The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Mastering or Mastered by Your Technology? Technology can become vampires sucking our vital time and energy. Wallowers accentuate the negative and P themselves by making the setback permanent, pervasive, and personal. The post For the L of It: Living and Leading Above the Line appeared first on The Clemmer Group.

Emotional Intelligence 52

Emotional Intelligence P&L Follow-up Energy 52

HR Digest

JANUARY 11, 2024

L-R): Anthony Horton, Chris McCarthy, Stephanie Neal In a recent interview, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed a startling confession: the architect of ChatGPT, a revolutionary language model capable of holding nuanced conversations and generating creative text formats, often struggles to sleep. employees (47%) experiencing it.

CEO 52

CEO Altman McCarthy Supply Chain 52

Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 19, 2014

Joseph Swan held the British patent for pretty much the same technology, and he was suing Edison there. By the time Thomas Edison applied for patent #223,898 for his version of the light bulb, he had already formed the Edison Electric Light Company in New York City. And one man stood in his way. Try Inventive Negotiation. Go beyond just yes.

P&L 252

P&L Telecommunications Chemicals Film 252

Leading with Trust

JUNE 22, 2020

Technology and globalization has made our world much smaller, and many times the decisions we’re facing have an inordinate number of dynamics that must be considered. ” L earning—In order to build and preserve face, it’s important to be a lifelong learner.

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P&L How To Self-aware Emotional Intelligence 100

LDRLB

MAY 19, 2011

If you expect your employees to provide impressive customer service without providing them the resources they need to make it happen (training, technology, autonomy) you are living in la-la land. Find more great content at www.bretlsimmons.com] Bret L. All of this happens ONLY by design, not wishful thinking and exhortation.

Heskett 96

Heskett P&L Customer Loyalty Succession 96

LDRLB

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

high technology). CEOs could enlist individuals who posses these traits for their top management teams and could give them prominent roles in specific strategic domains…Venture capitalists could use these personality measurements in predicting the success of SMEs operating in dynamic industries and thus, in making investment decisions (p.

CEO 118

CEO P&L Company Venture Capitalist 118

Deming Institute

AUGUST 30, 2018

Rafael Aguayo, Deming: The American Who Taught the Japanese About Quality, Simon & Schuster, 1990, p. Edwards Deming, The New Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Advanced Engineering Study, 1994, p. Deming, The New Economics, see reference 2, p. Andrew Ortony, Gerald L.

Quality 51

Quality P&L Deming Education 51

Women on Business

DECEMBER 28, 2010

o Make sure your position has P&L responsibility. Your mentor might be able to help identify and facilitate this. Create visibility and credibility for yourself in the organization. o Take on high profile projects. Identify your value proposition. What do you bring to the table? o Build and leverage these relationships.

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Press Release PR Mentor Discount 239

Deming Institute

MAY 26, 2016

Clifford L. Kentaro Toyama, Associate Professor, University of Michigan – School of Information and Author of ”Geek Heresy: Rescuing Social Change from the Cult of Technology”. Tim Higgins, NASA System & Mission Assurance Specialist. Langford, President & CEO, Langford International. Related: The W.

Deming 28

Deming Conference P&L Seminar 28

Coaching Ourselves

APRIL 15, 2019

Today, L&D professionals increasingly use social learning as a powerful tool for leadership and organizational development. Technology can be applied to scale social learning but beware of the untruths promoted by the technology lovers. This is highly scalable with widely available technology (i.e. Size Matters!

Leadership Development 33

Leadership Development Development P&L Leadership 33

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

L’Oréal has made a strategic investment in Founders Factory , a digital startup accelerator. At L’Oréal, CEO Jean-Paul Agon signaled the company’s digital transformation when he recruited Lubomira Rochet to be the chief digital officer and a member of the executive team. Here are five: Commit from the Top.

P&L 13

P&L Agility Fashion Media 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Any standing meeting, whether it’s of a departmental leadership team, a cross-functional group owning a process like innovation or talent management, or a task force managing a six-month transition to a new technology, should be designed and linked to a broader governance plan.

P&L 13

P&L How To Finance Metrics 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

They do this by building consumer P&Ls through cross-functional teams across marketing, sales, supply chain and finance, much like some companies have built account and product P&Ls. The best companies are able to distinguish between these consumers by precisely valuing their operating profit potential, not just gross margin or volume.

P&L 14

P&L Supply Chain Retail Price 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

P&G didn’t go into its early connected device initiatives with a “let’s try this out and see what it gets us” mindset. And this addresses the commercial value creation question – P&G’s mindset was to create operational efficiencies that would contribute to healthy EBITDA margins. Information & technology Internet'

Discounted Cash Flow 8

Discounted Cash Flow P&L NPV EBITDA 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2014

As an ingredient brand, Intel often struggled to link marketing to P&L impact. Consider how USAA – the nation’s 6 th largest consumer P&C insurer – has reinvented how marketing, finance and data analytics work together, starting with a first-ever partnership between the CMO, CFO and Chief Data Analytics officer.

Finance 13

Finance Marketing P&L ROI 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2017

Only 31% of Fortune 100 boards currently have a director who is a CIO, even though technology is at the core of every business today. As Sheila Jordan, CIO at Symantec and director at FactSet, put it, “All companies are technology companies today. Technology is a lever to run the business, but also to change and grow.”

CIO 9

CIO Committee Technology P&L 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

To stitch it all together meaningfully, CMOs are increasingly expected to act as general managers with P&L or shared/shadow P&L responsibility that drive revenue growth. Says Abi Comber, Head of Marketing for British Airways: “Having P&L responsibility is incredibly powerful.

P&L 10

P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2013

People and Organization : In late 2010, GE CEO Jeff Immelt decided to give country managers P&L responsibility for all of GE in their countries and have them report to vice chairman John Rice, who would be stationed in Hong Kong. How P&G Presents Data to Decision Makers. Don’t Make Decisions, Orchestrate Them.

P&L 8

P&L Fixed Assets Charan Delegation 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2013

She holds the Ernest L. In her latest book, SuperCorp: How Vanguard Companies Create Innovation, Profits, Growth, and Social Good , she analyzed how P&G (among other companies) achieved long-term performance. Why is P&G making this move, now? P&G is in the midst of a major restructuring, and has laid off thousands of people.

P&L 8

P&L Restructuring Price CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2018

The term “frictionless commerce” is widely used to describe how digital technologies are blending product purchases seamlessly into consumers’ daily lives. For the past century or more, technology has greatly empowered brands by connecting them with consumers on a mass scale. Image Source/Getty Images.

Disintermediation 8

Disintermediation Mass Marketing Retail Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

When confronted with disruptive technologies, many companies fail to align digital strategies with their core strategies. Today’s organizational strategies call for small, manageable units focused solely on specific technologies, end markets, or geographical areas. Drawing in new talent versus integrating a cohesive team.

CEO 8

CEO Supply Chain Disruptive Innovation P&L 8

In the CEO Afterlife

AUGUST 6, 2013

I remain impressed with the ongoing success of P&G, L’Oreal, Nike, Whole Foods, Pernod Ricard, Apple, and Starbucks. With the exception of niche, specialty, and some consumer technology markets, I see less and less of this in big business. Wouldn’t you expect more innovation? Some companies brand exceedingly well.

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Brand P&L Human Resources Brand Management 260

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Technology cannot take the place of human communication… only may add to it. The person who commits to a path of professional development never stops achieving… and profitably impacts his-her business relationships. Language is food for the mind. Browse a dictionary, and you create new ideas.

P&L 56

P&L Books Definition Strategic Planning 56

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2012

Two decades ago, organizations were designed around stand-alone business units, so all managers had to understand finance, technology, manufacturing, sales, marketing, strategy, human resources, and more. At one time general managers were at the center of the action.

Management 14

Management P&L Incubator Finance 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 21, 2013

Impulse patronage" looks and feels like impossibility to anyone who isn''t a manager with a cash-flow-positive P&L and the courage to take a chance. Moreover, funding for innovation overwhelmingly comes from "budgets" rather than any discretionary funds held by individuals or small teams. Perhaps it should be. I''d say not.

Innovation 8

Innovation P&L Company Creativity 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Technology has provided us with unprecedented advances, information, knowledge, instant access and entertainment. While there’s no denying that technology has amazing advantages to make it easier for the customer in most cases. However, a company’s biggest expense doesn’t show on a P&L, at least not directly.

Company 72

Company P&L Bottom-up Advertising 72

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 25, 2014

But the disconnect between sales and strategy (in this case, a lack of strategy to deal with a technology that is redefining the market and customer behavior) is the hidden subtext of the book. Companies tend to do plans by P&L unit, even when Sales (for good reasons) sells across those units.

Strategy 12

Strategy P&L TQM Strategic Planning 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

Companies such as GE, Deere & Company, P&G, PepsiCo, Unilever, and Nestle already get it, and have a huge jump on their competitors, bringing their emerging market innovations "back home" to their home markets. Local Growth Teams (LGTs) must have P&L responsibility (this is a key hurdle for American multinationals).

Glocalization 11

Glocalization Mass Marketing P&L Globalization 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

By breaking down the geographic and psychological borders between subsidiaries and involving all of our senior managers in a regular, rigorous business analysis of each operation, we created a team that felt a sense of ownership not just of their P&L, but of the entire company. The agenda was always the same, and it was a marathon day.

P&L 15

P&L Globalization CFO Operations 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2012

He was comfortable making smart bets to position IBM for decades-long growth, such as creating the Emerging Business Organization to incubate new businesses and shield them from P&L pressures. Palmisano believes the technology industry requires "a high-performance, in-your-face, speak-your-mind culture." Directness.

Globalization 15

Globalization Golden Parachute Short-term Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Effective cross-selling organizations, such as American Express, complement the P&L perspective with a longer-term, balance-sheet view of the business and a multiyear view of customer value. Create dynamic, high-resolution customer profiles. Conditions are right for companies to reinvigorate their cross-selling strategies.

Insurance 8

Insurance P&L CRM Telecommunications 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Don’t Get Trapped in Your P&L. Unexpected changes in technology, customer preferences, and regulation can disrupt even the best-run operation. To close the gap, we need to treat innovation differently than we do normal operations. Here are four things leaders can do.

Innovation 8

Innovation P&L ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

His firm grew explosively during the 90s and right up through 2008, constructing offices and high-end homes for the technological elite. George has climbed up the corporate ladder for 20-odd years. In that time, people thrived on their own ambition. What does happiness mean? Where does it come from?

P&L 13

P&L Construction Survey Stress 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2015

P&L impact or other financial impact. ” Putting a number on that understanding of new markets and technologies — whether it makes sense for one’s employer to enter them, and how — is difficult. The five most commonly used metrics were: Revenue generated by new products. stage to the next.

Metrics 8

Metrics Innovation Company Stage-Gate 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

In a departure from GE’s traditional control systems, the Center was not set up as its own business unit with its own P&L, but rather was funded by a $1 billion investment by Jeff Immelt and became part of GE Global Research. It also required us to amend our compensation practices to be competitive in the technology space.”

Software 8

Software Six Sigma Insourcing P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Who has P&L authority? And finally, does the operating model support the company’s strategic mission with the right combination of people, process, technology, and tools? Aligning the big picture with the day-to-day. It includes accountabilities. Who on that org chart has the authority to make which decisions?

Strategy 8

Strategy Company Banking Apparel 8

Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Bar coded packaging today drives inventory control, P&L calculations, and all manner of financial management processes. The irony was their technological prowess failed to keep the copper fitting bin flush with inventory. We seem to be getting longer on high tech; shorter on high touch.

P&L 150

P&L Customer Intimacy Price Retail 150