CoachStation

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

We may well be overcomplicating the language of leadership and business. Gabrielle Dolan: The Future of Leadership Conference, Bris, Sept 2015 After attending the Future of Leadership – Workplace Culture conference in Brisbane last week I have been reflecting on the content from some of the speakers.

Storytelling 146

Storytelling Competitive Advantage Conference Cost of Capital 146

Six Disciplines

MARCH 25, 2011

Leadership is not rank. Listening (the first competence of leadership) is not a skill, it is a discipline. Until a business returns a profit that is greater than its cost of capital, it does not create wealth -- it destroys it. There is only one valid definition of business purpose: to create a customer.

Drucker 136

Drucker Cost of Capital Definition Commitment 136

Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 29, 2010

Its CEO at the time was great at cutting costs and preserving capital, but investors weren’t buying it. And change it did, because the new CEO had a vision that went beyond product, and costs, and overhead, and costs of capital. It was about passion. And about people who have it. Cosell note his passing.

Technology 282

Technology Price Video Cost of Capital 282

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

In turn, the company is achieving lower levels of employee and customer churn, and correspondingly lower employee hiring and customer acquisition costs. The compounding and virtuous effects of increasing customer and employee advocacy more than offset the higher cost of wages.

Human Capital 12

Human Capital Kaizen Agility Energy 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2013

At many companies the total cash investment in acquisitions, R&D, and fixed assets has not earned back its cost of capital after adjusting for the time lag in realizing incremental benefits. Decision making Leadership' That outcome reflects the wrong allocation and/or ineffective execution.

P&L 8

P&L Fixed Assets Charan Delegation 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2012

My colleagues and I at Bain & Company have been tracking this for forty years, and we have never seen companies losing their leadership positions as quickly as they are today. real revenue and profit growth and earning their cost of capital has steadily declined. A similar pattern hold for airlines. And for telecom.

Creativity 14

Creativity Long-term Kotter Cost of Capital 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2011

A CEO's job is about resource allocation with a goal of earning a return in excess of the opportunity cost of capital. The challenge is figuring out how to allocate human and financial capital to its best and highest use for the long term. This requires difficult trade-offs.

Short-term 11

Short-term Long-term Price CEO 11