Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2016

They modify their appearance, body language, and communication style — all components of executive presence (EP), that intangible element that defines leadership material. ” More than half (53%) of Latinas and 44% of Latinos say that EP at their company is defined by conforming to traditionally white, male standards.

EPS 8

EPS Banking Diversity Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2016

For example, one large technology company embraced a strategy to win through new digital businesses. As earnings goals became harder to hit with internal growth, the company used most of its money for share buybacks to achieve its three-year earnings-per-share goals. Eventually, the company’s share price nosedived.

Long-term 8

Long-term Incentives Short-term Management 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

Words like "productivity," "efficiency," and "innovation" are defined by goal posts of our own creation: number of units shipped, revenue and profit, EPS and shareholder return. And while she was right (and I secretly knew it), I kept arguing with her about the goal being the goal, and the goal being about the win.

EPS 15

EPS Strategy Reference Execution 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Crucially, he concludes that our unconscious mental frames “shape the goals we seek, the plans we make, the way we act, and what counts as a good or bad outcome of our actions.” Another example includes and biomimicry—using lessons Nature learned over 3.8

Morale 8

Morale EPS Supply Chain Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

The crux of the issue is how to allow companies to balance the long-term goal of making productive investments without getting bogged down by short-term quarterly pressures. Those discussions need to become more common, regardless of whether companies report quarterly or twice a year.

Report 8

Report Intangible Assets Short-term EPS 8