Lead Change Blog

JUNE 25, 2020

Lessons throughout history inform us that cause precedes effect; actions create results. Appearance of Improvement vs. Improvement – In the effects domain, managers often look for steps to improve the appearance of their P&L results, yet no real, underlying change takes place.

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P&L ROE Metrics CFO 220

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

He was comfortable making smart bets to position IBM for decades-long growth, such as creating the Emerging Business Organization to incubate new businesses and shield them from P&L pressures. As Palmisano built IBM into the world's leading information technology company, its competitors dithered. Directness.

Globalization 15

Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

For every company wrestling with evolutions in its strategy, success depends as much on matching the operating model to those evolutions as it does on the soundness of the strategy itself. Who has P&L authority? Aligning the big picture with the day-to-day. It includes accountabilities.

Strategy 8

Strategy Company Banking Apparel 8