Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

It’s easy to be confused about how to grow in your career. My experience with even the most successful global companies is that they’re between average and poor at developing future talent. Both of those leaders are now CEOs — one of a $10 billion retail chain and another of a specialty eyewear company.

Career 8

Career Chief Financial Officer Supply Chain Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2011

Early in my career, when sharing a vacation house with a group of friends, I learned an important lesson from a classic book by anthropologist Mary Douglas, Purity and Danger : It takes a lot of people cooperating to keep things neat, but it takes only one disgruntled dirt-monger to mess things up. The former CFO did not go quietly.

CFO 15

CFO Chief Financial Officer Cooper Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2012

Companies that treat time as currency — through remote work options, staggered hours, and reduced-hour arrangements — are also more likely to attract and retain high-caliber employees. Writing about an individual or a team on the company's intranet or showcasing their accomplishments at a town hall meeting can have a big impact.

Chief Financial Officer 16

Chief Financial Officer Motivation Loyalty Budgeting 16

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

For example, Tim Sheahan, Chief Financial Officer for a large division of a multi-national corporation, aspires to become CFO of a Fortune 100 company in the future. Consider Ann Berkley's experience when she was named Vice President of Marketing for a major division of a large consumer products company.

Execution 14

Execution Team Chief Financial Officer Finance 14

Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 13, 2011

My boss, the Chief Financial Officer, set lofty goals. The requirement was to replace the primary software tool of the company, in less than a month’s time. However, a record of successes quickly built the organization’s confidence in our team.

CFO 185

CFO Chief Financial Officer Learning-by-Doing Technology 185

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

I used to work in the red-hot center of one of the most youth-oriented companies on the planet, Nickelodeon. An obsession with youth is not a phenomenon unique to a company like MTV Networks, focused on programming for people under 30. In California companies, "people over 40 are out to pasture." I should know.

COO 13

COO Chief Financial Officer Telecommunications Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2016

Today he has more than 125 stores in the world’s most affluent urban locations and a company valued in excess of $1.5 From the outset, all three men viewed themselves as serving in multiple roles: founder, custodian, brand manager, chief financial officer, recruiter, and head of consumer insights.

Brand 8

Brand Merchandising Chief Financial Officer Retail 8