Michael Lee Stallard

JULY 5, 2010

Art Petty presents Leadership Caffeine: Prepare Your Mind to Conquer Presentation Anxiety posted at Management Excellence. Grossman presents Valuing meaningful work always plays better to the bottom line. Tom Magness presents Those Idiots Up At HQ posted at Leader Business.

Leadership 210

Leadership Wilde Ingham McCarthy 210

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

We are often asked whether the best way to structure for innovation is top-down or bottom-up. Bottom-up approaches work well for incremental (keeps you in the game) innovations. It tends to be short-term, uses familiar (traditional) metrics and development systems like Stage Gate. So let's talk about incremental.

Process 15

Process Innovation Stage-Gate Net Present Value 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

Business students have traditionally considered net present value, payback period, and hurdle rates as necessary tools to determine which project to select. Digital companies, however, consider scientists’ and software workers’ and product development teams’ time to be the company’s most valuable resource.

Report 8

Report GAAP Net Present Value CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 29, 2017

Of the many conditions I have seen in which company values are a powerful force for good, three stand out as uniquely important. First, accountability for living them exists top to bottom. Second, the values drive self-honesty, and when the company fails to live up to them, leaders are the first to admit it.

Bottom-up 9

Bottom-up Competitive Advantage Organization Workshop 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

In our experience, companies that adopt this marketing analytics approach can unlock 10–20 percent of their marketing budget to either reinvest in marketing or return to the bottom line. CFOs are more interested in capital investment estimates, net present values, and a clear outline of the trade-offs of any investment.

CFO 8

CFO Short-term Long-term Benchmarking 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2017

But having a grasp of terms like EBITDA and net present value are important no matter where you sit on the org chart. The Refresher: Net Present Value. What if costs go down or up? “Think of yourself as a miniature profit and loss statement: How do you add value? . Related Video.

Finance 8

Finance Skills EBITDA Net Present Value 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Foreign subsidiaries can expect local sales to fall and distribution channels to come to a halt, with depressing consequences for the bottom line. Anyone who has had to make the argument for an investment knows the basic tool involved: a Net Present Value (NPV) calculation.

NPV 12

NPV Short-term Discount Politics 12