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Become a Brand Renegade

Leading Blog

Think how Uber transformed the transportation industry, how Airbnb took over the lodging industry — not to mention how Tesla is upending both the automobile and energy industries. We prioritized how to move the industry forward as a more mainstream, P&L-focused business.

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For the L of It: Living and Leading Above the Line

The Practical Leader

Speed Traps: Lead Smarter, Not Faster I once sat through an author’s frantic, high-energy presentation on knowledge management. Three Questions at Our Leadership Core Our energy force field vibrates from the core of who we are. Mastering or Mastered by Your Technology? Are you managing, or managed by, e-mail ?

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29 Fortune 500 Companies Have No Women on Boards

Women on Business

of the companies in the S&P 500, “remain all male in decision-making roles, with no women on the board of directors or among the company’s top five highest-paid officers.&#. L-3 Communications Holdings, New York, NY. Linear Technology, Milpitas, CA. Southwestern Energy, Houston, TX. Joy Global, Milwaukee, WI.

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5 Ways to Help Employees Keep Up with Digital Transformation

Harvard Business Review

L’Oréal has made a strategic investment in Founders Factory , a digital startup accelerator. At L’Oréal, CEO Jean-Paul Agon signaled the company’s digital transformation when he recruited Lubomira Rochet to be the chief digital officer and a member of the executive team. Here are five: Commit from the Top.

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The Rebirth of the CMO

Harvard Business Review

To stitch it all together meaningfully, CMOs are increasingly expected to act as general managers with P&L or shared/shadow P&L responsibility that drive revenue growth. Says Abi Comber, Head of Marketing for British Airways: “Having P&L responsibility is incredibly powerful.

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4 Ways Leaders Can Get More from Their Company’s Innovation Efforts

Harvard Business Review

Don’t Get Trapped in Your P&L. Unexpected changes in technology, customer preferences, and regulation can disrupt even the best-run operation. To close the gap, we need to treat innovation differently than we do normal operations. Here are four things leaders can do.

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The $2,000 Car

Harvard Business Review

Poor countries will become R&D labs for breakthrough innovations in such diverse fields as housing, transportation, energy, health care, entertainment, telecommunications, financial services, clean water, and many others. Local Growth Teams (LGTs) must have P&L responsibility (this is a key hurdle for American multinationals).