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. Do you really need to learn everything about corporate finance — or do you just need some accounting basics to help you get a better grasp on reading a P&L?

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P&L Education Learning-by-Doing Finance 8

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

MARCH 18, 2011

Knowing and communicating your career goals is challenging for even the most ambitious and focused person. In today's work world, careers take numerous twists and turns and the future is often murky. You have to clarify for yourself what you aspire to do with your career before you can communicate it confidently to others.

P&L 16

P&L Committee Career Learning-by-Doing 16

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

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. As Palmisano built IBM into the world's leading information technology company, its competitors dithered. Directness.

Globalization 15

Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Who has P&L authority? And since people ultimately make all the difference, your operating model should define how you manage the assignments and career paths for your difference-making talent. Principles informed by a fact-based strategy encourage impartiality, highlighting gaps, and forcing difficult choices.

Strategy 8

Strategy Company Banking Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2011

To generate ideas, run electric current through your brain: Research subjects who received electrical stimulation of the anterior temporal lobes of the brain were 3 times more likely to come up with the fresh insight needed to solve a difficult, unfamiliar problem than people in a control group, according to Richard P. Chi and Allan W.

P&L 15

P&L How To Stress Comparison 15

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. In my experience, a low intolerance for ambiguity and uncertainty derails more executive careers than a lack of technical competence. Insiders are good-humored.

How To 8

How To CEO P&L Uncertainty 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. Relationship building has resulted in greater effectiveness and personal satisfaction in my position and career. My answer was simple, “Because I like the results.&#

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

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2018

With it, we articulate our M ission, the constituencies we S erve, the P lays we’re going to run this year, the plays we are going to O mit, and how we will T rack our progress. However, in scale-up mode, the virtue of keeping our options open, and changing gears based on new information, is disruptive and expensive.

P&L 13

P&L Strategy Press Release Marketing 13

Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

With the Boomer generation staying in the workforce longer due to declining retirement savings and increasing cost-of-living expenses, organizations are not only having to deal with three different generations of employees working together, but also the impact of a slowdown in the rate of upward career movement for younger workers.

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P&L Fraser Motivation Organizational Behavior 264

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The Crux : How Leaders Become Strategists by Richard P. A New Way to Think : Your Guide to Superior Management Effectiveness by Roger L. Martin (Harvard Business Review Press, 2022) Over a stellar career, Roger Martin has advised the CEOs of some of the world's most successful companies. Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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