Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

More than 25 years ago, William Sahlman wrote the HBR article “Why Sane People Shouldn’t Serve on Public Boards,” in which he compared serving on a board to driving without a seatbelt, that it was just too risky—to their time, reputations, and finances—for too little reward. ” Similarly, Sempra CEO Debra L.

Execution 9

Execution P&L CEO COO 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2012

Have you noticed that general managers are scarce these days? These are the executives who run discrete businesses and control all of the resources associated with them. But in many large companies, the only true general manager is the CEO. At one time general managers were at the center of the action.

Management 13

Management P&L Incubator Finance 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

And 71% of senior managers view them as unproductive. Any standing meeting, whether it’s of a departmental leadership team, a cross-functional group owning a process like innovation or talent management, or a task force managing a six-month transition to a new technology, should be designed and linked to a broader governance plan.

P&L 13

P&L How To Finance Metrics 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Should you take a more targeted approach, with a short-term executive education program? As an adjunct professor for Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business , I’ve taught multiple classes for degree programs, as well as executive education offerings. Start by looking at the job you’re aiming for. Learning to Learn.

P&L 8

P&L Education Learning-by-Doing Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2013

If you''ve got a genuinely creative idea — or even a " me, too with a twist " — Kickstarter''s "crowd funding" platform offers a genuinely innovative way to finance creativity and innovation. But what if a slice or sliver of people''s compensation was denominated for Kickstarter-esque discretionary financing?

Innovation 8

Innovation P&L Company Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2016

Just in case you’ve forgotten, a manager in a matrix organization has two or more upward reporting lines to bosses who each represent a different business dimension, such as product, region, customer, capability, or function. The executives in charge of the various groups sit together naturally in the top management team.

Organization 8

Organization P&L Report Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

A recent McKinsey report found that while 84% of corporate executives think innovation is key to achieving growth objectives, only 6% are satisfied with the innovation performance of their firm. Even if executives try to prioritize it, innovation often gets crowded out by more “urgent” short-term pressures.

Innovation 8

Innovation P&L ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2013

Yet corporate top management invariably tries hard to force each unit into an overarching strategy. These four divisions set their own strategy — e.g. the business strategy for engineering services, the strategy for elevators, et cetera — and have their own management teams and P&L.

Strategy 8

Strategy P&L Engineering Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2011

Most businesses don't even know what's going to be required in two or three years," says Joseph Weintraub, a professor of management and organizational behavior at Babson College and co-author of the book, The Coaching Manager: Developing Top Talent in Business. "Five years, in today's environment, is very hard to predict.

P&L 18

P&L Committee Career Case Study 18

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Executives frequently focus on analyzing the company’s profit and loss to determine where the company is over-spending and being wasteful, and then figure out how to reduce expenses to drive more profit to the bottom line. However, a company’s biggest expense doesn’t show on a P&L, at least not directly.

Company 71

Company P&L Bottom-up Advertising 71

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

My acronym for BUSINESS : B ig-picture U nderstanding S ymbiosis I n N omenclature, E conomics, S ystems, and S ervices WORK : W indows of O pportunity, R equiring K now-how My acronym for GOALS : G etting O rganized A llowing L ifeblood S ystems G rowth O pportunities A nd L egacy S upport THINK : T o H ave I deas, N ew K eys FAILURE : F inding A (..)

P&L 56

P&L Books Definition Strategic Planning 56

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

My experience with Target should bolster anyone's case that you can be a committed A-player executive, a good parent, an attentive spouse, a healthy person with time for hobbies — yes, hobbies! David is a VP who is accountable for a multi-billion dollar P & L business. His wife is a finance director at another company.

P&L 9

P&L Long-term Learning-by-Doing Team 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

keep hearing from top executives at large, profitable companies that they're under "P&L pressure." What all senior executives seem to have forgotten — in some mass delusion — is that these growth targets are arbitrary.

GAAP 8

GAAP Short-term P&L EPS 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

That made it relatively easy to assemble a big group of plaintiffs, since all you had to do was find those who had bought or sold a company’s stock over a particular time period — whether or not they’d been paying any attention to the misleading statements of its executives. Bratton and Michael L. John Fund, Inc. , Basic, Inc.,

Training 8

Training Efficiency Class Price 8