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Be an Advocate for Yourself :: Women on Business

Women on Business

Mentoring is defined as career advice and guidance and sponsorship is advocacy. High performing women need to take control of their own career advancement. Communicate your intention to advance your career. o Make sure your position has P&L responsibility. They need to advocate for an advocate or sponsor.

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Even “bad” cultures get some things right

Surviving Leadership

The CFO update in particular was excellent – we learned how the company measured financial success, how to read a basic P&L, and what variable costs employees could help control in their jobs. I cut my teeth on corporate America there and have carried those lesson with me throughout my career.

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Bring Back the General Manager

Harvard Business Review

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. It also will force the functional service providers to be more market-driven.

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It's Harder than Ever to Be a Senior Executive

Harvard Business Review

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.