Let's Grow Leaders
AUGUST 17, 2023
Speak the Common Language of “Why” Ensure your senior team can articulate the “why” of your projects and the big-picture vision of your organization. So if employees hear “EBITDA” from you or another leader, they understand “what I need from ya.” Give them a chance to share their ideas.
Let's Grow Leaders
OCTOBER 25, 2021
Back in her Verizon days, one of Karin’s favorite questions to ask a team member whom she was encouraging to think like an entrepreneur was: “If this was your company, would you _ (make this decision, hold this meeting, spend money in this matter, invest in this project)?” ” As you can imagine, the answer was often.
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The Center For Leadership Studies
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) still matters as does the P&L (profit and loss statement) and the deadline for 2021 projections (who can imagine?!) Customers expect uninterrupted excellence. Targets and goals that were adjusted now loom large as year-end approaches. is just around the corner.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 5, 2017
Repaying such profits to shareholders through share repurchases is better than misinvesting that cash to diversify into unrelated businesses in which management has no expertise or overinvesting in projects that may not return cost of capital. As I said earlier, measuring a company’s short-term orientation is incredibly tricky.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 31, 2017
But having a grasp of terms like EBITDA and net present value are important no matter where you sit on the org chart. “You are not going to be involved in running projects unless you understand the financials,” he says. If you’re not a numbers person, finance is daunting. How can you boost your financial acumen?
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 20, 2014
And this addresses the commercial value creation question – P&G’s mindset was to create operational efficiencies that would contribute to healthy EBITDA margins. Combining these creates a P&L and a projection, which through a discounted cash flow analysis yields an NPV, which can be used to assess valuation.
Strategy Driven
MARCH 18, 2011
times EBITDA (compared to average multiples of 15 at the time). They don’t fund R&D projects that won’t enhance their way to play. It divested a number of personal care and confectionary lines (e.g., Schick razors and Trident) and acquired other products (e.g., Purell) consistent with its chosen way to play. billion, or 20.6
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