Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 13, 2017

After all, I had earned it, having just finished a 28 year run as a CPA, cable company VP of Operations, football stadium project manager, VP of Development for another cable company, and finally, a cable company SVP of Operations. Leaders need to love to solve problems driven by this curiosity. Thankfully.

CPA 192

CPA COO CFO Leadership 192

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2017

If you’re a business leader looking for an opportunity to have real impact on your company — and position yourself for the top job — which career path is best? That the CHRO role, although at first it may look career limiting, can have more impact than any other position reporting to the CEO?

Quinn 13

Quinn Execution CFO Forrester 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2013

Certainly we know that heads of finance and HR tend to move around a lot more because the skills are very transferrable, and in fact it looks better for an HR executive or CFO to show a breadth of industry. You actually get a bit disadvantaged if you''ve been in the same company or the same industry your whole career, as an HR person.

CEO 10

CEO CFO COO Industry 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2015

Borrowing and lending talent is common and even essential in one particular industry — professional soccer. For example, the power company Tenaga Nasional could send a leader with strong operating capabilities to work for several years at Malaysia Airlines, acquiring skills in turning around a troubled business.

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CFO Leadership Development Telecommunications Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

I Give This Blurb 3 Stars Operation Clean Turf and the War on Fake Yelp Reviews Businessweek Were the 19 companies accused of commissioning fake online reviews the only firms out there engaged in this nefarious practice? Andy O’Connell Career Ladder to Nowhere? Internet Tech industry' Not likely.

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Review CFO PR Analysis 8

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. We call everybody within the company a “client.”

Consultative 8

Consultative Team How To McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2014

Some recent CEO appointments in these industries include Yahoo!’s The company is anticipating disruptive or disorienting forces, such as unfamiliar regulatory pressures, industry consolidation, complex emerging technologies, or changing consumer behavior.

CEO 12

CEO Contingency Plans Telecommunications Planning 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

One of my students told me that she trains herself in strategic thinking by keeping up with business, economic or political events or trends and forcing herself to “think about what they mean to my business, company or industry, both now and in the future.” Career planning Leadership Managing yourself'

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Porter Delegation Learning-by-Doing Project 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2016

In research spanning 20 years, we closely examined 36 companies in eight industries to find out why companies are struggling. Insurance, a very analytics-intensive industry, saw nearly half of CAOs changing roles over an 18-month period.). But poor ROI is only part of the story. Chief Analytics Officers (CAOs) were frequently replaced.

CEO 8

CEO Competitive Advantage ROI CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2015

As a researcher and consultant to executives across diverse industries, I know how common it is for successful, high-performing people to lose their passion for work — and their commitment to their organizations — over time. Ten years later, he was the global CFO of his firm. I wasn’t.

CIO 8

CIO CFO Crisis Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

In fact, only eight percent of companies’ CEOs believe that their business model will remain economically viable if their industry continues to digitize at its current course and speed. And we’re seeing these business leaders of tomorrow they’re really championing a new operating model of work. Angelia Herrin, HBR.

Content 8

Content Crisis Apparel Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Listening, Derek Melis, his friend and CFO, was relieved. They’d met at university, and although Derek had gone on to graduate school and a career in banking, while Rogier had joined his family construction business and then founded Contect, they’d never lost touch. Please don’t let that cloud your judgment as CFO.

Case Study 8

Case Study Decentralization CFO Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2014

Peter Currie , our CFO, and I were doing it, and I said, “All right, one last question.” I had worked for several businesses during my career by that time that had become conglomerates, some fairly large, and then had divested themselves of various businesses. It was our last show and we were in a big hurry to get the plane.

How To 13

How To Technology Industry Venture Capitalist 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2016

employees, customers, free agents, communities we operate in) and so much more. As described in Lead The Work , he had an expansive career with Shell that spanned 25 years but unlike many top leaders in the company, he had a break in service at the top of his career. This same approach is used for developing leaders.

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