Roundtable Talk

OCTOBER 12, 2010

All interesting stuff, and easy to jump on a soapbox about, but, the quote that caught my eye came from Ed Clark, President & CEO of TD Bank Financial Group. So, when Clark is quoted as predicting that a woman will eventually head up a bank… in about TWENTY years time, I did a double take. And, that’s my rant for today.

CFO 54

CFO Banking Belief Systems Godin 54

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2017

That the CHRO role, although at first it may look career limiting, can have more impact than any other position reporting to the CEO? We interviewed search professionals, CEOs, and CHROs with nontraditional backgrounds to find out what happens when business leaders outside of HR move into the role. That’s precisely what we found.

Quinn 13

Quinn Execution CFO Forrester 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Yet less attention is given to one of the most important determining factors of all: Whether directors who have actually served as CEOs are driving the process. If the succession and search are not driven by those who have already run another firm, the company is, in our experience, less likely to end up with a CEO who can run this one.

CEO 8

CEO Committee P&L Charan 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2017

One CFO I know managed finance for a spin-off firm when it went public and then returned to the parent company in a corporate position. Another CFO led finance for multiple units so he could gain a breadth of knowledge across the business before becoming the corporate CFO. CEO Chemistry.

CFO 8

CFO How To CIO Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Tesla and Space X CEO Elon Musk tweets that no one changed the world working 40 hours a week. ” In an interview, three CEOs rated as top performers by HBR said the job was 24/7 and admitted they weren’t great role models. I’m going to push more responsibility onto them, which should help them develop faster.

Banking 15

Banking Conference CEO Bottom-up 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

Since then, we interviewed several chief financial officers (CFOs) of leading technology companies and senior analysts of investment banks who follow technology companies. CFOs of these companies themselves admit that they cannot justify their market capitalizations based on traditional metrics.

Report 8

Report GAAP Net Present Value CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

the movement to enhanced reporting is led by the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC), which is endorsed by regulatory heavy weight Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England. For example, recruitment, development, and retention is particularly important in the knowledge intensive health care sector. Outside the U.S.,

Human Capital 8

Human Capital CFO Banking Report 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Focusing on additive contribution, a term we developed in a collaboration with Alix Hughes , diversity program leader at Amazon, is a powerful way to avoid sameness in a team and to foster inclusion and innovation. In reality, many of the top performers at Intuit, including the CEO and CFO, did not hold degrees from an Ivy League school.

Power 11

Power Management Diversity CFO 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2017

Retailers combine data on demographics and weather to predict sales and develop merchandising plans. Banks and lenders have predictive analytics engines that tell the lender the probability that a customer will pay them back.

Marketing 8

Marketing Root Cause Analysis Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2016

They held about 40 meetings with companies that had bought renewable energy and with big project developers. They had framing conversations with the CEO and CFO early on to discuss any financial or operational challenges. Get early buy-in. For Owens Corning, the locations matter.

Energy 8

Energy Industry Finance CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2011

it's the behavior of industrial age institutions — corporations, banks, governments — that's the invisible fist of this great crisis. In too many boardrooms, marketroids are minions, flunkies, and sidekicks, yes-men who refuse to stand up to the CEO, CFO, or board and say "No!! So here's a thought.

Organization 15

Organization Finance Senge Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Today, many high-profile companies— Cisco , Google , IBM , Samsung , Siemens , Disney , Volkswagen and Deutsche Bank , to name a few—contain such roving consulting groups to help solve the most critical strategy and operations problems throughout the business. Our group welcomes the competition.

Consultative 8

Consultative Team How To McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

This oft-heard defense of buybacks is clearly hollow: Once a CEO or CFO makes this claim, the company cannot sell the stock at a higher price for the benefit of the corporate treasury without signaling to traders that the stock is now over valued, something that no top executive would want to do. million in 2014 to a high of $12.6

Price 8

Price Franchising Short-term CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Last year Dina, a CEO I’d been working with, felt that leaders on her team were playing it too safe. They develop slowly over time and are almost impossible to pinpoint. They weren’t finding and pursuing new growth opportunities and it was crippling the organization. We’re reminded of them in the news every day.

COO 8

COO Short-term CFO Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

Offutt, the CEO, had named a time when they could meet. ran, a Florida-based shopping-center-development group, and she was devoted to both him and his firm. In Sarah’s opinion, the problem was obvious: Sid Yerby, the CFO. had pulled her aside and asked her to stop arguing with the CFO. had grown distant.

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Case Study Real Estate CFO Letter 9