Coaching Tip

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Bringing on more fixed assets, instead of building market-leading capabilities. Emulating competitors and pursuing industry benchmarks rather than seeking differentiation. Hedging bets with multiple options, which reinforces complexity and raises costs. Leaders must compel the organization to choose.

Strategy 178

Strategy Short-term Competitive Advantage Fixed Assets 178

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2013

CEOs face countless decisions. While the obvious decisions that CEOs need to get right involve strategy and competitive advantage, too many executives delegate away three critical decisions that they need to own: decisions about goals, resource allocation, and people. The brilliant decision-makers look at the runway ahead.

P&L 8

P&L Fixed Assets Charan Delegation 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2018

“I’ve had at least five instances where decisions like that had to be made,” the longtime CEO of Tupperware, Rick Goings, told me. ” The same is true for Tupperware, CEO Rick Goings said: “If you see how much weight people lost on average, my first concern is: how do we not abandon them?

Politics 12

Politics Short-term Long-term Banking 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2011

How crazy is it that companies are willing to invest in preventative maintenance on fixed assets such as their machinery, but typically won't make a comparable investment to enhance and sustain the health and well-being of their employees? Zappos is an example of a company that began with something as prosaic as selling shoes on line.

Fixed Assets 15

Fixed Assets Competitive Advantage Commitment Definition 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

As a result, despite persistent calls for more long-term behavior from us and from CEOs who share our views, such as Larry Fink of BlackRock and Mark Wiseman, the former head of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, a genuine debate has continued to rage among economists and analysts over whether short-termism really destroys value.

Long-term 8

Long-term EPS Short-term Management 8