Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

Townes, and Henry L. The goal was to optimize the outputs that could be generated from a specific set of inputs. Statistical and mathematical insights were imported (often from military uses) forming the basis of the field that would subsequently be known as operations management. Operations Organizational culture'

Six Sigma 9

Six Sigma Drucker P&L Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

keep hearing from top executives at large, profitable companies that they're under "P&L pressure." Who declared 7 or 10 or 15 percent growth in earnings a sacrosanct pursuit, above all other corporate goals — like the innovation that leads to novel solutions that address customer needs?

GAAP 8

GAAP Short-term P&L EPS 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2016

Generally speaking, executives are compensated for things under their control: moving projects along, the stewardship of a P&L, and for the company hitting financial targets. In fact, this is the root of nearly all the mistrust that clouds the industry’s operations, relationships, and reputation.

Incentives 8

Incentives Pharmaceuticals Crisis P&L 8

Women on Business

JANUARY 31, 2013

Getting more women on boards begins with getting more women in mission-critical P&L roles. “If you look on boards, one of the primary reasons we are not seeing more women joining them is that typically they are looking for candidates who either have board experience or are leading large operations. . ” Ilene H.

P&L 256

P&L Chief Executive Officer Supply Chain Mentor 256

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2013

They may not be like the big conglomerates of the 1960s — you can see how their portfolio of somewhat related business came about — but, in reality, the various divisions and business units do operate completely independently from one another. Finally, a corporation's head office can provide funds, much like an in-house bank.

Strategy 8

Strategy P&L Engineering Cooper 8

Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

5) Operational Transparency -. Hirst, Giles; Van Knippenberg, Daan; Zhou, Jing; A cross-level perspective on employee creativity: Goal orientation, team learning behavior, and individual creativity, Academy of Management Journal, Vol 52(2), Apr 2009, 280-293. Transparency is organizational honesty. Stay tuned, comment and share!

Team 52

Team How To Knowledge Management Self-aware 52

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2013

Every manager has a P&L that he or she is responsible for," he says, "and while we don''t make sharing rooms a hard and fast rule, it''s our sense that when people have their own budgets and ownership for their profits, they''ll continue to operate that way.". It Can Be Good for Business.

Hotels 9

Hotels Conference Policies Travel 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2015

If you were operating based on rational self-interest one could argue that you would buy as many tickets as possible. Most Business Leaders have P&L goals that were established in the prior year — and anything that puts those projections at risk is a tough sell. How many would you buy?

P&L 8

P&L Due Diligence CIO COO 8

Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L. Seeks to understand others’ points of view and goals by asking open ended questions. Leaders who operate in this mode lose their peers in no time flat.

Bottom-up 177

Bottom-up Short-term Executive Coaching Open-book 177

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Leading Change is widely recognized as his seminal work on leading transformational change, and is an important precursor to his newer ideas on acceleration: effectively managing operations while seizing new opportunity. The Heart of Change is your guide to helping people think and feel differently in order to meet your shared goals.

P&L 8

P&L Kotter Books Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

So it's no wonder that business started to wake up to the serious danger that storms and shortages present to their operations, both from direct damage to property and from massive production interruptions (i.e., The goal: to reduce negative environmental and social impacts of the $1.4 business continuity"). Watch this space.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 23, 2013

The first is to get various functional silos and P&L centers sharply aligned with the specifics of customer requirements. Design "integration mechanisms" and operate them with rigor. Basing a portion of compensation on common goals fosters collaboration. It''s the job of a leader to create it. Attendance was mandatory.

P&L 8

P&L Decentralization COO Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Nowhere was this calculation (and its impact) more evident than in the recent US presidential campaign, where one party saw women as a key strategic lever to their goal, the other a non-essential side issue. Is having 80% women in HR and support functions and 80% of men in operational roles what you are after?

Diversity 8

Diversity Balanced Scorecard P&L Committee 8

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

The authors then show how to best execute specific initiatives, test major project assumptions, and develop a culture that values disciplined experimentation and learning over meeting mindless and unrealistic goals. Companies that will eventually be wrecked by others’ innovations are operating on autopilot.

Innovation 50

Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Smart Growth : How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company by Whitney Johnson (Harvard Business Review Press, 2022) Growth is the goal. The Crux : How Leaders Become Strategists by Richard P. A New Way to Think : Your Guide to Superior Management Effectiveness by Roger L. Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

Books 368

Books Leadership P&L Blog 368

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Seeing how Atrius orchestrated the transition from being a fee-for-service provider to one that predominantly relies on value-based payment can benefit others pursuing the same goal. Instead of incrementally improving processes, the goal became replacing them and creating whole new care models. The results have been remarkable.

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation Insurance P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

The retail giant's powerful buyers, or merchants, now have a sustainability goal in their performance targets and reviews. For example, the laptop PC buyer set a goal that, by Christmas, all of the laptops Walmart sells would come pre-installed with advanced energy-saving settings. This is the focus of my next project.). on to 2013.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Constraint P&L Energy 10