Skip Prichard

AUGUST 25, 2019

One of the things we preach in the book is for leaders to be more “long-term greedy.” There’s nothing wrong with operating out of self-interest. All that corruption helped them hit quarterly EPS targets. Fantastic points and reading the book gave so many examples to make them come to life. That’s what Wells Fargo did.

Competitive Advantage 94

Competitive Advantage Leadership Analysis Tips 94

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2015

But the strengthening creates a serious challenge for the big American multinationals with large foreign operations. The real problem is that the earnings from their substantial foreign operations are translated back to the home country financials to produce fewer dollars of net profit.

EPS 8

EPS Short-term Cost of Capital Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

If you believe the best-selling business books from the last 25 years, companies are "In Search of Excellence" or trying to go from "Good to Great." Nobody writes a paean to the search for 9 percent EPS growth. It's a strategic and operational straight-jacket. Moreover, pure growth targets are even wackier right now.

GAAP 8

GAAP Short-term P&L EPS 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

A friend of mine, Godfrey Sullivan , asked me to consider running the operations for the Americas unit at Autodesk. I was being asked to be the complementary half: the internal candidate would be the outward-facing VP running the Americas, but I would run the internal operations of the $200M+ business, owning the title "revenues manager."

EPS 15

EPS Strategy Reference Execution 15