Ask Atma

MAY 20, 2012

When human learning slows down, people tend to lose creative and problem solving capacity. In team development, research has shown that individual learning works best when accompanied by team learning. [1]. The key is to develop determination and commitment for the process. These are just a few examples.

Team 52

Team How To Knowledge Management Self-aware 52

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.

Execution 16

Execution P&L CFO Globalization 16

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2014

That means churning through data to find insights that others haven’t seen and then developing the organizational capability to act on them faster and better to drive above-market growth. Says Abi Comber, Head of Marketing for British Airways: “Having P&L responsibility is incredibly powerful.

P&L 11

P&L Banking Marketing Call Center 11

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Technology has provided us with unprecedented advances, information, knowledge, instant access and entertainment. However, a company’s biggest expense doesn’t show on a P&L, at least not directly. It’s clear that developing a customer-obsessed organization extends well beyond your customer service team.

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Company P&L Bottom-up Advertising 69

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2017

It also informs future spending levels, allocation of the budget across programs and media, and which messages a marketer chooses. “In principle, managers should try to estimate the full cost of the marketing activity, including creative development, media spend, and customer-facing staff time.”

ROI 8

ROI Marketing Marketing Mix Cost of Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2016

A matrix structure is an example of hard-wiring, because the two bosses of a manager in a matrixed position have the joint responsibility to set his objectives, supervise his work, do his appraisal, and ensure his development. to optimize their performance, conflict is baked into the matrix.

Organization 8

Organization P&L Report Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

CEO Jeff Immelt declared in 2011 that GE needed to become a software and analytics company or risk seeing its hardware products become commodities as information-based competitors took over. Bill and his team set out to develop a system that could bring all GE machines onto one efficient cloud -connected platform.

Software 8

Software Six Sigma Insourcing P&L 8