Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Priscilla writes: “ Your business foundation includes all the assumptions upon which you developed your operating model, processes, marketing, manufacturing, products, and services. A seemingly small change in any one of these can threaten your viability and weaken your financial leverage.

Leadership Development 363

Leadership Development Development Leadership Follow-up 363

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 7, 2023

Strategic nonconformity was measured on any deviation from industry-level means across six categories, including inventory levels, advertising intensity, R&D intensity, and financial leverage. By contrast, when these bosses operate in environments that are not dynamic, they’re more likely to follow the pack.

Financial Leverage 131

Financial Leverage CEO Fashion Environment 131

Talent Anarchy 1

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In an era of financial unpredictability, securing the right loan can be a game-changer. Whether you’re looking to fund your dream home, start a new business venture, or consolidate existing debts, the right loan can provide the financial leverage needed to achieve your goals.

Credit Scoring 78

Credit Scoring Short-term Long-term Compliance 78

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2013

Financial leverage (assets over equity). With Dupont in mind, we can come up with a better measurement by sub-dividing ROII as follows: Innovation magnitude (financial contribution divided by successful ideas). Operating efficiency (sales over assets). After all, half of the top 20 companies traded on U.S.

Innovation 17

Innovation Company Disaggregation Financial Leverage 17

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2018

We measured their firm’s value by Tobin’s Q, a ratio between market value of assets to book value of assets. To translate the economic magnitude of this: A 0.017 increase of firm value is equivalent to an $81 million increase in market capitalization for a median-size firm in our S&P 1500 sample.

Diversity 15

Diversity CEO Sample Financial Leverage 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2012

But there our story deviates from the norm because our turnaround wasn't based on cost control, financial leverage, or manufacturing efficiencies. We put our money in because we saw an opportunity to turn a struggling company around and secure a high ROI. We did that.

Strategy 15

Strategy McKinsey Chemicals Armstrong 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2013

Financial leverage (assets over equity). With Dupont in mind, we can come up with a better measurement by sub-dividing ROII as follows: Innovation magnitude (financial contribution divided by successful ideas). Operating efficiency (sales over assets). After all, half of the top 20 companies traded on U.S.

Innovation 10

Innovation Company Disaggregation Financial Leverage 10