Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

keep hearing from top executives at large, profitable companies that they're under "P&L pressure." Who declared 7 or 10 or 15 percent growth in earnings a sacrosanct pursuit, above all other corporate goals — like the innovation that leads to novel solutions that address customer needs?

GAAP 8

GAAP Short-term P&L EPS 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2016

Generally speaking, executives are compensated for things under their control: moving projects along, the stewardship of a P&L, and for the company hitting financial targets. Suddenly doctors and pharmaceutical employees could be working to the same defined outcome goal for patients.

Incentives 8

Incentives Pharmaceuticals Crisis P&L 8

The Empowered Buisness

OCTOBER 20, 2015

The goal of a leader as coach is to improve the behavior of his/her team. A leader wearing the hat of teacher focuses on building competencies and thinking capabilities – such as how to read a P&L statement or presentation skills. While competition can be a blessing, fueling higher standards and innovation.

P&L 100

P&L Strategic Planning Game Theory Mission Statement 100

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

Short-term thinking has been charged with no less than a chronic decline in innovation capability by Clayton Christensen who termed it “the Capitalist’s Dilemma.” ) Corporations continue to focus too narrowly on shareholders , with terrible consequences – even at great companies like IBM. Townes, and Henry L.

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Drucker P&L Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

The Heart of Change is your guide to helping people think and feel differently in order to meet your shared goals. Managing Global Innovation: Frameworks for Integrating Capabilities around the World. In today's global economy, it would be short-sighted to rely solely on local resources for new-product innovations.

P&L 8

P&L Kotter Books Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

The goal: to reduce negative environmental and social impacts of the $1.4 The larger trend here is the continued growth of "open" — open data and open innovation, including new value-chain business partnerships and cattle-call contests inviting in any and all ideas. trillion market for clothes and shoes. Watch this space.

Supply Chain 15

Supply Chain Apparel P&L Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 23, 2013

The first is to get various functional silos and P&L centers sharply aligned with the specifics of customer requirements. Apple''s consumer-friendly innovation and Wal-Mart''s quick inventory and price adjustments were the result of similar mechanisms masterfully run by Steve Jobs and Sam Walton respectively.

P&L 8

P&L Decentralization COO Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Nowhere was this calculation (and its impact) more evident than in the recent US presidential campaign, where one party saw women as a key strategic lever to their goal, the other a non-essential side issue. It is in peer group discussions that they begin to align a common understanding of the issue — and the goal.

Diversity 8

Diversity Balanced Scorecard P&L Committee 8

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Many people do not typically think of metrics and accounting as roadblocks to innovation, yet you call these out as potential problem areas. Doing otherwise biases the business against innovation because what you are projecting may look unattractive relative to your business today. Net present value [NPV] is a case in point.

Innovation 50

Innovation NPV Business Model Constraint 50

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Smart Growth : How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company by Whitney Johnson (Harvard Business Review Press, 2022) Growth is the goal. The Crux : How Leaders Become Strategists by Richard P. A New Way to Think : Your Guide to Superior Management Effectiveness by Roger L. Blog Post ). Blog Post ). Blog Post ).

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Books Leadership P&L Blog 368

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2016

An innovative care provider organization in Eastern Massachusetts with 30 medical practices and a home health and hospice agency, it already receives almost 80% of revenue from global payments (a fixed payment for all of a patient’s medical treatment during a specified period of time) or other risk contracts. Insight Center.

Health Care 8

Health Care Innovation Insurance P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

The retail giant's powerful buyers, or merchants, now have a sustainability goal in their performance targets and reviews. For example, the laptop PC buyer set a goal that, by Christmas, all of the laptops Walmart sells would come pre-installed with advanced energy-saving settings.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Constraint P&L Energy 10