Skip Prichard

AUGUST 25, 2019

All that corruption helped them hit quarterly EPS targets. A traveler on an important journey comes to a raging river. When fellow travelers point this out, she’s incredulous: “You don’t understand,” she says. “If So many of the things leaders do that create lousy cultures are decisions that produce quick payoffs.

Competitive Advantage 92

Competitive Advantage Leadership Analysis Tips 92

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2013

With Amazon, though, nobody emphasizes EPS. Bezos could get more interested in space travel than selling massive quantities of stuff at just above cost. Or, when they emphasize earnings, it's in the opposite direction from what Christensen's worried about. Nobody complains. Amazon could make the wrong bets. But Bezos seems to get this.

Training 10

Training Bond Christensen Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The quickest way to spring the short-term trap is to set overly ambitious targets — the kind that make the CEO a hero with investors in the short term, but threaten the long-term plan by, for instance, skimping on scheduled maintenance, cutting R&D investment, and shrinking travel and training budgets.

CEO 9

CEO Short-term Long-term EPS 9