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within large corporations) identified when asked what contributed to, or detracted from, "executive presence" (EP) at their firm. Indeed, half the women surveyed and 37% of the men considered appearance and EP to be intrinsically linked; they understood that if you don't look the part of a leader, you're not likely to be given the role. Gender Leadership Managing people EP MORE
Dr. Martin E.P. Optimism is a wonderful quality to have during hard times. It helps you transcend whatever happens. It ignites HOPE inside. It helps you create and hold a new VISION. I credit my mother for teaching us about being POSITIVE. She seemed to demand it and always helped us see the most difficult situations in a positive, optimist way. One time, while suffering with a broken heart , I remember her coming into my room the 2nd morning after my tragedy. MORE
If the MOM has already processed enough EP passes, they might reject any other applications that are put on their table. The good news is that you can grow your career by going back to school in Singapore and later upgrading to the EP. How Agents Help in the Success of EP. Are you planning to work in Singapore? If so, you will need an employment pass that corresponds to your skills and qualifications or the job you are interested in. MORE
With Amazon, though, nobody emphasizes EPS. In March 2000, Barron's reported that 51 Internet companies were burning cash so fast that they'd be broke by the end of the end of the year. The article (it's behind a seemingly unbreachable paywall) has acquired the reputation of having marked the end of the dot-com boom. The Nasdaq composite index peaked on March 10 at 5132, and by the end of the month was in a full-on collapse (as I write this, it's only at 3155, despite years of gains). MORE
Here are a selection of tweets from January 2017 that you might have missed: Don’t you love the beginning of a new year? by @mark_sanborn. Do team values unite or divide your team? JesseLynStoner. Your Only Competition Is Yourself by @paul_larue. The Impoverishment of Attention by Shane Parrish @farnamstreet. Five Culture Killers in Your Organization by @GrowingLeaders. The 5 Worst Mistakes Leaders Make When they Apologize by @WScottCochrane. 523: Tom Asacker Interview with Michael Covel. MORE
Iger announced that in the first quarter of this year , Disney “delivered the highest quarterly earnings in the history of our company, marking our 10 th consecutive quarter of double-digit EPS growth.” Since every industry changes in time, the key to success is adapting to those changes – hence, strategy is innovation. In this, Disney and Warner Brothers provide an instructive study in contrasts. When Robert Iger, Disney chair and CEO, purchased Pixar for $7.4 MORE
Therefore, rather than using corporate cash to boost Apple’s earnings per share (EPS) immediately, executives should be willing to wait for the stock-based incentives to generate higher earnings through innovation. Dear Mr. Cook, In a recent article posted on this website, I criticized Carl Icahn’s call for your company to intensify its stock buybacks. MORE
Top jobs are given to those who also look and act the part, who manifest “executive presence” (EP). According to new CTI research (PDF) , EP constitutes 26% of what senior leaders say it takes to get the next promotion. People of color already feel they have to work harder than their Caucasian counterparts just to be perceived “on a par” with them; more than half (56%) of minority professionals also feel they are held to a stricter code of EP standards. MORE
This puts downward pressure on stock prices because with lower EPS growth, shareholder expectations of future growth drop, lowering EPS multiples and hence stock prices. Companies like GM, P&G, 3M, Under Armor, KC, Harley Davidson, Omnicom and McDonalds have been beaten up by Wall Street during 2015 for their disappointing EPS growth, spurred in part by currency-based pressure on foreign earnings. Babo Schokker. MORE
” In his letter, Fink added that he wanted to see company bosses “more focused…on demonstrating progress against their strategic plans than a one-penny deviation from their [quarterly] EPS targets or analyst consensus estimates.” To hear long-term investors tell it, company executives have embraced short-term thinking like never before. MORE
Words like "productivity," "efficiency," and "innovation" are defined by goal posts of our own creation: number of units shipped, revenue and profit, EPS and shareholder return. I came to be an expert on collaboration because Carol Bartz both hired me and fired me — within 18 months. Here's what happened. A friend of mine, Godfrey Sullivan , asked me to consider running the operations for the Americas unit at Autodesk. Only sheer politeness kept me from hanging up. Autodesk? MORE
Hello Deb, The EP [Entrepreneur Program] leaders would like to thank you again for speaking to us at Ben and Jerry's. Joseph: " Dear Deb, Thank you for giving EP members an opportunity to hear you speak. I'm posting these comments for you to see how fabulous our Gen-Y'ers are ( not to be boastful or bragging, I'm just honored to be able to meet these kids). MORE
Firms like these have created tools like Environmental Profit & Loss (EP&L) statements and Social Return on Investment (SROI) to capture a more complete picture of their businesses. Neasden Control Centre for HBR. Capitalists focus on the financial returns from capital invested, and most business leaders prioritize issues that are financially material. For anyone with a pension linked to market performance, that is a good thing. MORE
Bertolini observed that many of his peers had been promising 15% earnings per share (EPS), even during the financial crisis of 2009. ” Bertolini and his team studied the industry and concluded that a reasonable target was no more than 6% EPS. In a recent survey , 70% of respondents said that CEOs focus too much on short-term financial results, and nearly 60% said that they don’t focus enough on positive long-term impact. MORE
If a company has beat or missed its EPS targets by less than two cents , that means the company has nipped and tucked its quarterly results just enough to meet the target EPS number it committed to analysts. But note that the difference between EPS growth and earnings growth is the reduction in the number of shares outstanding in the company. MORE
Some companies buy back shares to boost earnings per share (EPS) by shrinking the number of outstanding shares. The perceived pressure from the investment community, combined with executive compensation that’s tied to earnings growth, fuels the obsession with near-term EPS. However, shareholders who sell gain at the expense of continuing shareholders when an increase in short-term EPS, rather than long-term value, governs the board’s decision to buy back shares. MORE
" Dr. Martin E.P. Women in the LEAD A B O U T U S H O W T O C O M M E N T Recent Posts WOMEN: LEADERSHIP is How TO BE WOMEN: Love, Respect and Leadership WOMEN: Is Negative Thinking Holding You Back? GRATITUDE: Journey to Ones Calling WOMEN: CLAIMING YOUR WINGS WOMEN: Challenged and Overwhelmed? MORE
Consider management actions such as cutting jobs and investment as a response to currency fluctuations and the resulting accounting impact of those cuts on earnings per share (EPS). Over the last 250 years, waves upon waves of scientific and engineering advances have brought about an accelerating rise in living standards that even the two deadliest wars in history could not reverse. MORE
They modify their appearance, body language, and communication style — all components of executive presence (EP), that intangible element that defines leadership material. ” More than half (53%) of Latinas and 44% of Latinos say that EP at their company is defined by conforming to traditionally white, male standards. Furthermore, 43% of Latinas and 33% of Latinos say they need to compromise their authenticity to adhere to the EP standards at their company. MORE
For many, buybacks are an explicit, ongoing part of their EPS growth formula (for example, 5% from organic growth, plus 3% from acquisitions, plus 2% from stock buybacks equals the desired double-digit EPS number). With Hillary Clinton’s tax proposals to encourage longer-term investing , the debate over whether American business is too fixated on the short term has moved from the dimly lit offices of earnest policy wonks into the klieg lights of U.S. primary season. MORE
All that corruption helped them hit quarterly EPS targets. Make Your Culture an Asset. “Your organization’s culture: It’s either an asset or a liability. At this very moment, it’s either lifting your business performance or “eating your strategy for breakfast.” How do you ensure it’s the former, not the latter?” ” Those words are printed on the back cover of Five Frequencies: Leadership Signals that Turn Culture into Competitive Advantage. MORE
Earnings-per-share (EPS) growth: Difference between EPS growth and true earnings growth. We hypothesize that long-term companies are less likely to overindex on analyst metrics like EPS and less likely to consistently take actions (such as share repurchases) that boost EPS. Quarterly targeting: Incidence of beating or missing EPS targets by less than two cents. MORE
If nothing else, President Trump’s initiative might begin a much-needed conversation about how firms can move beyond simplistic quarterly EPS targets towards a deeper discussion with their stakeholders about their long-term plans for creating real value. David Malan/Getty Images. President Trump has just asked the SEC to study the implications of moving to a half-yearly reporting deadline instead of the current requirement to file 10-Q forms on a quarterly basis. MORE
Nobody writes a paean to the search for 9 percent EPS growth. ExxonMobil reported last week that its net income reached $10.3 billion.in just the third quarter. The oil giant is arguably the most profitable corporation in history. Ten billion in three months is historic, but as the New York Times reported, " analysts were not impressed.". Is there a better distillation of the serious problem with our economic system? MORE
Moving up in an organization depends on looking and acting like a leader, on being perceived as having “executive presence” (EP). According to research from the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI), EP constitutes 26% of what senior leaders say it takes to get to the next promotion. But what if conforming to your organization’s definition of EP clashes with your sense of self? MORE
Dave once taught me that effective performance can be seen as a function of the quality of an idea times the employee’s commitment to make it happen (EP = QI x C). My friend, Dr. David Ulrich, is a highly respected thought leader, wonderful person and perhaps the world’s top HR consultant. One hundred percent commitment to a good idea will often result in higher performance than 50 percent commitment to a great idea. MORE
Dertee did this after his successful EP, “Defeating Gravity”. Artists are in the business of themselves and it is exceptionally difficult work. MORE
By Martin E.P. Seligman I had some truly great professors in college. And, in the many years since I was at Purdue, I’ve met, and read a number of professors from whom I would love to take a class. The author of this book, Dr. Seligman, is one of those people. Dr. Seligman is the [.]. Achievement Books Learning Personal Development happiness well-being MORE
Whether done as a DOMR or ASR, the purpose of such buybacks is to give manipulative boosts to a company’s earnings per share (EPS) to help drive up its stock price. Carl Icahn is at it again. On Oct. 9, armed with about 1% of Apple’s outstanding stock, the hedge-fund activist published an open letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, urging him to accelerate the company’s stock repurchases by making a tender offer. MORE
These organizations, also known as elite professional service (EPS) firms, have some of the most well-developed and longstanding on-campus programs. In the EPS world, on-campus “school lists” have two tiers, based largely on prestige. Additionally, clients (who tend to be more diverse in terms of alma maters and demography than the EPS firms themselves) increasingly use diversity as a performance metric when selecting service providers. Going to college matters. MORE
Leadership roles are given to those who also look and act the part, who manifest “executive presence” (EP). According to CTI research , EP constitutes 26% of what senior leaders say it takes to get the next promotion. EP rests on three pillars: gravitas (the core characteristic, according to 67% of the 268 senior executives surveyed), communication skills (according to 28%), and appearance (the filter through which communication skills and gravitas become more apparent). MORE
Today, we are pleased to welcome Elise Perkins, founder of ep communications , with a guest post. Elise Perkins founded ep communications in 2014 after cutting her teeth in the field of communications for Washington DC-based trade associations and think tanks during the financial crisis. People work with who they like.”. That was one of the first pieces of advice I learned back when I was striking out on my own in 2014. Great news, I thought. MORE
EPS Related Topics Kevin Eikenberry
AUGUST 5, 2012
By Martin E.P. Seligman I had some truly great professors in college. And, in the many years since I was at Purdue, I’ve met, and read a number of professors from whom I would love to take a class. The author of this book, Dr. Seligman, is one of those people. Dr. Seligman is the [.]. Achievement Books Learning Personal Development happiness well-being
Lead Change Blog
JULY 24, 2017
Today, we are pleased to welcome Elise Perkins, founder of ep communications , with a guest post. Elise Perkins founded ep communications in 2014 after cutting her teeth in the field of communications for Washington DC-based trade associations and think tanks during the financial crisis. People work with who they like.”. That was one of the first pieces of advice I learned back when I was striking out on my own in 2014. Great news, I thought.
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Strategy Driven
MAY 2, 2019
If the MOM has already processed enough EP passes, they might reject any other applications that are put on their table. The good news is that you can grow your career by going back to school in Singapore and later upgrading to the EP. How Agents Help in the Success of EP. Are you planning to work in Singapore? If so, you will need an employment pass that corresponds to your skills and qualifications or the job you are interested in.
Leading Blog
JANUARY 31, 2017
Here are a selection of tweets from January 2017 that you might have missed: Don’t you love the beginning of a new year? by @mark_sanborn. Do team values unite or divide your team? JesseLynStoner. Your Only Competition Is Yourself by @paul_larue. The Impoverishment of Attention by Shane Parrish @farnamstreet. Five Culture Killers in Your Organization by @GrowingLeaders. The 5 Worst Mistakes Leaders Make When they Apologize by @WScottCochrane. 523: Tom Asacker Interview with Michael Covel.
Mills Scofield
SEPTEMBER 23, 2012
Hello Deb, The EP [Entrepreneur Program] leaders would like to thank you again for speaking to us at Ben and Jerry's. Joseph: " Dear Deb, Thank you for giving EP members an opportunity to hear you speak. I'm posting these comments for you to see how fabulous our Gen-Y'ers are ( not to be boastful or bragging, I'm just honored to be able to meet these kids).
Strategy Driven
MAY 25, 2020
Dertee did this after his successful EP, “Defeating Gravity”. Artists are in the business of themselves and it is exceptionally difficult work.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 9, 2011
within large corporations) identified when asked what contributed to, or detracted from, "executive presence" (EP) at their firm. Indeed, half the women surveyed and 37% of the men considered appearance and EP to be intrinsically linked; they understood that if you don't look the part of a leader, you're not likely to be given the role. Gender Leadership Managing people EP
Harvard Business
APRIL 5, 2017
If a company has beat or missed its EPS targets by less than two cents , that means the company has nipped and tucked its quarterly results just enough to meet the target EPS number it committed to analysts. But note that the difference between EPS growth and earnings growth is the reduction in the number of shares outstanding in the company.
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 11, 2016
They modify their appearance, body language, and communication style — all components of executive presence (EP), that intangible element that defines leadership material. ” More than half (53%) of Latinas and 44% of Latinos say that EP at their company is defined by conforming to traditionally white, male standards. Furthermore, 43% of Latinas and 33% of Latinos say they need to compromise their authenticity to adhere to the EP standards at their company.
Women in the LEAD
JUNE 6, 2010
Dr. Martin E.P. Optimism is a wonderful quality to have during hard times. It helps you transcend whatever happens. It ignites HOPE inside. It helps you create and hold a new VISION. I credit my mother for teaching us about being POSITIVE. She seemed to demand it and always helped us see the most difficult situations in a positive, optimist way. One time, while suffering with a broken heart , I remember her coming into my room the 2nd morning after my tragedy.
Skip Prichard
AUGUST 25, 2019
All that corruption helped them hit quarterly EPS targets. Make Your Culture an Asset. “Your organization’s culture: It’s either an asset or a liability. At this very moment, it’s either lifting your business performance or “eating your strategy for breakfast.” How do you ensure it’s the former, not the latter?” ” Those words are printed on the back cover of Five Frequencies: Leadership Signals that Turn Culture into Competitive Advantage.
Harvard Business
FEBRUARY 7, 2017
Earnings-per-share (EPS) growth: Difference between EPS growth and true earnings growth. We hypothesize that long-term companies are less likely to overindex on analyst metrics like EPS and less likely to consistently take actions (such as share repurchases) that boost EPS. Quarterly targeting: Incidence of beating or missing EPS targets by less than two cents.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 13, 2015
This puts downward pressure on stock prices because with lower EPS growth, shareholder expectations of future growth drop, lowering EPS multiples and hence stock prices. Companies like GM, P&G, 3M, Under Armor, KC, Harley Davidson, Omnicom and McDonalds have been beaten up by Wall Street during 2015 for their disappointing EPS growth, spurred in part by currency-based pressure on foreign earnings. Babo Schokker.
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Women in the LEAD
JUNE 6, 2010
" Dr. Martin E.P. Women in the LEAD A B O U T U S H O W T O C O M M E N T Recent Posts WOMEN: LEADERSHIP is How TO BE WOMEN: Love, Respect and Leadership WOMEN: Is Negative Thinking Holding You Back? GRATITUDE: Journey to Ones Calling WOMEN: CLAIMING YOUR WINGS WOMEN: Challenged and Overwhelmed?
Harvard Business
FEBRUARY 24, 2017
Bertolini observed that many of his peers had been promising 15% earnings per share (EPS), even during the financial crisis of 2009. ” Bertolini and his team studied the industry and concluded that a reasonable target was no more than 6% EPS. In a recent survey , 70% of respondents said that CEOs focus too much on short-term financial results, and nearly 60% said that they don’t focus enough on positive long-term impact.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 22, 2014
Top jobs are given to those who also look and act the part, who manifest “executive presence” (EP). According to new CTI research (PDF) , EP constitutes 26% of what senior leaders say it takes to get the next promotion. People of color already feel they have to work harder than their Caucasian counterparts just to be perceived “on a par” with them; more than half (56%) of minority professionals also feel they are held to a stricter code of EP standards.
Harvard Business
JUNE 3, 2016
Iger announced that in the first quarter of this year , Disney “delivered the highest quarterly earnings in the history of our company, marking our 10 th consecutive quarter of double-digit EPS growth.” Since every industry changes in time, the key to success is adapting to those changes – hence, strategy is innovation. In this, Disney and Warner Brothers provide an instructive study in contrasts. When Robert Iger, Disney chair and CEO, purchased Pixar for $7.4
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 30, 2013
Leadership roles are given to those who also look and act the part, who manifest “executive presence” (EP). According to CTI research , EP constitutes 26% of what senior leaders say it takes to get the next promotion. EP rests on three pillars: gravitas (the core characteristic, according to 67% of the 268 senior executives surveyed), communication skills (according to 28%), and appearance (the filter through which communication skills and gravitas become more apparent).
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 17, 2017
Firms like these have created tools like Environmental Profit & Loss (EP&L) statements and Social Return on Investment (SROI) to capture a more complete picture of their businesses. Neasden Control Centre for HBR. Capitalists focus on the financial returns from capital invested, and most business leaders prioritize issues that are financially material. For anyone with a pension linked to market performance, that is a good thing.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 17, 2014
Moving up in an organization depends on looking and acting like a leader, on being perceived as having “executive presence” (EP). According to research from the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI), EP constitutes 26% of what senior leaders say it takes to get to the next promotion. But what if conforming to your organization’s definition of EP clashes with your sense of self?
Harvard Business
MAY 6, 2016
” In his letter, Fink added that he wanted to see company bosses “more focused…on demonstrating progress against their strategic plans than a one-penny deviation from their [quarterly] EPS targets or analyst consensus estimates.” To hear long-term investors tell it, company executives have embraced short-term thinking like never before.
Harvard Business
JUNE 21, 2017
Some companies buy back shares to boost earnings per share (EPS) by shrinking the number of outstanding shares. The perceived pressure from the investment community, combined with executive compensation that’s tied to earnings growth, fuels the obsession with near-term EPS. However, shareholders who sell gain at the expense of continuing shareholders when an increase in short-term EPS, rather than long-term value, governs the board’s decision to buy back shares.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 23, 2015
These organizations, also known as elite professional service (EPS) firms, have some of the most well-developed and longstanding on-campus programs. In the EPS world, on-campus “school lists” have two tiers, based largely on prestige. Additionally, clients (who tend to be more diverse in terms of alma maters and demography than the EPS firms themselves) increasingly use diversity as a performance metric when selecting service providers. Going to college matters.
Harvard Business
SEPTEMBER 6, 2018
If nothing else, President Trump’s initiative might begin a much-needed conversation about how firms can move beyond simplistic quarterly EPS targets towards a deeper discussion with their stakeholders about their long-term plans for creating real value. David Malan/Getty Images. President Trump has just asked the SEC to study the implications of moving to a half-yearly reporting deadline instead of the current requirement to file 10-Q forms on a quarterly basis.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 1, 2011
Nobody writes a paean to the search for 9 percent EPS growth. ExxonMobil reported last week that its net income reached $10.3 billion.in just the third quarter. The oil giant is arguably the most profitable corporation in history. Ten billion in three months is historic, but as the New York Times reported, " analysts were not impressed.". Is there a better distillation of the serious problem with our economic system?
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 9, 2015
For many, buybacks are an explicit, ongoing part of their EPS growth formula (for example, 5% from organic growth, plus 3% from acquisitions, plus 2% from stock buybacks equals the desired double-digit EPS number). With Hillary Clinton’s tax proposals to encourage longer-term investing , the debate over whether American business is too fixated on the short term has moved from the dimly lit offices of earnest policy wonks into the klieg lights of U.S. primary season.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 7, 2015
Consider management actions such as cutting jobs and investment as a response to currency fluctuations and the resulting accounting impact of those cuts on earnings per share (EPS). Over the last 250 years, waves upon waves of scientific and engineering advances have brought about an accelerating rise in living standards that even the two deadliest wars in history could not reverse.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 16, 2014
Whether done as a DOMR or ASR, the purpose of such buybacks is to give manipulative boosts to a company’s earnings per share (EPS) to help drive up its stock price. Carl Icahn is at it again. On Oct. 9, armed with about 1% of Apple’s outstanding stock, the hedge-fund activist published an open letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, urging him to accelerate the company’s stock repurchases by making a tender offer.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 30, 2013
With Amazon, though, nobody emphasizes EPS. In March 2000, Barron's reported that 51 Internet companies were burning cash so fast that they'd be broke by the end of the end of the year. The article (it's behind a seemingly unbreachable paywall) has acquired the reputation of having marked the end of the dot-com boom. The Nasdaq composite index peaked on March 10 at 5132, and by the end of the month was in a full-on collapse (as I write this, it's only at 3155, despite years of gains).
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 20, 2014
Therefore, rather than using corporate cash to boost Apple’s earnings per share (EPS) immediately, executives should be willing to wait for the stock-based incentives to generate higher earnings through innovation. Dear Mr. Cook, In a recent article posted on this website, I criticized Carl Icahn’s call for your company to intensify its stock buybacks.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 17, 2011
Words like "productivity," "efficiency," and "innovation" are defined by goal posts of our own creation: number of units shipped, revenue and profit, EPS and shareholder return. I came to be an expert on collaboration because Carol Bartz both hired me and fired me — within 18 months. Here's what happened. A friend of mine, Godfrey Sullivan , asked me to consider running the operations for the Americas unit at Autodesk. Only sheer politeness kept me from hanging up. Autodesk?
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