HR Digest

JANUARY 11, 2024

Amidst the complexities of leadership challenges, the unique insights contributed by Anthony Horton, Stephanie Neal, and Chris McCarthy add a compelling layer to the unfolding narrative. But the culprit isn’t work emails or late-night coding sprints.

CEO 52

CEO Altman McCarthy Supply Chain 52

Surviving Leadership

OCTOBER 29, 2018

I also truly appreciated some of the business practices that leadership followed that I have missed in other organizations, including ones highlighted in McCord’s book. This would include a day spent with an installation tech and a day spent with a call center agent – preferably, in a market other than your own.

CFO 58

CFO P&L Call Center COO 58

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Many of the successful managers and professionals who come back to business school at mid-career are looking for more than honing their leadership skills. Many are stuck in their careers. Figure out your market value. Career planning Managing yourself' Find kindred spirits. You only crave more.

Career 9

Career P&L How To Mentor 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Coca-Cola recently reshuffled its leadership team to focus on growth, innovation, and digital. L’Oréal has made a strategic investment in Founders Factory , a digital startup accelerator. “A clear, easy-to-memorize digital group strategy is now vocally championed by leadership across the company,” Rochet says.

P&L 13

P&L Agility Fashion Media 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

In an effort to explore executives’ motivations for serving on boards, we looked at how board service is evaluated in the executive labor market. It was an incredible leadership school for me. ” Similarly, Sempra CEO Debra L. in 2004, and in 2005, her total compensation from her home firm, Whole Foods Market Inc.,

Execution 10

Execution P&L CEO COO 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2017

If everyone on the leadership team has an advanced degree and you don’t, it may be an uphill battle to convince them of your merits. Formal degree programs excel at general education: an MBA, for instance, gives you a little bit of everything you might need as a leader, from finance to marketing to operations. Learning.

P&L 8

P&L Education Learning-by-Doing Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2012

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. To get this broad exposure, managers were given a variety of functional roles, eventually assuming leadership for a small business unit.

Management 13

Management P&L Incubator Finance 13

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

With Discovery-Driven Growth , Rita and Ian offer managers everywhere a time-tested blueprint for planning and executing a strategic growth agenda with confidence – in any market. Your career depended on that business going forward, and the numbers that mattered had to do with the performance of that business, not with Sony as a whole.

Innovation 50

Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50

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.

Execution 15

Execution P&L CFO Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2014

The answer turns out to be far more nuanced than mere wealth accumulation and career advancement. Candidates also appraise a firm’s future prospects, market competitiveness, and business strategy. He saw the upside in this hot market sector and the opportunity to lead and mentor a young team.”. Current and future prospects.

Reputation 13

Reputation Consultative P&L Execution 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

When Palmisano retired this month, the media chronicled his success by focusing on IBM's 21% annual growth in earnings per share and its increase in market capitalization to $218 billion. Never confuse charisma with leadership. In the 21st century only IBM's Sam Palmisano has done so. They listen as well as they speak. Directness.

Globalization 15

Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Who has P&L authority? A new operating model also requires a governance structure and leadership model so leaders know how they will exercise operational control and inspire employees—and hold themselves accountable for doing both. It includes accountabilities. Clarity and simplicity are the watchwords here.

Strategy 8

Strategy Company Banking Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2018

Some people’s careers take off, while others’ take longer — or even stall out. They do it by making bold career moves over the course of their career that catapult them to the top. We found that three types of career catapults were most common among the sprinters. John Holcroft/Getty Images.

CEO 8

CEO CFO P&L Career 8