Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

banking and insurance businesses. A similar story can be told in retail banking, insurance, credit cards, retail, and other industries. Effective cross-selling organizations, such as American Express, complement the P&L perspective with a longer-term, balance-sheet view of the business and a multiyear view of customer value.

Insurance 8

Insurance P&L CRM Telecommunications 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? Brian was a highly ambitious senior executive; as the SVP of Commercial Payment Solutions, he held full P&L responsibility. This can be especially dangerous in a job interview.

P&L 18

P&L Committee Career Case Study 18

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Face facts: Most boards invest heavily in executive assessments, exposing chief-executive candidates to C-suite responsibilities and checking their P&L performance — while simultaneously scanning outside prospects. Noski, former CFO of Bank of America. Luczo, chairman and CEO of Seagate, and Charles H.

CEO 8

CEO Committee P&L Charan 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

Over time, by my calculations, given the growth in cloud services the company is banking on, these carbon fees could rise to a more noticeable $50 million by 2020. Right now, the market price of carbon is very low, so Microsoft is charging a small amount per ton. Even so, they will collect north of $10 million, which is enough to buy offsets.

Price 13

Price P&L White Paper Energy 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2013

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. Finally, a corporation's head office can provide funds, much like an in-house bank.

Strategy 8

Strategy P&L Engineering Cooper 8

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. The second applies to the multiple channels a consumer might use as part of that experience — for example, for a bank these would include a website, an ATM, and the lobby of the local branch.

P&L 8

P&L Decentralization COO Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2014

One consultant commented, for example, that “within the investment-banking community, it is all about platform and brand.”. Is it “a step up in responsibility—either in P&L size, geographic footprint, increased portfolio, etc.?” The firm’s platform is of particular importance in some service industries.

Reputation 12

Reputation Consultative P&L Execution 12

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Another well-known problem is that if you are a P&L leader in a publicly traded firm, you pay dearly for missing quarterly targets and don’t get dinged at all for failing to invest in the future. I’m thinking of HDFC Bank in India, Yahoo! Imagine you’re the guy who was running the Walkman business at Sony a decade ago.

Innovation 50

Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

In the two biggest settlements, the offending companies — Enron and WorldCom — went belly up, leaving their banks stuck with most of the tab, a somewhat more logical outcome but not the standard one. Bratton and Michael L. This debate is happening because in Halliburton Co. John Fund, Inc. , Then there are the lawyers.

Training 8

Training Efficiency Class Price 8