The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This is a brief review of what living and leading above the line — leadership action — often looks like. Whether leading ourselves, our families, our teams, organizations, or countries, when times are darkest, true leadership shines brightest. We call this central leadership principle Focus and Context.

Emotional Intelligence 52

Emotional Intelligence P&L Follow-up Energy 52

Women on Business

JUNE 23, 2011

In a new ranking of public companies without women in top leadership from Bloomberg Businessweek.com, it was revealed that 5.8% 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.&#. of board chairmanships.

P&L 209

P&L Company Offshoring Diversity 209

Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 18, 2016

What is size of P&L I should run? Gravitas (Leadership). Leadership happens instantly. You need to clearly develop good leadership behaviors with positive engagement, enthusiasm, energy, and motivation. What classes and skills are requisite? Speaking engagements? What projects should have I lead?

P&L 150

P&L Tools Bottom-up Skills 150

LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Servant leadership is a belief in and practice of “leadership that places the good of those led over the self-interest of the leader, emphasizing leader behaviors that focus on follower development and de-emphasizing glorification of the leader” (Hale and Fields, 2007, p. 115), I’d recommend the following: 1.

P&L 98

P&L Leadership Organizational Behavior Kotter 98

LDRLB

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

We regularly share information and costs across business activities. Personality does not explain everything, but it does affect how CEOs acquire and disseminate information, what information they pay attention to or choose to ignore, and how they interpret the information they selectively choose to perceive.

CEO 118

CEO P&L Company Venture Capitalist 118

Strategy Driven

MAY 4, 2019

Before starting as CFO, I repeatedly scanned through my leadership qualities, considering how I would present myself to my new colleagues. After serving in a variety of leadership roles over the last two decades, I still have a lot to learn. In my experience, the myriad of leadership characteristics can be boiled down to the Qs.

P&L 58

P&L CFO Sharpe Finance 58

Strategy Driven

JULY 28, 2019

You can see this play out in your daily operations and ultimately in the P&L. Please follow him on instagram , twitter , LinkedIn , and/or his website for more information and engagement. As a leader, you are constantly trying to maximize the magical effort to effectiveness equation (a.k.a. efficiency).

Agility 62

Agility P&L Intangible Assets Team 62

Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

“One of the criteria for national leadership should therefore be a talent for understanding, encouraging, and making constructive use of vigorous criticism.” “Criticism is information that will help you grow.” ” –Franklin P. N A T I O N A L B E S T S E L L E R.

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P&L Construction Sharpe Learning-by-Doing 162

Deming Institute

MAY 26, 2016

Find more information and the registration form. Clifford L. Kentaro Toyama, Associate Professor, University of Michigan – School of Information and Author of ”Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change from the Cult of Technology”. 2016 Deming Institute Annual Conference. September 16 – 18, 2016. Michigan State University.

Deming 28

Deming Conference P&L Seminar 28

Steve Farber

MARCH 13, 2017

You can measure kindness informally — by taking note of it as you see it happen — and formally (with metric-driven surveys). The metrics will be different for every organization, but they will be just as important, if not more, than a standard P&L. Work Inside Out.

P&L 99

P&L Company Hotels Policies 99

LDRLB

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Networking enhances a leader’s ability to access information and resources through their upward and lateral connections. The authors conclude that “managers would be well served to not only actively engage in networking but to also publicize these connections to create favorable impressions in the minds of members” (p.

P&L 68

P&L Organizational Behavior Motivation Banking 68

The Center For Leadership Studies

MAY 6, 2024

Cary, NC – May 6, 2024 – The Center for Leadership Studies (CLS), the global home of the Situational Leadership ® Model, announced today the release of Situational Conversations , a flexible, multimodal program that enables leaders to drive success and engagement through meaningful conversations. However, many leaders are struggling.

P&L 52

P&L Leadership Situational Leadership Workshop 52

The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Equip every team with its own P&L account. The road to self-management is paved with information. You can read an excerpt from that chapter at “ Leadership Keys to Harnessing the Power of Teams “ To exercise freedom wisely, employees must be able to calculate the impact of their decisions.

P&L 53

P&L Hamel Open-book Review 53

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

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

AUGUST 5, 2014

To have the influence to help set business strategy for the company, CMOs need to translate customer insights into terms meaningful to senior leadership. 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.

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P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 11

In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 6, 2013

I remain impressed with the ongoing success of P&G, L’Oreal, Nike, Whole Foods, Pernod Ricard, Apple, and Starbucks. I searched the information network, but came up empty-handed with regard to this CEO’s views on what the brand stands for in the consumer’s mind. Wouldn’t you expect more innovation? That’s an understatement.

Brand 260

Brand P&L Human Resources Brand Management 260

Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

Similar to creating a learning environment, building an organization that not only supports virtuous principles but also causes them, requires you to invest heavily in leadership. So you must demonstrate very strong leadership. Is substantive information easily accessible? Reduced training time for new employees.

Team 52

Team How To Knowledge Management Self-aware 52

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

I've written about the rising significance of soft skills, including in the March 2011 issue of HBR (coauthored with Kevin L. The CIO has to know what's going on in finance and marketing, for instance, and P&L experience is important even for support functions like human resources. And for many people they're harder to learn.

Execution 15

Execution P&L CFO Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Through informational interviews and background research (such as scanning leaders’ LinkedIn profiles), try to get a sense of their educational background. If everyone on the leadership team has an advanced degree and you don’t, it may be an uphill battle to convince them of your merits. You and Your Team Series.

P&L 8

P&L Education Learning-by-Doing Finance 8

First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 2, 2012

Austin, Richard L. I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Complete Executive Karen Wright Harder Than I Thought Robert D. Nolan, and Shannon O’Donnell HR Strategic Project Management SPOMP Leon M. Hielkema INTERVIEWS Matthew E. May: Second Interview, Part 1, by Bob [.].

Blog 89

Blog Project Review Execution 89

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

These struggles can lead to serious gaps between the resources allocated to security and the actual support needed to properly protect corporate and customer information. They clearly understand the importance of protecting the safety of people using our products, including users’ personal information.

Team 8

Team P&L Engineering Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Many of the successful managers and professionals who come back to business school at mid-career are looking for more than honing their leadership skills. They find these networks very useful for exchanging job-related information, getting things done within their role as historically defined, and finding good people to staff their teams.

Career 8

Career P&L How To Mentor 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

Recognizing that the company's command-and-control culture wouldn't work in the 21st century, he defined leadership as leading by values and created a unique collaborative organizational structure. Never confuse charisma with leadership. They listen as well as they speak. The key to that is to build a sustainable culture. Directness.

Globalization 15

Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Technology has provided us with unprecedented advances, information, knowledge, instant access and entertainment. However, a company’s biggest expense doesn’t show on a P&L, at least not directly. It has changed the way we communicate, behave and think. But it has also led to a dramatic decline in our people skills.

Company 72

Company P&L Bottom-up Advertising 72

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Who has P&L authority? A new operating model also requires a governance structure and leadership model so leaders know how they will exercise operational control and inspire employees—and hold themselves accountable for doing both. It includes accountabilities. Clarity and simplicity are the watchwords here.

Strategy 8

Strategy Company Banking Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2011

Saying you want P&L responsibility in five years when you have no such ambitions may land you the job, but ultimately will you be happy? Butler says that hiring managers rely on it to get at several different pieces of information at once. But you shouldn't fake it or make up an answer to satisfy your audience.

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P&L Committee Career Case Study 18

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

In others, they lack the critical experiences or skills required to take the next step, such as an international assignment, high-risk project, or major P&L responsibility. Clearly defining the criteria and experiences necessary to qualify for key leadership positions. Join women''s leadership groups. Please don''t.

Career 8

Career P&L Learning-by-Doing CEO 8

The Empowered Buisness

OCTOBER 20, 2015

What Is a Leadership Awakener? A leader wearing the hat of teacher focuses on building competencies and thinking capabilities – such as how to read a P&L statement or presentation skills. Leadership Awakeners are the Game Changers of the World. Leadership awakeners think differently. Robert Frost.

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P&L Strategic Planning Game Theory Mission Statement 100

Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2015

She called back to the plumbing department and the man who waited on me came to her register and informed her the price was $1.99 Bar coded packaging today drives inventory control, P&L calculations, and all manner of financial management processes. Again, she refused to proceed without an item number.

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P&L Customer Intimacy Price Retail 150

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

The leader makes the reorg team and leadership swear to secrecy and then is surprised when the news leaks to the wider organization (it always does, we’re afraid). In essence, communications should move from informing people at the beginning to exciting them when—and only when—they know what their new jobs are going to be.

P&L 8

P&L Open-book Organization Follow-up 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

Townes, and Henry L. A wealthy industrialist, Joseph Wharton aspired to produce “pillars of the state” whose leadership would extend across business and public life. His book Concept of the Corporation , published in 1946, was a direct response to Alfred P. For more information, see the conference homepage.

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Drucker P&L Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

And more recently, athletic apparel company Puma (working with my colleagues at PwC and the UK's TruCost) produced an " environmental P&L " which measured the "real" cost of carbon and other environmental inputs like water. It's innovative and committed, but it also points to a massive global failure of leadership on climate policy.

Price 13

Price P&L White Paper Energy 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2015

Though CEOs may tolerate that executives keep information from them at times, they expect straightforward answers when they ask straightforward questions. The five traits that emerged from my CEO interviews were found in both men and women, and in executives with P&L responsibilities and those with functional responsibilities.

How To 8

How To CEO P&L Uncertainty 8

Rajesh Setty

NOVEMBER 16, 2008

Here you’ll find more than 1500 articles and mini-sagas on entrepreneurship, leadership, creativity and simply how to distinguish yourself. I was hooked on the book as soone as I saw your nine L's in the table of contents. Maybe it's how we IT guys digest information. Best, Raj Manohar P Thanks a ton, Rajesh!

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Download Licensing Software Open-book 28

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

How can these companies overcome the inevitable leadership, organizational, and cultural challenges involved? CEO Jeff Immelt declared in 2011 that GE needed to become a software and analytics company or risk seeing its hardware products become commodities as information-based competitors took over.

Software 8

Software Six Sigma Insourcing P&L 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. One of the patterns I see in the 360 data on leadership behaviors is that peers are typically the lowest rating group for any given executive. Why is that?

Bottom-up 177

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

Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

The values that drove why they did what they did, or which informed them of what mattered to them, though, remained the same. Perhaps most critically, the key fault with so many of these business and leadership articles on generational differences is that there’s no evidence-based, empirical studies to back up their assertions.

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P&L Fraser Motivation Organizational Behavior 264