Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 18, 2016

What is size of P&L I should run? It’s not ‘how many years’, it’s more about how many areas do you feel comfortable in the marketing arena? I come from a marketing background — you need creative, technical, statistical, client, financial and communication experience to make CMO.

P&L 150

P&L Tools Bottom-up Skills 150

Women on Business

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Mentoring is defined as career advice and guidance and sponsorship is advocacy. High performing women need to take control of their own career advancement. Communicate your intention to advance your career. o Make sure your position has P&L responsibility. They need to advocate for an advocate or sponsor.

Press Release 239

Press Release PR Mentor Discount 239

Surviving Leadership

OCTOBER 29, 2018

The CFO update in particular was excellent – we learned how the company measured financial success, how to read a basic P&L, and what variable costs employees could help control in their jobs. I cut my teeth on corporate America there and have carried those lesson with me throughout my career.

CFO 58

CFO P&L Call Center COO 58

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2012

These are the executives who run discrete businesses and control all of the resources associated with them. Two decades ago, organizations were designed around stand-alone business units, so all managers had to understand finance, technology, manufacturing, sales, marketing, strategy, human resources, and more.

Management 14

Management P&L Incubator Finance 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

I've written about the rising significance of soft skills, including in the March 2011 issue of HBR (coauthored with Kevin L. Technical and functional knowledge are vital to making good judgment calls, being legitimate in the eyes of your people, and making resource allocation decisions. And for many people they're harder to learn.

Execution 16

Execution P&L CFO Globalization 16

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

An “operating model” — how a company organizes and manages its resources to achieve its strategic ambitions — is the bridge between strategy and execution. Who has P&L authority? Aligning the big picture with the day-to-day. It includes accountabilities.

Strategy 8

Strategy Company Banking Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

When Palmisano retired this month, the media chronicled his success by focusing on IBM's 21% annual growth in earnings per share and its increase in market capitalization to $218 billion. As he concludes his career, he leaves his successor, Virginia Rometty, with an iconic giant poised to dominate its industry for decades to come.

Globalization 16

Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 16