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Be an Advocate for Yourself :: Women on Business

Women on Business

o Make sure your position has P&L responsibility. Develop your web of influence (key stakeholders, decision makers, influencers, connectors) to assist you in reaching your goal. o Develop your subject matter expertise through social media, community organizations and board positions.

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Even “bad” cultures get some things right

Surviving Leadership

There is a noticeable focus on “culture” lately, whether the topic is recruiting, engagement, development, retention, what have you. In the high potential development program, we took participants to other locations and gave them a chance to learn more about a new business unit. It’s all good stuff to discuss.

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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. If successful, they then were given responsibility for increasingly larger businesses.

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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.

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The Rebirth of the CMO

Harvard Business Review

That means churning through data to find insights that others haven’t seen and then developing the organizational capability to act on them faster and better to drive above-market growth. Says Abi Comber, Head of Marketing for British Airways: “Having P&L responsibility is incredibly powerful.

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How to Create Remarkable Teams PART 2 – Collaboration

Ask Atma

When human learning slows down, people tend to lose creative and problem solving capacity. In team development, research has shown that individual learning works best when accompanied by team learning. [1]. The key is to develop determination and commitment for the process. These are just a few examples.

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Make Your Company Customer-Centric – and Increase Profitability by a Whopping 75 Percent

Strategy Driven

However, a company’s biggest expense doesn’t show on a P&L, at least not directly. It’s clear that developing a customer-obsessed organization extends well beyond your customer service team. There’s no line item for poor customer service, but nothing may have a greater impact on your bottom line than dissatisfied customers.

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