with two runs in the first inning. The Giants came back with two runs in each of the fourth and fifth innings. The Giants play host to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday (3/15) at their spring training stadium. On Tuesday (3/17), the Diamondbacks come back. Tickets for either of these games start at $26. The Giants are on the road until Friday (3/20) when they host the Cincinnati Reds. You can still get your tickets for this game, starting at $63. End the week with a bang and cheer for your team!
3/6/15 - If the two opening games of spring training are a precursor of the San Francisco Giants upcoming season, it's going to be a rough ride. The Giants lost both games against the Oakland Athletics, not an auspicious beginning for the reigning World Series champions. You won't want to miss the Giants' games in the Cactus League, as they can only get better. The Giants host the San Diego Padres on Saturday (3/7), and the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday at Scottsdale Stadium. They don't get any rest before taking on the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday (3/9), and the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday (3/11). Get your tickets now for these upcoming games and enjoy some great entertainment in the stands while you pick out your favorite players.
2/20/15 - The 2014 World Series championship is still fresh in the minds of the San Francisco Giants and Giants fans alike. With the 2015 season right around the corner, all are eager to see if San Francisco can maintain their momentum from last year. The pitchers and catchers just started spring training this week, so we will only have to wait a little longer to see if they still have it. Your first opportunity to see them in action is March 4th's game against the Oakland Athletics. Ticket start at just $10. Alternatively, if you would like to wait until the season starts proper, the Giant's home opener is on April 13th, a full week after the season begins. Tickets for that game are going for $114.
1/27/15 - Like the rest of the MLB, the San Francisco Giants are using the off-season to shuffle around players to create the best possible team for the coming season. Part of the time off is also spent in renegotiating contracts with existing players. Fans can relax as shortstop Brandon Crawford will be back, without having to enter arbitration with the Giants. They made a deal for a one-year contract that is set to provide Crawford with a $560,000 raise, which brings his salary to $3,175,000. Two players are in salary arbitration: first basement Brandon Belt and third basement Casey McGehee. Negotiations should be over by the time the team heads to Arizona for Spring Training. Their first game is against the Oakland Athletics at Hohokam Stadium in Mesa, and tickets start at $29.
2014 Season
10/29/14 - Following an easy victory at AT&T Park in Game 5, the San Francisco Giants were quickly silenced by the Royals in Game 6 at Kauffman Stadium. Now forcing a winner-take-all Game 7, each team sits just one win away from hoisting the Commissioner's Trophy tonight in Kansas City. Royals pitcher Jeremy Guthrie will take the hill against Giants veteran Tim Hudson in the decisive Game 7. The Royals are in search of their first World Series Championship since 1985 while the Giants look to own their third World Series title in five years. According to Razorgator, Royals vs SF Giants tickets have an average price of $1108 on the secondary market.
10/27/14 - The San Francisco Giants continue to find some magic in postseason baseball as they come into Tuesday night's game 6 with a 3-2 lead after a dominating 5-0 win behind a sensational pitching performance by Madison Bumgarner tossing a 4 hit complete game shutout as the Giants look to wrap things up in Kansas City at Kauffman Stadium as they try to win their third World Series Championship in four years. Royals vs SF Giants tickets now have an average price of just $692.79, according to Razorgator.
10/24/14 - The Giants failed to respond to the Kansas City's offensive output in the sixth inning of Game 2, which saw the Royals post five runs and break a 2-2 tie. Despite a nine-hit game, the Giants couldn't produce any runs past the fourth inning. With the series tied at 1-1, San Francisco will host the next three games of the series. According to Razorgator, those games have an average price of $1100.
10/22/14 - The San Francisco Giants got off to a quick start in Game 1 of the World Series, pouncing on Royals pitcher James Shields early and often en route to a 7-1 victory at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City. Rightfielder Hunter Pence had a huge night for the Giants after belting a two-run homer in the first inning and adding a double and run scored in the fourth. The two teams will meet for Game 2 tonight as Yordano Ventura takes the mound for the Royals against veteran Jake Peavy. The average price for Royals vs SF Giants tickets is $885.50, according to Razorgator.
10/20/14 - The San Francisco Giants are heading to their third World Series in five years and will play the Kansas City Royals, who haven't played this far into October since 1985. The Fall Classic begins at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City tomorrow night. The Giants have paved an impressive path on the road to MLB's biggest stage, eliminating the Pirates in the Wild Card Game, the Nationals in the ALDS and the Cardinals in the ALCS. This year's World Series will be the first time two Wild Card winners will battle since 2002, when Angels beat the Giants in seven games. SF Giants tickets for the World Series have an average price of $1,094, according to Razorgator.
10/20/14 - The Fall Classic begins at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City tomorrow night. The Giants have paved an impressive path on the road to MLB's biggest stage, eliminating the Pirates in the Wild Card Game, the Nationals in the ALDS and the Cardinals in the ALCS. This year's World Series will be the first time two Wild Card winners will battle since 2002, when Angels beat the Giants in seven games.
10/17/14 - The San Francisco Giants are headed to the World Series for the third time in five years. They'll play the Kansas City Royals, who have clinched their first Fall Classic berth in 29 years. The Giants will host Games 3, 4, and 5 if necessary at AT&T Park. The team will face a red-hot Royals team, who has cruised into the World Series with consecutive sweeps against the Angels and Orioles in the ALDS and ALCS.
10/16/14 - Travis Ishikawa put the Giants into the 2014 World Series with a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 9th to eliminate the Cardinals in the NLCS. San Francisco will travel to Kansas City for Game 1 on Tuesday night. Game 3 in San Francisco will be played Friday, October 24th. SF Giants World Series tickets start at $426.
10/15/14 - The Giants have seemed to follow a biennial pattern of appearing in the NLCS, also entering the series in 2010 en route to their sixth World Series championship as well. As they head home to host the next three games, San Francisco Giants tickets prices will be lower than what Busch Stadium had over the series' first two games, according to Razorgator. The Giants currently have a 2-1 series lead.
10/14/14 - The Giants stole Game 3 at home, beating St. Louis 5-4 in ten. Brandon Crawford, who dropped to 8th in the lineup today, scored the game winner on a Cardinals' error in extra innings. With the Giants up 2-1 in the NLCS, Ryan Vogelsong takes the mound in Game 4. Find last minute Cardinals vs Giants tickets at AT&T Park from $106.
10/12/14 - San Francisco battled back in tonight's NLCS Game 2 and even tied the game in the ninth after a Cardinals wild pitch. In the bottom of the ninth, however, Giants relief pitcher Sergio Romo gave up a walk-off home run to Cardinals second baseman Kolten Wong. With the NLCS tied at 1, the Giants return home to AT&T Park on Tuesday night. They'll play the Cardinals at home on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Cardinals vs Giants tickets for NLCS Game 3 on Tuesday start at $84.
10/10/14 – In a 2012 NLCS rematch the San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals will face off in Game 1 Saturday. NLCS tickets at Busch Stadium are a minimum $76, the same get-in cost of the ALCS opener. Game 3 and 4 tickets at AT&T Park are a bit more expensive starting at $96 and $115 respectively but prices have fallen 8% already in the last 24 hours.
10/8/14 – The Giants beat the Nationals to take the NLDS in four games and advanced to their third NLCS in the last five years. San Francisco will matchup against the St. Louis Cardinals. Games 3, 4, and 5 (if nec.) will be played at AT&T Park. SF Giants NLCS tickets start at $111, $110, and $110 respectively.
10/8/14 - The San Francisco Giants just dispatched a Washington Nationals in four games to advance to the NLCS to face the St. Louis Cardinals for the second time in three years. The series begins Saturday at Busch Stadium with the first game at AT&T Park scheduled for October 13 for Game 3. According to Razorgator, San Francisco Giants tickets for Game 3 at AT&T Park have a current secondary average price of $263.85 on the secondary market with a get-in price of $89 in what should be another great series between these two teams who have grown accustomed to pressure of playing October baseball.
10/6/14 - The San Francisco Giants are on the verge of reaching the NLCS with a 2-0 series lead over the Washington Nationals. According to Razorgator, Giants tickets have an average price of $164 for Monday night's Game 3. Madison Bumgarner will take the hill for San Francisco, opposed by Washington's Doug Fister. If the Giants should win, they would play the eventual winner of the St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers.
10/3/14 – At the top of the seventh, the Giants lead the Nationals 3-0 in the NLDS opener. Each run was produced in separate innings with RBIs from Panik, Posey, and Belt. Tim Hudson will be on the mound tomorrow for Game 2; however a Game 3 pitcher for the first playoff game in San Francisco has yet to be named.
10/1/14 – Tonight is the night! Madison Bumgarner is on the mound up against Edinson Volquez. The wild-card roster does not include George Kontos; also excluded, Michael Morse. NL Wild Card tickets are averaging 24% less than last year at PNC Park for those buying the day of. <
9/30/14 – Wild Card Wednesday is one day away! As Giants fans prepare for October Orange, NL Wild Card tickets are growing in demand. The get-in price is now $101, up 10% in the last 24 hours. If San Francisco comes out on top, they'll host the Nationals at AT&T Park for Game 3 (Oct 6) and potential Game 4 (Oct 7) in the NLDS. Giants tickets for those playoff games currently start at $74 and $73 respectively. br/>
9/29/14 – The Giants played their final regular-season game at AT&T Park on Sunday and recorded a 9-3 victory against the Padres. San Francisco heads to Pittsburgh to prepare for Wednesday's NL Wild Card game (get-in $92). The winner will move on and face the Nationals in the NLDS in a best of five series that begins Friday, October 3.
9/26/14 – The Giants clinched a National League wild card berth and their third postseason spot in five years as a result of the Brewers loss to the Reds Thursday night. San Francisco will either face the Pirates or Cardinals in Wednesday's single-game wild-card round. Home-field advantage has yet to be determined, but if the wild card game is to be played at AT&T Park, Giants playoff tickets are currently going for upwards of $53.
9/15/14 - The San Francisco Giants are on their final road trip of the regular season, slated to play Arizona, San Diego and Los Angeles. The Giants have a good hold on the first Wild Card slot in the National League, but they can secure their bid for the MLB Playoffs with wins over lower-rung teams like the Padres and Diamondbacks this week. Score Giants tickets for as little as $6 tomorrow in Arizona (9/16), and pay a little more to see their tell-tale series against the Dodgers from 9/22-9/24. SF just wrapped up a three-game set against Los Angeles in which they dropped two games, but you can attend the Cali rematch for as little as $10 on 9/22. San Francisco Giants tickets won't be this cheap when the NL Wild Card round rolls around in the postseason—lock yours in while you can!
9/9/14 - The San Francisco Giants are determined to whittle away the Los Angeles Dodgers' 3.5 game divisional lead. The Giants dropped the opportunity for solid gain with two losses to the Rockies, but came back last weekend with two wins over Detroit to maintain their No. 1 wild card slot in the National League. The Giants are now back in San Francisco, gearing up for a barrage of NL West foes. This weekend they will play the Arizona Diamondbacks, followed by the Dodgers. San Francisco Giants tickets at AT&T Park start as low as $1-2 when they take on the D-Backs from 9/9-9/11.
9/4/14 - The early part of September is absolutely crucial for the San Francisco Giants. At two games back from the division leading LA Dodgers, each game will be pivotal in securing postseason hopes. The Giants have a three-game set with the Detroit Tigers starting tomorrow, followed by an auspicious series with the Arizona Diamondbacks and a meeting with the Los Angeles Dodgers immediately after. Score San Francisco Giants tickets for Sunday at Comerica Park, and pay a minimum of $15 in the Pavillion to see them square off against the Tigers. Detroit is also a contender in the playoff race, so both teams will leave it all out on the field for a shot at victory—be there to see it all go down!
8/28/14 - The San Francisco Giants have held onto the second NL wild card slot, but only maintain a 1.5 game lead over St. Louis. A struggling Tim Lincecum has been moved from the rotation to the bullpen—are fans ready to see "The Freak" take the mound as SF's new reliever? See the Giants, and their two-time Cy Young winner, gain ground when they finish off the Colorado Rockies tonight for a mere $1. Spend a little more to see them face tougher competition when the red-hot Brewers come to town this weekend. Buy San Francisco Giants tickets and attend their first night against Milwaukee for as little as $6 at AT&T Park (Friday, 8/29).
8/20/14 – The San Francisco Giants may be 3.5 games out of the top spot in the NL West, but the club has a firm grip on one of the league's wild card slots. Fans and players have continued to rely on the Bay area team's pitching, and Jake Peavy has proven to be a strong addition to the roster, with a solid 3.86 ERA in four starts. Score San Francisco Giants tickets on their brief road trip this week, and you can score seats to their series in Washington for as little as $7 on Friday (8/22) and $6 on Sunday (8/24).
8/11/15 – The San Francisco Giants had a tough outing last week, dropping their series to Milwaukee before being swept by Kansas City. Still second in the NL West, the Giants will look to snap their losing streak at four and make up for lost ground in their division, with upcoming series against the White Sox, Phillies and Cubs. San Francisco Giants tickets are cheapest when against the White Sox at home, just $18-17 to start on 8/12-8/13. Prices jump up at AT&T Park when the Giants host Philadelphia over a promotion-packed weekend: spend a minimum of $22 on 8/15 (Filipino Heritage Night), $56 on 8/16 (Virgin America Day – 2 for 1 flight voucher) and $26 on 8/17 (Junior Giants Day – trading cards).
8/4/14 – The San Francisco Giants put in some work last week, in an effort to narrow the gap between themselves and rival Dodgers for first place in the NL West. Madison Bumgarner played his best game yet, shutting the Mets out 9-0 in Sunday's two-hit match. For another member of the pitching staff, however, things aren't looking so great; right-hander Matt Cain will likely have surgery to remove bone chips in his elbow, and will sit out for the 2014 season. The front office made a trade deadline move in anticipation of Cain' surgery, bagging veteran starter Jake Peavy from the Boston Red Sox. The Giants will close out their road series this week, with games at Milwaukee and Kansas City. The cheapest San Francisco Giants tickets are offered for their series against the Brewers: get-in for $10-13 from 8/5-8/7 at Miller Park.
7/28/14 - It may have been Barry Bond's birthday last week, but the San Francisco Giants didn't give the slugger much of a gift. SF is currently on a four game losing streak, including this weekend's sweep by the rival Los Angeles Dodgers, which has lost them the top spot in the NL West. Now in second place, the Giants will look to close the 1.5 game gap in their upcoming series against the Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Mets. The cheapest San Francisco Giants tickets this week fall on Tuesday against the Bucs, for a $12 get-in price. Giants fans, you've one got a few more days to buy Tim Lincecum's special edition bobblehead at the AT&T Park Dugout Store—who will be August's limited issue bobblehead?
7/21/14 – Here comes the comeback. The San Francisco Giants have re-claimed the top position in the National League following a series-win over the Marlins after the All-Star break. The two wins came at a price, however, as a concussion sent Brandon Belt back to the disabled list. The first baseman was struck by a ball in the face while fielding during practice on Saturday, and the Giants' showed they needed the slugger in the lineup when they failed to sweep Miami on Sunday. SF is neck-and-neck with the LA in the NL West, so buy San Francisco Giants tickets and see if they can pull away from the Dodgers in their upcoming series at AT&T Park. Dodgers vs. Giants tickets are always of the highest demand: pay a minimum of $56 on 7/25, $69 on 7/26 and $54 on 7/27.
7/14/14 – Now midway through the season, the San Francisco Giants have made up some of the ground they lost in the NL West before taking a break for the All-Star Game. With a 52-43 record, the Giants are just one game behind the Los Angeles Dodgers to lead the division. The team ended the first half of the year on a great note, with Buster Posey and Madison Bumgarner both smashing grand slams out of the park against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday. See these sluggers back in action this Friday when they take on the Miami Marlins. San Francisco Giants tickets across their three-game series at Marlins Park are $24 to start (7/18-7/20).
7/7/14 – The San Francisco Giants have seemingly snapped out of their browbeaten slump, demolishing another losing streak with two consecutive wins over the Padres. In spite of a gloomy June, the Giants landed two players on the 2014 All Star rosters; Hunter Pence and Madison Bumgarner will head to the Twin Cities on July 15. It's a good thing the Giants are on the upswing, with a split-series opposite the Oakland As and a road contest with the Arizona Diamondbacks coming up. Buy
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tickets for a $217 minimum on 7/15, or you can score San Francisco Giants tickets for much cheaper before then. Spend $37 to watch them host the Athletics on 7/10, or $10 against the D-Backs on 7/11.
6/30/14 – The San Francisco Giants are in a funk, going 1-6 over the last week, including four losses to the visiting Cincinnati Reds. SF's most recent sweep put a dismal end to an abysmal month that saw four wins in the last three weeks. The LA Dodgers have virtually caught up to the San Francisco Giants for top dog in the NL West, though the Giants are due for a breakout streak. To change things up, Sergio Romo has been removed from the closer role, while the Giants should return Brandon Belt and Angel Pagan soon. See if July will fare better for the Giants when they open a series against St. Louis tomorrow. The cheapest tickets of the series are offered at a super low $4 on 7/1. SF will take a trip down to SD for a Fourth of July showdown opposite the Padres. Score San Francisco Giants tickets on July 4 for just $14 at Petco Park and see them get back to their winning ways!
6/23/14 – The San Francisco Giants lost some of their fire last week when they dropped six games in a row against lesser opponents. The Giants were swept by the Rockies and White Sox (two games), and followed-up with a loss to the Diamondbacks. After their dreary weekday performances, the Giants cleaned up their game to score two wins over Arizona. Up next, another NL West opponent, the San Diego Padres, will pay a visit to AT&T Park. This presents an opportunity for SF to get back on track, as they face just about the worst team in the majors, and one that recently fired their GM. Buy your San Francisco Giants tickets and make sure the G-Men get off to a great start on their extended homestay! Spend as little as $8 on Giants tickets for their evening match tonight, or wait until tomorrow and see them take on SD for a mere get-in price of $5!
6/16/14 – At this point in the season, the San Francisco Giants still top the MLB with the best record in baseball (43-27) and lead the LA Dodgers by 6.5 games in the NL West. SF showed some kinks, having slid a bit during the tail end of their homestand last week: after losing two straight series, first to Washington and then to Colorado, the Giants are holding onto a half-game lead over Oakland. The Giants are looking to get back to their winning ways with a road trip to the Chicago White Sox and Arizona Diamondbacks this week. Cheap San Francisco Giants tickets over their next two series are $7 to get-in at Cellular Field on 6/17, and $13 to get-in at Chase Field on 6/21.
6/9/14- Unsure if the San Francisco Giants unstoppable? Just ask the Mets. Following Saturday's ninth inning rally that culminated in Michael Morse's go-ahead single, the Giants completed a sweep of New York for their fifth straight win. Whether by dominating play or in comeback fashion, San Francisco hasn't looked this solid in years, now up to an MLB-leading 42-21 record. The fearsome Bay Area squad will be visited by the Washington Nationals for four games, followed by the Colorado Rockies. Still looking for a Father's Day gift? Buy San Francisco Giants tickets for as little as $1 from 6/10-6/11—then spend the rest of your gift money on Los Gigantes gear for dad at AT&T Park!
6/2/14 - The San Francisco Giants are steamrolling over teams, winning eight of their last 10 games. During a killer six game homestand, the Giants shutout opponents in two games, and climbed to an MLB-best 37-20 record. Sluggers Michael Morse (leads in HRs) and Buster Posey will be back in the lineup, barring discomfort from their respective problem spots (foot, back). Next up, the Giants will take on the Reds in Cincinnati, and return to AT&T Park to host the New York Mets starting Friday. If you want to see the best baseball in the majors right now, get San Francisco Giants tickets! Pay $3 to get into their first match against the Reds (6/3) and just $2 to get into the series finale (6/5). Giants tickets start at $13 when they return home to face the Mets (6/6).
5/27/14 - The San Francisco Giants were leading the NL West with the best record in their division, but after solid play last week, the squad has graduated to the best record in the majors! At 32-19, the Giants are one game in front of crosstown rivals, the Oakland A's, for MLB supremacy. Cheap San Francisco Giants tickets are offered all week long: get-in for $3 tonight and $4 on Wednesday (5/28) against the Chicago Cubs. Pay just $1 to start against St. Louis on Thursday (5/29).
5/19/14 - The San Francisco Giants are first in the NL West, with a 28-17 record that puts them half a game behind the Oakland A's and two games behind the MLB-best Detroit Tigers. The Giants displayed their home dominance at AT&T Park, defeating the visiting Atlanta Braves and Miami Marlins in two games each. Since first baseman Brandon Belt broke his thumb (May 9), Pablo Sandoval has shown up and played with style; Panda is currently on a 9-game hitting streak with .389 batting average. The Giants will hit the road for one series with the Colorado Rockies and return to San Francisco pitted against the Minnesota Twins. This week, pay just $8 for San Francisco Giants tickets both on the road (5/21 at Colorado) and at home (5/23 vs. Minnesota).
5/12/14 - Not only did the San Francisco Giants execute a near-sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers yesterday (3-1) but fans were treated to another dominating performance by Madison Bumgarner. In fact, no other active pitcher with a minimum of 50 innings played has a lower ERA than the left-hander. On the downside, Brandon Belt is set to have surgery on a broken thumb tomorrow (hit by a wild pitch), which will keep the first basemen out of the lineup for six weeks. Next up for the bay area team are the visiting Atlanta Braves and Miami Marlins. In spite of their out-of-this-world play, fans can pay down-to-earth prices with San Francisco Giants tickets! Get-in for their Tuesday (5/13) game against the Braves and their Thursday (5/15) game against the Marlins for just $1.
5/5/14 - The San Francisco Giants affirmed their top spot in the NL West, furthering their division lead to two games over their closest rivals (Colorado). Their record was lifted to 20-11 with last week's sweep of the Braves, giving the Giants five consecutive wins. San Francisco will look to extend their dominance on the road with a series against the Pirates and four-games at the Dodgers this week. San Francisco Giants tickets at Pittsburgh are dirt-cheap, with a get-in price of $1-$3 (5/5-5/7) and $9 to start in Los Angeles (5/8-5/11).
4/28/14 - The San Francisco Giants have usurped the top spot in the NL West from archrivals, the Los Angeles Dodgers, after last week's superb play. The Giants are 15-10 thanks to a sweep of the visiting Cleveland Indians over the weekend, which culminated in Brandon Hick's ninth inning three-run homer. San Francisco enters the final week of April hot on a four game win-streak, and looks to extend its dominance over the San Diego Padres starting tonight at AT&T Park. The squad will then hit the road, beginning this Friday, with a trip to Atlanta. San Francisco Giants tickets are incredibly cheap this week: get-in for $1-$2 across all three games against the Padres (4/28-4/30).
4/21/14 - The San Francisco Giants are 11-8 on the season and 2nd in the NL West despite losing their weekend series to the San Diego Padres. The Giants cleaned up yesterday, scoring 4 runs (the best offensive performance since last Sunday), and have the opportunity to build upon the victory when they take on Colorado today. When San Francisco wraps up their road trip against the Rockies, they'll return home to host the Cleveland Indians this Friday. Cheap San Francisco Giants tickets are available at Coors Field this week (get-in for $10 on 4/22), but prices jump up to a $20 minimum (4/27) for their series at AT&T Park against Cleveland.
4/14/14- Last week, the San Francisco Giants won one and lost won: they dropped two games to Arizona and came up two games against Colorado. The biggest action of the week came when Madison Bumgarner became the first pitcher in the MLB to hit a grand slam this season; he launched one over the left field wall in the fourth inning off of Jorge De La Rosa of Colorado. This week, the Giants have a shot at their NL West rivals, the Los Angeles Dodgers (4/15-4/17). Last time the two met, San Francisco came away with the win, and this time, the series will be held at AT&T Park. San Francisco Giants tickets start at $25 across all three games.
4/7/14 - The San Francisco Giants are 5-2 to start off the season, thanks to winning both of their series against NL West rivals, the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Los Angeles Dodgers--on the road to boot. The whole squad is much improved: Tim Hudson has healed nicely from the broken ankle suffered last year, the lineup leads the majors in home runs (11) and shares the lead with the Marlins in runs (40). Albeit early in the season, the Giants are sitting on top of their division and look to widen the gap when they host the DBacks and Colorado Rockies at AT&T Park this week. San Francisco Giants tickets for tomorrow's home opener are high, starting at $69. Prices drop down to an $8 minimum on Thursday (4/10) and Sunday (4/13).
3/31/14 - Get ready for some heated National League tension to start off the year! The San Francisco Giants travel to the Arizona Diamondbacks to open up regular season play with tonight's Opening Day game at Chase Field. The Giants will be in Arizona across four games for this extended series: cheap San Francisco Giants tickets are offered this Thursday in their fourth meeting (4/3) for just $11. Tim Lincecum is likely to start for the matchup on Thursday, and LHP Madison Bumgarner will be on the hill tonight in his first opener. Can SF bounce back from last season with a sweep of Arizona? Get you San Francisco Giants tickets to find out!
3/24/14 - The San Francisco Giants are prioritizing the need to sign Pablo Sandoval, considering their flimsy minor league sluggers, though negotiations have been put on hold following yesterday's move. Kung Fu Panda's agent has reportedly denied a three-year $40 million contract, believing the third baseman is due for a huge year and deserves much more (something along the lines of Hunter Pence's five-year, $90 million deal). The San Francisco Giants will play one final game in Arizona, before packing their things and heading back to the Bay. Score cheap tickets to San Francisco's final game at Scottsdale Stadium this Wednesday: spend just $15 to see the Giants take on the Rockies. The Giants will not play their first regular season home game until days after the MLB's Opening Day, when they host the Arizona Diamondbacks on April 8 ($56 minimum).
3/17/14 - San Francisco Giants fans will be happy to note that they have some serious workhorses on their team. This Sunday, though the Giants lost to the Indians, Tim Hudson threw 20 pitches above the average for starters during this stage of spring--he went the extra mile because to catch up for falling behind due to ankle surgery and recovery. The Giants will wait to see if visiting coach Barry Bonds' words of wisdom will pay off during their Opening Day game against the Arizona Diamondbacks March 31. San Francisco Giants tickets average $63 for their first game of the season, that's the cheapest across the MLB for Opening Day! You can get more cheap Giants tickets this Sunday when they take on the Royals ($38 to start). An expensive cross-city rivalry game comes this Friday, when San Francisco takes on Oakland in Arizona: tickets start at $66.
3/10/14 - The bitter San Francisco Giants-Los Angels Dodgers rivalry was renewed this weekend, when the two faced off on Sunday for the first meeting of the year. The Giants overcame LA when Brandon Hicks hit a two-run homer against Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw, while Pablo Sandoval stopped Yasiel Puig and saved two runs for the 3-2 victory. Today marks the first official day in guest hitting coach Barry Bonds' weeklong stint in Arizona, see what kind of impact he makes this spring! This week, San Francisco Giants tickets are cheapest when they take on the White Sox on Wednesday (get-in for $19) and are priciest when they host the Oakland Athletics on Saturday (get-in for $53).
3/3/14 - The San Francisco Giants are .500 over four games to start Spring Training, with wins over the Brewers and Diamondbacks and two back-to-back losses against the Oakland Athletics. The Giants were happy to see RHP Tim Hudson looking better than ever in his first start since breaking his ankle in July, pitching two no-hit innings in yesterday's victory over Arizona. See this Bay Area team take on other Cactus League contenders in week two of spring training! San Francisco Giants tickets for their game against the vivacious Los Angeles Angels are one of the biggest steals of the week: an astonishingly low $6!
2/24/14 - San Francisco Giants tickets have seen one of the biggest drops in ticket price, down $13 (from $54) to $41 on average across spring training. This trend is hard to believe, considering the announcement that Barry Bonds will be present through spring training as a guest instructor. The Giants' first game against Oakland has dropped from $5 to just $1 at Scottsdale Stadium—an unbelievable price to see the home run king pass on his skills to a new generation of players!
2/18/14 - San Francisco's latest pitching acquisition, Tim Hudson, arrived at Spring Training last week, and has been busy practicing with Buster Posey to give position players some heat when they report today. Goofy outfielder Michael Morse is already shaping up to be a new fan-favorite for the 2014 season, and has recovered well from offseason wrist surgery, believing this year he will regain the same power-hitting strength he displayed with the Nationals (31 HRs in 2011). San Francisco Giants tickets have dropped to just $5 for their first spring game (2/26) against the Oakland As, lock yours in now!
2/11/14 - The San Francisco Giants will be reporting for
Spring Training
in three days with generally familiar-faces, and two new ones: Tim Hudson and Michael Morse. This is the year before a recently slimmed-down Pablo Sandoval will enter free agency, so he'll be as determined as ever to help the team reclaim the NL West title. The Giants will go head-to-head against rivals over the bridge, the Oakland Athletics, in Arizona (2/26). San Francisco Giant tickets start at just $6 for their inaugural spring game.
1/30/14 - The San Francisco Giants and GM Brian Sabean went to work quickly at the close of last year's play, to fortify their existing roster by re-signing a number of indispensable would-be free agents. The Giants also welcomed three new key players that are intended to fill out both the bullpen and left field, to help the Bay Area team bounce back with great success. San Francisco Giants tickets are $54 on average to catch them down in Arizona for Spring Training.
Since the close of last season, the San Francisco Giants have been making moves to enhance 2013's toiling roster. GM Brian Sabean assertively hunkered down, re-signing the Giants' would-be free agents (including two-time Cy Young winner Tim Lincecum, Javier Lopez and Hunter Pence) as well as banking three newest additions (Tim Hudson, David Huff and Michael Morse). Huff was acquired from the
New York Yankees
, being moved to make room for Japanese ace Masahiro Tanaka; his reassignment will add much-needed depth to SF's bullpen.
All this winter work will do wonders to repair their poor left field and fill out their starting rotation, and they did so without breaking the bank. The Giants are still contending with the placement of Buster Posey infield: to move him away from behind the plate and up to first base (preserve his physicality), or to leave him there where he shines. In other news, SF fans are excited with the news that third-base slugger Pablo Sandoval has slimmed down this summer and is in amazing shape; his improvement is a must-see during upcoming
Spring Training
. The 2012 World Series defendants are coming off a dreadful season in which they missed playoffs, but you can keep an eye on these NL heavy-hitters with San Francisco Giants tickets today!
2013 Season
7/26/13 - The defending World Series champions have struggled to keep pace in the NL West, currently standing in fourth place just ahead of last place San Diego. Yet, the Giants have some bright spots on the team, including Buster Posey, Hunter Pence, and Marco Scutaro. The mound corps, while led by Madison Bumgarner, has to be windering whether the no-hitter tossed by Tim "The Freak" Lincecum is a sign of a return to success, or the final flash in what has become a meteoric fall from greatness for the two-time Cy Young winner. Giants fans will certainly need to be hoping for the latter if they expect to be able to defend their Series title in the 2013 postseason.
When the San Francisco Giants claimed the 2012 World Series, it marked a stunning display of teamwork, as well as luck. Down two games to none in the Division Series round to the
Cincinnati Reds
, who needed to win only one of three home games to advance, the Giants achieved an historic sweep over the Reds, before knocking off the 2011 Series champs from St. Louis — who held a 3-1 series lead at one point! — in a seven-game NLCS. The Giants had the fortune of holding home field advantage in the World Series, thanks to the NL's win in the
All-Star Game
earlier in the summer, and used that as a launching pad to a four-game sweep of the
Detroit Tigers
Until he was suspended by MLB for a positive test for performance-enhancing drugs, outfielder Melky Cabrera was leading the Giants in several offensive statistics; eventual NL MVP Buster Posey provided the power in the lineup while also leading in OPS (on-base plus slugging). A big question for the 2013 season is whether Tim Lincecum's off year in 2012 was just a one-time thing or a potential issue in 2013? If Lincecum is not able to return to his Cy Young winning form from 2008-09, the Giants still have a pair of top starters in 16-game winners Matt Cain and Madison Bumgarner. SF Giants tickets at
AT&T Park
average $25-$1,245 in 2013 — from seats in the Reserve Outfield to Lower Boxes. Will you be at Opening Day on April 5th? Cheap tickets to the Giants home opener versus the
St. Louis Cardinals
start at $128. Ticket prices are as low as $57 to see each of the other two games in the San Francisco Giants opening series.


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"Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone."—Mark Twain
Growing numbers of organizations—including banks on both sides of the Atlantic, a global natural-resources group, and a leading UK retailer—are adding an important new "stone" to the 21st-century business lexicon. "Performance and health" is a metaphor that derives its power from a simple comparison with the human body. Just as people may seem reasonably well today but may not have the physical condition for the rigors of a long and active life, so too companies that are profitable in the short term may not have what it takes to perform well year after year.
Managing companies for success across a range of time frames—a requisite for achieving both performance and health—is one of the toughest challenges in business. Recently, it has been especially hard: turbulent economic conditions, for example, have concentrated the collective minds of many executives on pure survival. The fact that 10 of the largest 15 bankruptcies in history have occurred since 2001 is a strong deterrent to business building, playing up its inherent risks.
Businesses complain that financial markets increasingly focus on quarterly results and give little credit to strategies for creating longer-term value, particularly if they depress today's profits. Empirical evidence largely contradicts such claims (see sidebar, "The stock market values health as well as performance"). But some noisy analysts undoubtedly do focus on short-term performance and thus unwittingly drive wedges between managements, boards, and investors.
The stock market values health as well as performance
The fixation of a few analysts on the short-term results in next quarter's earnings announcements shouldn't blind management to the reality that these announcements also contain objective and reliable information about long-term performance. And that is why most investors pay attention to them.
However, an examination of share prices shows that expectations of future performance are the main driver of shareholder returns: in almost all industries and almost all stock exchanges, cash flow expectations beyond the next three years account for 70 to 90 percent of a share's market value. These longer-term expectations in turn reflect judgments on growth and long-term profitability—a lesson relearned after the dot-com bust.
Long-term expectations vary from one industry to another. Cash flows in the global semiconductor industry, for example, must grow by more than 10 percent a year during the next ten years to justify current market valuations. In retailing and consumer packaged goods, the required growth rate ranges from 3 to 6 percent; in electric utilities, it is around 2 percent.
Future expectations also clearly drive the stock price of individual companies, thus explaining the often widely differing P/Es or market-to-book ratios of companies with similar reported earnings. In the pharmaceutical sector, for example, the market ascribes great value to a healthy drug pipeline, despite the fact that it will not affect earnings in the short term.
Even the private equity sector, renowned for its focus on short-term operational improvements, believes that health matters. Most private equity firms look to realize their investments in a five-year time frame, but they must still have a credible proposition for future earnings and cash flow growth to underpin a sale or IPO.
Management teams must urgently take the lead in showing their boards and the capital markets that they are nurturing the long-term health of their companies. They must act not only to improve corporate performance in the near term but also to lay the foundations today for consistent and resilient growth in years to come.
Tools intended to encourage a more balanced approach and to promote "systems thinking" have been available to managers for some time. But our experience suggests that these tools are either being applied too mechanically (and therefore ineffectively) or being squeezed out by the focus on survival and by perceived pressure from investors. And that's to say nothing of the increased near-term demands created by new regulations on financial reporting, particularly in the United States.
Good short-term results are important, of course; only by delivering them will management build confidence in its ability to realize longer-term strategies. But companies must also act today to ensure that they can convert their growth prospects, capabilities, relationships, and assets into future cash flows.
One major European financial-services company recently discovered how easy it is for performance and health to get out of balance. After the company had achieved an impressive turnaround in its short-term financial performance in the three years to 2004, it found to its dismay that this success had been accompanied by falling customer service levels, a huge increase in staff turnover, and a fall in its share price. Management complained that the financial markets didn't understand what the company had achieved. But in reality they understood, all too well, that its short-term success had been purchased at the expense of its underlying health.
Such shortsighted behavior is widespread. In one recent survey,1 1. John R. Graham, Campbell R. Harvey, and Shivaram Rajgopal, 'The economic implications of corporate financial reporting,' NBER working paper number 10550, January 11, 2005. a majority of the managers polled said that they would forgo an investment offering a decent return on capital if it meant missing their quarterly earnings expectations. Indeed, more than 80 percent of the executives responding said they would cut expenditures on R&D and marketing to ensure that they met their quarterly earnings targets—even if they believed that the cuts were destroying long-term value.
This survey shows that even if more organizations are now talking the language of health, many address the issues only at a superficial level. For instance, "scorecards"—a favorite approach of many companies to balancing near- and long-term considerations—too often consist of disconnected metrics that confuse the organization and lack any real impact. One public-sector agency we know—an extreme case, to be sure—came up with 96 key performance indicators at the end of a two-year initiative; the list was effectively dead on arrival when it was rolled out for implementation. The chief executive of an international bank was recently shocked to find that members of his senior-management team were responding only to revenue targets and deliberately ignoring broader metrics of performance and health.
What underlies the breakdown of many long-term initiatives is the tendency of managers to defend the performance of their own silos instead of debating and helping to shape action across the whole organization. In silo-structured companies, managers typically argue about the virtues of one metric as opposed to another (especially if transfer prices are involved), deflect debate to other parts of the organization, and set up barriers to change. This kind of behavior isn't deliberately malevolent; it is driven by deeply held beliefs about a manager's roles and boundaries and reinforced by the idea that the body corporate is the sum of many discrete units, each with independent characteristics, that should be monitored with a battery of metrics. Unfortunately, this mind-set undermines any systemic understanding of how to manage activities coherently, across the whole organization, to underpin healthy growth.
The good news is that a clear health consciousness is developing after the startling corporate-health failures of recent years, and convincing prescriptions for change are emerging. In responses to a McKinsey survey, conducted in early 2005, of more than 1,000 board directors, most of them made it clear that they want to devote less time to discussing the latest financial results and much more to setting strategy, assessing risks, developing new leaders, and monitoring other issues that underpin a company's long-term health. Fully 70 percent of the directors want additional information about markets: a more detailed analysis of customers, competitors, and suppliers, for example. Upward of half want additional information about organizational issues, such as skills and capabilities. Two in five are eager for the facts about relations with outside stakeholders, such as regulators, the media, and the wider community.2 2. Robert F. Felton and Pamela Keenan Fritz, 'The view from the boardroom,' The McKinsey Quarterly, 2005 special edition: Value and performance, pp. 48–61.
Above all, boards want to help their companies seize prospects for long-term growth and avoid exposure to risks from organizational blind spots or from any unwillingness to acknowledge external change. Thinking deeply about performance and health helps executives to address both aspirations.
Companies that attend to five different aspects of performance and health can build the resilience and the organizational capacity not only to deliver but also to sustain both.
First, a company's strategy should be reflected in a portfolio of initiatives3 3. Lowell L. Bryan, 'Just-in-time strategy for a turbulent world,' The McKinsey Quarterly, 2002 special edition: Risk and resilience, pp. 16–27. that consciously embraces different time horizons. A typical large company does, of course, include business units with distinct strategies, but few of them could really help it adapt to events or capitalize on new opportunities. Some initiatives in the kind of portfolio that we recommend should bolster a company's short-term performance. Others should create options for the future—new products or services, new markets, and new processes or value chains. A key management challenge is to design and implement initiatives that balance the company's performance and underlying health on a risk-adjusted basis.
Such a portfolio of initiatives helps companies overcome certain traditional shortcomings of strategy, such as its episodic nature and a tendency to ignore the resources and capabilities needed for execution and to plan the future instead of for the future. By developing and managing a portfolio of initiatives—rather than a single approach to strategy—companies can lower the risk that unpredictable events will place them on the wrong foot.
A robust set of organizational metrics allows executives to monitor a company's performance and health. What's needed is a manageable number of metrics that strike a balance among different areas of the business and are linked directly to whatever drives its value. A vast assortment of metrics is self-defeating.
Companies should identify the health and performance metrics most important to them: product development, customer satisfaction, government relations, or the retention of talent, for example. (The answer will of course depend on a company's industry and strategy.) Most organizations track standard financial metrics. But we would also expect some metrics to cover operations (the quality and consistency of key value-creating processes), organizational issues (the company's depth of talent and ability to motivate and retain employees), the state of the company's product markets and its position within them (including the quality of customer relationships), and the nature of relationships with external parties, such as suppliers, regulators, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).
Systematically identifying and tracking health metrics that reflect the strategy of a business—and the forces driving its value—is difficult. A useful framework is to think of value creation in the short, medium, and long term.
Short-term health metrics show how a company achieved its recent results and thus indicate its likely performance over the next one to three years. A consumer products company, for example, must know whether it increased its profits by raising prices or by launching a new marketing campaign that increased its market share. An auto manufacturer must know whether it met its profit targets only by encouraging dealers to increase their inventories. A retailer might want to examine its revenue growth per store and in new stores or its revenue per square foot compared with that of competitors.
Another set of metrics should highlight a company's prospects for maintaining and improving its rate of growth and returns on capital over the next one to five years. (The time frame ought to be longer for industries, such as pharmaceuticals, that have long product cycles and must obviously focus on the number of profitable new products in the pipeline.) Other medium-term metrics should be monitored as well—for example, metrics comparing a company's product launches with those of competitors (perhaps the amount of time needed to reach peak sales). For an online retailer, customer satisfaction and brand strength might be the most important drivers of medium-term health.
For the longer term, companies should develop metrics assessing their ability to sustain earnings from their current activities and to identify and exploit new areas where they could grow. They must monitor any threats—new technologies, new customer preferences, new ways of serving customers—to their current businesses. And to ensure that they have enough growth opportunities to create value when those businesses inevitably mature, they must monitor the number of new initiatives under way (as well as estimate the size of the relevant product markets) and develop metrics that track the initiatives' progress.
Ultimately, it is people who make companies deliver, so metrics should show how well a business retains key employees and the true depth of its management talent. Again, what's important varies by industry. Pharmaceutical companies, for instance, need scientific innovators but relatively few managers. Companies expanding overseas need people who can work in new countries and negotiate with governments.4 4. Richard Dobbs and Timothy Koller, 'Measuring long-term performance,' The McKinsey Quarterly, 2005 special edition: Value and performance, pp. 16–27.
Constant fine-tuning is needed to come up with the right mix of metrics. For a typical business unit, top management and the board should monitor no more than three to five metrics, representing different areas of the business for each time frame. To make sure that the metrics are appropriate, the finance department or the performance-management group should regularly reexamine the way the company creates value.
Companies must avoid the erroneous thinking that too often juxtaposes "hard" metrics for performance with "soft" ones for health. They can and should attach hard numbers to health metrics, such as the motivation and capabilities of their employees. Similarly, they can and should track their current performance with softer metrics, such as the quality of their latest earnings or of their relationships with opinion formers.
The next step is for companies to change the nature of their dialogue with key stakeholders, particularly the capital markets and employees. For the capital markets, that means first identifying investors who will support a given strategy and then attracting them.5 5. Kevin P. Coyne and Jonathan W. Witter, 'What makes your stock price go up and down,' The McKinsey Quarterly, 2002 Number 2, pp. 28–39. Talking about corporate health to court hedge fund managers pursuing the next bid, for example, is pointless.
Management teams should also spend serious time with analysts who follow their companies, in order to explain their views on the industry and to show how strategies will create sustainable advantages. It may also be necessary to highlight metrics tracking performance and health. Vague talk about shareholder value, without a time frame or without addressing the specifics of a business, just isn't meaningful.
Companies might also be wise to separate discussions of quarterly results from those focusing on strategy, as several major international businesses have recently done. And they should ensure that analysts spend time with operational managers, whose effectiveness is often the crucial factor in attempts to estimate a company's ability to sustain its performance.
Reaching out to employees is just as important. The complaint that "we don't know what's going on" often indicates that a company's leaders are communicating results rather than long-term intentions.
Corporate leaders should remember their obligation to manage both performance and health. Thinking about health typically requires a range of new skills and characteristics—not necessarily those that worked well in the past. One hallmark of great, enduring companies is a willingness to involve future generations of leaders in their own development.
In addition, good leaders understand both the power and the attendant risks of what former Unilever chairman and CEO Niall FitzGerald called their "extraordinary amplification system." Those who casually or randomly articulate themes for action run a risk of making the organization schizophrenic. The combination of "initiative overload" and a reluctance on senior management's part to produce a simple and coherent agenda can be particularly damaging. At one defense industry organization, we counted more than 1,000 seemingly disconnected initiatives, 234 of them in procurement alone.
Focusing the leadership on personal behavior is also crucial to maintaining a company's health. We know of a public-sector body, a financial institution, and a natural-resources group that all refer to the leaders of business units as "princes" rather than "barons." This terminology resonates with the three organizations because princes are concerned for the whole, while barons protect their own turf—if necessary at the expense of the other parts. Companies can likewise encourage a wider perspective on the business, and stronger linkages across boundaries, by giving senior managers a portfolio of roles. Alternatively, some companies have successfully developed peer groups of business unit leaders who share a collective responsibility for their businesses. Other companies are strengthening their core functions and reversing the trend toward corporate atomization into a number of semiautonomous business units.
To create this kind of leadership, companies must take a longer-term view of the way they manage talent and career tracks and of the incentives created by money, recognition, and promotion. One company's approach is to implement a long-term incentive plan for top management—a plan that has weakened the direct link between remuneration and short-term earnings. By contrast, the current trend of making people change roles every two or three years isn't necessarily good for long-term corporate health.
The growing demand for corporate probity and better governance has reinforced the CEO's pivotal leadership role. Board meetings therefore represent a useful opportunity—and discipline—for testing the organization's resilience to pressure and change over time. As we have seen from our survey, directors are eager to redirect their attention to this task. The need for resilience is greatest when investments take a long time to pay off, as they generally do for natural-resource and pharmaceutical companies and public-sector bodies. CEOs and boards lack rapid performance feedback in such cases and thus need to keep a close eye on a range of considerations: regulatory influence, marketing and supplier partnerships, and organizational skills.
Given the current economic and regulatory environment, a focus on short-term performance is understandable, but it is nonetheless unbalanced. Companies must again learn how to meet next year's earnings expectations while at the same time implementing the platforms needed to deliver strong and sustainable earnings growth year after year. Achieving this dual focus involves thinking about strategy, communication, and leadership in new ways. And it calls for the creation of a carefully designed set of metrics—balanced across the business and linked to the creation of value over the short, medium, and long term—that can help management teams and boards monitor their ability to stay on course.
Richard Dobbs is a director in McKinsey's London office, where Keith Leslie is a principal; Lenny Mendonca is a director in the San Francisco office.
The authors wish to thank Tim Koller, Marc Loch, and David Turnbull for their contributions to this article.
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