Leading Blog
FEBRUARY 5, 2021
L EADERSHIP is a broad term, and it applies to those who you might not have a positive perception of — including mobsters. All organizations, lawful and unlawful, face the same corporate governance problem: how to attract, retain, and motivate a self-interested workforce to achieve the organization’s mission and strategy.
Let's Grow Leaders
JANUARY 14, 2015
I spent the next decade keeping my HR and Finance partners as close as possible. The HR (or training) organization becomes the dumping ground for people who struggled to “carry a bag” in the sales function or meet their P & L in an executive role. I spent the first decade of my career in HR.
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Leading Blog
DECEMBER 13, 2019
L EADERSHIP development is a lifelong process. Books like Helping People Change and The Power of Bad , have the power to change forever how we work with others and address the things that hold us back. The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek (Portfolo, 2019) Do you know how to play the game you’re in? Blog Post ). Blog Post ).
Strategy Driven
DECEMBER 2, 2019
Executives frequently focus on analyzing the company’s profit and loss to determine where the company is over-spending and being wasteful, and then figure out how to reduce expenses to drive more profit to the bottom line. However, a company’s biggest expense doesn’t show on a P&L, at least not directly.
Strategy Driven
MAY 4, 2019
When elevated into leadership positions, it’s often assumed that people understand finance. However, I have encountered even senior leaders who have muddled along with very little knowledge of how to enact and measure value creation activities. Strategy without finance is dead.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 17, 2012
This friend also studied engineering in college and knows how to code. But if women don't feel comfortable handling their own money, it's unlikely that they'll feel comfortable handling a P&L for their firm — and if you don't feel comfortable with P&L responsibility, you're not going to make it to the top ranks of management.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 16, 2018
How to Design an Agenda for an Effective Meeting. In another multinational company I work with, the executive team, the business unit teams, the regional teams, and the country teams were painfully duplicating work — everything from P&L management to key hiring decisions to customer relationship management.
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