N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

These leaders keenly have an eye for detail and can dissect complex financial information to identify trends and patterns. Additionally, effective financial leaders are excellent communicators. E ffective financial leaders exhibit a deep understanding of the regulatory landscape.

Finance 411

Finance Execution Leadership Long-term 411

Leading Blog

AUGUST 20, 2019

The presumption is that one has to sacrifice entrepreneurial dreams in order to be successful at a specific career choice. Rushing into a business concept without a proper feasibility review including competitive research, market analysis, and customer input is rushing to an unproven plan. This may actually be a recipe for disaster.

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Debt to Equity Ratio Chief Financial Officer Chief Executive Officer Entrepreneur 179

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. Develop and announce exciting plans.

CFO 15

CFO Chief Financial Officer Cooper Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

In addition they operate from a plan — however confidential it may be — to strengthen the team year over year. 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.

Execution 14

Execution Team Chief Financial Officer Finance 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

We operate in a business landscape driven by an obsession with youth. The organizational "geography" also matters — chief marketing officer versus chief financial officer. I should know. I used to work in the red-hot center of one of the most youth-oriented companies on the planet, Nickelodeon.

COO 13

COO Chief Financial Officer Telecommunications Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2016

When Howard Schultz initially proposed to buy Starbucks from its founders, the chain had three stores; he had a plan to expand to 150 stores. His prize, Victoria’s Secret, will generate $8 billion in revenue this year and operates in a dozen countries. They operated on shoestrings.

Brand 8

Brand Merchandising Chief Financial Officer Retail 8