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. How to Design an Agenda for an Effective Meeting.

P&L 12

P&L How To Finance Metrics 12

In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 6, 2013

Wouldn’t you expect more innovation? I remain impressed with the ongoing success of P&G, L’Oreal, Nike, Whole Foods, Pernod Ricard, Apple, and Starbucks. Wouldn’t you expect greater care in stewarding brand presence, personality, positioning, single-mindedness, and strategic consistency? Some companies brand exceedingly well.

Brand 260

Brand P&L Human Resources Brand Management 260

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

We call this phenomenon reverse innovation — any innovation that is adopted first in the developing world, and then later in the developed world. Surprisingly, such innovations defy gravity and flow uphill from the poor to the rich. Reverse innovation will become more and more common. Phase 3: Local Innovation.

Glocalization 11

Glocalization Mass Marketing P&L Globalization 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2013

She holds the Ernest L. She''s an expert on strategy, innovation, and leading change. In her latest book, SuperCorp: How Vanguard Companies Create Innovation, Profits, Growth, and Social Good , she analyzed how P&G (among other companies) achieved long-term performance. Why is P&G making this move, now? Asking A.G.

P&L 8

P&L Restructuring Price CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2012

These are the executives who run discrete businesses and control all of the resources associated with them. Two decades ago, organizations were designed around stand-alone business units, so all managers had to understand finance, technology, manufacturing, sales, marketing, strategy, human resources, and more.

Management 14

Management P&L Incubator Finance 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

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. Says Abi Comber, Head of Marketing for British Airways: “Having P&L responsibility is incredibly powerful.

P&L 10

P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 10

Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

This is quite challenging as it either never feels like there is enough time to dedicate to learning or it feels like an unproductive use of available resources. E.g. take a team of developers to tour an abattoir, take the human resource team to a museum exhibit on ancient Egypt, or take legal on an outing to a flower show.

Team 52

Team How To Knowledge Management Self-aware 52

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? But not the analysts.

GAAP 8

GAAP Short-term P&L EPS 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2015

By enabling companies to tie their marketplace insights much more tightly to the resulting economics — to link their assumptions about how people would behave to the numbers of a pro forma P&L — spreadsheets made it possible to model businesses before they were launched.” That is it may be new in either end.”

Business Model 8

Business Model Drucker Christensen P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

They are innovating in ways that create virtuous circles for a generation or more." 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.

Globalization 15

Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2015

In such circumstances, the CEO feels best served by executives who fight hard to make the case that their units deserve the available capital and resources. 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

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

Short-term thinking has been charged with no less than a chronic decline in innovation capability by Clayton Christensen who termed it “the Capitalist’s Dilemma.” ) Corporations continue to focus too narrowly on shareholders , with terrible consequences – even at great companies like IBM. Townes, and Henry L.

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Drucker P&L Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

Key selection criteria included experience in innovative software and service (versus product) development, and an ability to manage a start-up in a very large, complex company. A design studio is geared for collaboration and innovation work with customers and partners. The first step was to hire someone to run it.

Software 8

Software Six Sigma Insourcing P&L 8

The Empowered Buisness

OCTOBER 20, 2015

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. While competition can be a blessing, fueling higher standards and innovation. Teaching focuses on cognitive skills and capabilities. employees’ beliefs and values.

P&L 100

P&L Strategic Planning Game Theory Mission Statement 100

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NOVEMBER 16, 2008

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Download 28

Download Licensing Software Open-book 28

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Managing Global Innovation: Frameworks for Integrating Capabilities around the World. In today's global economy, it would be short-sighted to rely solely on local resources for new-product innovations. And this distance makes it harder than ever to obtain and integrate these resources, eating away at your competitive edge.

P&L 8

P&L Kotter Books Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

From relentless demand for resources to bamboo-like 9% growth to vicious competition for the technologies and industries of the future, China will be the big story for a long time. These companies are notable victims of a new reality: resources are constrained and input prices are fundamentally rising. China, China, and China.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2012

With three efficient plants staffed by 3,000 employees, it had reinvented itself to become an innovative manufacturer of modular steel staircases and fiberglass doors. These deductions, which totaled 12% of sales, had previously been collapsed into a single line item in the P&L for each customer. The Power of Customer Costing.

Case Study 14

Case Study P&L Cost Due Diligence 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2012

Trade promotion is often the single biggest line item in a manufacturer's P&L. What companies often find is that trade promotion opportunities have broader strategy, branding/marketing and innovation issues at the core. When this is done right, trade promotion optimization frees up much-needed resources.

ROI 15

ROI P&L Retail Brand 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2012

Trade promotion is often the single biggest line item in a manufacturer's P&L. What companies often find is that trade promotion opportunities have broader strategy, branding/marketing and innovation issues at the core. When this is done right, trade promotion optimization frees up much-needed resources.

ROI 11

ROI P&L Retail Brand 11

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Many people do not typically think of metrics and accounting as roadblocks to innovation, yet you call these out as potential problem areas. Doing otherwise biases the business against innovation because what you are projecting may look unattractive relative to your business today. Net present value [NPV] is a case in point.

Innovation 50

Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2013

In most organizations, the responsibility for setting direction, developing strategy and allocating resources is highly centralized. This is our call to management innovators (and aspiring management innovators) around the world to make a real difference when it comes to improving management thinking and practice.

P&L 8

P&L Supply Chain Bottom-up McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2016

An innovative care provider organization in Eastern Massachusetts with 30 medical practices and a home health and hospice agency, it already receives almost 80% of revenue from global payments (a fixed payment for all of a patient’s medical treatment during a specified period of time) or other risk contracts. Insight Center.

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation Insurance P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Some parts of the agenda — eco-efficiency and resource conservation for example — are widely accepted now, and it's rare to find a big-company CEO who doesn't have sustainability on his or her radar. Sustainability innovation opens up: Unilever, Heineken, and EMC ask the world for help. In the U.S.,

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Constraint P&L Energy 10