Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Earlier this year, I asked a CEO of Fortune 100 company how he dealt with analyst pressure. What he said was this: "I don't know any CEO that would want to run a company the way analysts would want us to.". keep hearing from top executives at large, profitable companies that they're under "P&L pressure." But not the analysts.

GAAP 8

GAAP Short-term P&L EPS 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The CEOs in our study were adept at telling their company’s story. Great stories are credible, simple, consistent, and use both financial and nonfinancial metrics to link a long-term vision and firm values with a distinctive business strategy and focused operational priorities.

CEO 9

CEO Short-term Long-term EPS 9

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