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. They had informants at airports who fed them information about valuable outbound cargos. Lawful leaders should seek to build a culture that differentiates their organization from others. * * * Jerold L.
Leading Blog
DECEMBER 13, 2019
L EADERSHIP development is a lifelong process. Helping People Change : Coaching with Compassion for Lifelong Learning and Growth by Richard Boyatzis, Melvin L. Creative Construction : The DNA of Sustained Innovation by Gary P. It is made possible with a quality that we spend a lifetime acquiring: self-awareness. Blog Post ).
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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?!) Targets and goals that were adjusted now loom large as year-end approaches. is just around the corner.
Strategy Driven
MAY 4, 2019
When elevated into leadership positions, it’s often assumed that people understand finance. A company is a financial machine created to produce profit and cash flow, therefore leaders with decision-authority (and especially those with P&L responsibility) must understand how they make an impact on the bottom line.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 16, 2018
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. Strategy and priorities were set at the executive team level.
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 13, 2012
I've written about the rising significance of soft skills, including in the March 2011 issue of HBR (coauthored with Kevin L. The CIO has to know what's going on in finance and marketing, for instance, and P&L experience is important even for support functions like human resources. You have to be constantly learning.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 9, 2017
Through informational interviews and background research (such as scanning leaders’ LinkedIn profiles), try to get a sense of their educational background. Formal degree programs excel at general education: an MBA, for instance, gives you a little bit of everything you might need as a leader, from finance to marketing to operations.
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