Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

For every company wrestling with evolutions in its strategy, success depends as much on matching the operating model to those evolutions as it does on the soundness of the strategy itself. But exactly how do today’s companies create or update an operating model to match adaptations or wholesale changes in strategy?

Strategy 8

Strategy Company Banking Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Another pervasive reason is that senior executives are trained as operators, not innovators. And there’s a fundamental conflict between innovation and optimizing an existing operation. To close the gap, we need to treat innovation differently than we do normal operations. Don’t Get Trapped in Your P&L.

Innovation 8

Innovation P&L ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

In today's economy, where the fast growth of emerging markets outpaces America and the developed world, if you haven't gone global yet, it's time to get moving. After lunch we would take a tour of that country's operations. [For more, visit the Communication Insight Center.]. We tried to be as inclusive as possible.

P&L 15

P&L Globalization CFO Operations 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2013

She holds the Ernest L. In her latest book, SuperCorp: How Vanguard Companies Create Innovation, Profits, Growth, and Social Good , she analyzed how P&G (among other companies) achieved long-term performance. Why is P&G making this move, now? P&G is in the midst of a major restructuring, and has laid off thousands of people.

P&L 8

P&L Restructuring Price CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Establish "an unbending standard of performance" : Since 1965, Buffett has annually compared Berkshire's compounded growth in book value per share to the growth in the S&P 500 (plus dividends). In all but seven of these 45 years, Berkshire beat the S&P. Berkshire's talented managers get the P&L independence to run their own businesses.

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Letter P&L Net Present Value Insurance 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2012

But once the company has honed in on a strong value proposition and found initial product-market fit, what is the best approach to scaling it? With over $1 billion in revenue, 2000 employees and a market capitalization of over $6 billion, Akamai has become a role model for scalable start-ups. After all, scaling is hard. Really hard.

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P&L Lewin EBITDA Ries 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2013

One class discussion that gets the light-bulbs flashing is a case study analysis of a brilliant functional expert, Harris (not his real name), who gets sent to an elite business school’s general management program with the promise of a promotion into a P&L role upon his return. Figure out your market value.

Career 8

Career P&L How To Mentor 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Even in the most commoditized markets, winning players need to create value by adding small slivers of differentiated services, logistics, quality and reliability. CEOs must be agile and adaptive, operating from a mindset of continual anticipation and appraisal in order to make timely investment decisions and oversee speedy execution.

CEO 8

CEO Supply Chain Disruptive Innovation P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2017

I’ve also independently developed a number of online courses so have thought deeply about which kind of programming is appropriate for professionals’ needs. 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?

P&L 8

P&L Education Learning-by-Doing Finance 8

Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

In team development, research has shown that individual learning works best when accompanied by team learning. [1]. So the designer teaches everyone about UX/AI, the coders teach about their development methodology, the project managers teach about agile protocols, and the sales people describe what it is like in the field.

Team 52

Team How To Knowledge Management Self-aware 52

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2019

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. Reallocate advertising and marketing dollars to customer experience. Traditional branding is an old paradigm.

Company 72

Company P&L Bottom-up Advertising 72

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2016

No matter how you look at it, there have been terrible, unintended outcomes from the introduction and marketing of next-generation prescription opioids. How did the making and marketing of drugs like OxyContin go so terribly wrong? has quadrupled, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Commercial.

Incentives 8

Incentives Pharmaceuticals Crisis P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

Key selection criteria included experience in innovative software and service (versus product) development, and an ability to manage a start-up in a very large, complex company. Bill and his team set out to develop a system that could bring all GE machines onto one efficient cloud -connected platform. She told me how difficult it was.

Software 8

Software Six Sigma Insourcing P&L 8

The Empowered Buisness

OCTOBER 20, 2015

In today’s ever increasing complexity and change, you are being called to operate at a new level of consciousness. A leader wearing the hat of teacher focuses on building competencies and thinking capabilities – such as how to read a P&L statement or presentation skills. It’s a sign your soul is stirring …. The truth is ….

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P&L Strategic Planning Mission Statement Game Theory 100

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2017

“Traditionally, boards have tended to stay out of operational functions, but technology is so pervasive that the best practice is to have direct board engagement in technology through active committees, just as they would with audit, compensation, and other key areas.”

CIO 9

CIO Committee Technology P&L 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Face facts: Most boards invest heavily in executive assessments, exposing chief-executive candidates to C-suite responsibilities and checking their P&L performance — while simultaneously scanning outside prospects. Stay inside or consider an “outside-in” candidate.

CEO 8

CEO Committee P&L Charan 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2015

If you were operating based on rational self-interest one could argue that you would buy as many tickets as possible. Sales, Marketing, GMs, Product (Business Leaders): These decision makers are directly involved in generating revenue and they are judged based on the numbers. How many would you buy?

P&L 8

P&L Due Diligence CIO COO 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Increased demand for transparency and its close partners, (a) the quest to define and develop useful sustainability metrics and (b) the growing sustainability data explosion. Markets have a remarkable way of sorting the wheat from the chaff. The greening of the supply chain. Big organizations keep asking more of their suppliers.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2012

But he could not shake his newfound awareness of the amount of money Egan was losing with Westmid — the account's ratio of operating income to sales was a negative 28%. These deductions, which totaled 12% of sales, had previously been collapsed into a single line item in the P&L for each customer.

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Case Study P&L Cost Due Diligence 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2011

Palma Cay is Alegre's newest flagship hotel, and I think I can make it work with lower prices to the key travel agencies, tour operators, and online portals. You're responsible for your own P&L, just like all the other hotel managers, and that includes promotional spending of any kind. Palma Cay's first month," he said.

Case Study 10

Case Study Hotels Price Decentralization 10

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

The authors then show how to best execute specific initiatives, test major project assumptions, and develop a culture that values disciplined experimentation and learning over meeting mindless and unrealistic goals. Companies that will eventually be wrecked by others’ innovations are operating on autopilot.

Innovation 50

Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

The Supreme Court is going to host a debate next week on the efficient market hypothesis. a case scheduled to go to oral arguments on March 5, the Supremes are reconsidering the “fraud on the market” doctrine at the heart of most securities-class-action lawsuits. Bratton and Michael L. John Fund, Inc. ,

Training 8

Training Efficiency Class Price 8