HR Digest

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The company hired an external counsel to conduct an investigation into the relationship that revealed “inappropriate personal communications” between Smiley and certain employees, according to a statement. The company said Smiley exhibited poor judgment. Smiley was appointed the CFO in 2018. Last year, the company generated $23.54

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HR Digest

APRIL 10, 2022

According to a report by As You Sow , a shareholder advocacy firm, 2021 saw a significant increase in shareholder rejections of CEO pay packages. More than half of shareholders rejected CEO pay packages at 16 companies last year, up from ten in 2020 and seven in 2019. This amounted to more than $1.2 million a year in USD.

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HR Digest

JULY 8, 2022

The one thing that will majorly influence the fate of CFO aspirants is their tech skills. According to a Gartner survey of 173 CFOs in November 2020, digital investments topped CFO agendas. Being comfortable with data, technology, and cross-disciplinary collaboration was crucial to the success of CFO candidates.

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Technology CFO Succession Finance 106

CEO Insider

APRIL 19, 2021

If you are an investor or executive leader at a company, particularly in the middle market, chances are you spend time sourcing candidates for the C-suite on a regular basis—as growth often demands leaders with specific skill sets along the trajectory. License and Republishing: The views expressed in this article Interviewing a CFO?

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Rich Gee Group

AUGUST 31, 2015

What past decisions are holding the company behind? What areas might take the company to the next level? For some positions (CFO, CIO), all their hard work to make it to the table is now useless when they need to use skills other than IQ: Communication – Communicate clearly and concisely. The post Developing The CEO Within You.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 5, 2018

I F PEOPLE NOT COMPANIES, generate value, why isn’t talent at the center of every company’s strategy? This is a group that consists of the CEO, the CFO, and the CHRO (Chief Human Resources Officer). Together, they “lead the way on anything where the deployment of talent influences the company’s results.”

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Guest post by Dave Yarin: It was April 2010, and a Fortune 500 CEO would utter one of the most ill advised yet memorable lines in corporate history. 1 He had succeeded John Browne in 2007 as CEO following Browne''s prostitution and perjury scandal, along with leaving BP with a checkered safety record.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 13, 2023

According to a report by Accenture, although CEOs recognize the importance of utilizing data, technology, and people for growth, only a small percentage of large global companies are effectively utilizing these elements. The post Organizations Are Failing To Capitalize On Data And Technology first appeared on The Horizons Tracker.

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In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

In the CEO Afterlife. Why HR and the CEO should be joined at the Hip. The day the Jacobs Suchard (now part of Kraft Foods ) Board of Directors promoted me to the C-Suite, they strongly suggested I align myself with the CFO. Ultimately, it is the CEO who determines the corporate culture, whether good or bad. Leadership.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Companies must depend on their chief human resources officers (CHROs) in creating corporate values necessary to achieve success. But more CEOs rarely understand the true position of their CHROs, let alone giving them the necessary backup to operate in the required capacity. Here are the essential CHRO roles every CEO must support -.

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CEO Insider

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Caroline Litchfield, serving as EVP & CFO of Merck & Co Inc (NYSE: MRK), conducted a sale of 38,291 shares of the company on February 14, 2024, as disclosed in a recent filing with the SEC. On the day of the insider’s most recent sale, Merck & Co. shares were valued at $125.5,

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 22, 2018

Guest post from Bruce Hartman : The CEO of Footlocker, Matt Serra, once said to me, “It’s lonely at the top. As Craig’s CFO and CAO, I always appreciated this leadership style. Build great teams In the early dark days as CFO of Footlocker, we had a struggling company that was deeply in debt.

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CEO Insider

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Fractional Chief Financial Officers (CFO) are in high demand these days. A fractional CFO is a highly qualified business finance professional that your company can hire on a part-time basis. The post The hottest finance trend in business today may be what your business needs appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.

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Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 6, 2010

A CEO asked me to coach his potential successor, the CFO. It didn't take long before I just felt that the CEO just didn't like the CFO. I brought it to his attention: "I just don't think you like the CFO." the CEO told me. I don't care if he becomes the CEO or not. That's right: It was the CEO.

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CEO CFO Skills Open-book 118

HR Digest

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

All three candidates are experienced individuals in their own fields and should help the company achieve accelerated growth in the industry. The updates to the Walgreens executive team were announced by CEO Tim Wentworth who also took up the position at the company quite recently, appointed in October 2023.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 11, 2010

home about rich our team news our fans services executive coach business coach speaking inspire media knowledge books affiliates contact Rich Gee Group 203.500.2421 Developing The CEO Within You. What past decisions are holding the company behind? What areas might take the company to the next level? You’re moving on up.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 11, 2021

This fantastic news has deservedly boosted the stock market, and lots of companies are shifting to retract planned staff and budget cuts. Let’s consider James, the COO of a mid-size production company that was impacted by the pandemic. However, many senior executives and stock investors are very attentive to vaccine news.

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Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 12, 2013

CEO ‘Most Important Meeting of the Year’. CEO updates and successes of 2013. CFO $$ talk: Comparison of past to present financial Profit & Revenue. CEO State of the Industry. CEO State of the Industry. What he sees as future company needs & goals. Refine ideas into actions steps and metrics.

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Strategic Planning Planning Company CFO 132

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

To determine if this is the best route for your company, you’ll need to understand the different types of executive search firms and why you should retain one. They’ll be able to garner your company’s culture and talent needs. The report noted that not only do 30% of top business leaders in the U.S. in 2022 alone.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 25, 2020

A recent conversation with a community bank CEO focused on his vision for the company. Logic tells us we can manage cause, but only measure effect. Yet we often overlook the real story – the aggregation of activities that created the results reflected in our numbers.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Rob Sher is founding principal of CEO to CEO, a consulting firm of former chief executives that improves the leadership infrastructure of midsized companies seeking to accelerate their performance. He has published extensively on the successful leadership traits of CEOs of mid-market companies.

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CEO Insider

JULY 25, 2020

Lots of companies move from private to public and public to private. And deals involving public companies being taken private by domestic private equity sponsors increased more than 27 percent over 2018. I’ve been a CFO at […].

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IPO CFO Succession Licensing 114

N2Growth Blog

JULY 17, 2014

I had the opportunity to sit with Lewis Booth , former CFO of Ford Motor Company, who along with the senior executive team, led the successful turnaround and global repositioning of Ford. How effective are your business review meetings? It might be time for a rethink! Experiences? Follow me on Twitter @bizjrchildress.

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LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The day the Jacobs Suchard (now part of Kraft Foods ) Board of Directors promoted me to the C-Suite, they strongly suggested I align myself with the CFO. Yes, we were a marketing-driven company and yes, my mind was consumed with marketing and strategy; but, it wasn’t marketing wizardry alone that made the organization sing.

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CEO CFO Human Resources Real Estate 116

First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 19, 2014

Rob Sher is founding principal of CEO to CEO, a consulting firm of former chief executives that improves the leadership infrastructure of midsized companies seeking to accelerate their performance. He has published extensively on the successful leadership traits of CEOs of mid-market companies.

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CFO Wilde Drucker Magazine 85

Tanveer Naseer

MAY 9, 2017

The research I’ve done shows that about 25 to 30 percent of CEOs are introverts,” explains Karl Moore, associate professor of strategy and organization at Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University. Research points out that while nearly half the population is introverted, extroverts hold the majority of leadership roles.

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CFO Education Diversity Reference 272

Chart Your Course

JANUARY 13, 2017

Understanding that each team member has a role in the company and their personalities need to match these roles can mean the difference between failure and success. You need a numbers guy to navigate your company to financial success. Your CFO should be Captain America with the emotional range of a rock. Chief Financial Officer.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 24, 2020

Joel Peterson has been around the block serving as a leader in various roles—CEO, CFO, founder, investor, entrepreneur—and is currently the chairman of JetBlue Airways and a professor at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. Staying around past that point can ruin the company. Where love exists, change can be permanent.

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Leadership Entrepreneur CFO Objective 268

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 18, 2022

How corporate venturing programs work is not always well understood, however, so researchers from Stanford set out to look under the lid and explore the VC units of 74 American companies, who between them account for around 80% of all corporate venturing in the S&P 500. A mixed bag.

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Short-term CFO Bureaucracy Long-term 98

Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 22, 2013

Guest post by Great Leadership monthly contributor Beth Armknecht Miller: I recently had the opportunity to have a conversation with the president of a privately held company as part of research for a book I am writing on talent management and development within small to mid-size companies. What has helped to shape you as a leader?

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CFO Executive Coaching Talent Management Influence 237

Eric Jacobson

MARCH 22, 2023

Yet, only 9% of the largest 100 companies in the S&P500 index are led by women, shares Fisher. It explores: The demand for CEOs who lead with the compassion, empathy, sensitivity, and integrity needed to build strong teams in the post-Covid workplace.

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Succession Open-book Leadership Styles Leadership 74

CEO Insider

JANUARY 26, 2023

Most entrepreneurs understand the importance of having all the kinks worked out of their business plans when lobbying for an investor, but too few […] The post 4 Things Investors Look for in Company Leaders appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine. Copyright The CEOWORLD magazine Limited 2021. All rights reserved.

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Company Magazine Entrepreneur Planning 58

Center for Creative Leadership

APRIL 24, 2019

I recently spoke with the CEO of a medium-sized manufacturing company about his new CFO who was poised to attend our flagship program for senior executives, Leadership at the Peak. She was respected by colleagues and employees, and over time had become the right-hand assistant to the CFO. No one turned a head.

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Charisma CFO CEO Execution 65

Mark Sanborn

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In Practice: A CEO convinced that remote work hampers productivity may only acknowledge studies supporting this view, while ignoring evidence to the contrary. In Practice: A CFO might confidently project revenue figures while neglecting market uncertainties and potential disruptions.

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Groupthink CFO Uncertainty Consensus 56

Women on Business

JANUARY 8, 2011

NASDAQ: APPL ) has named Andrea Jung , CEO of Avon  (NYSE: AVP ), as the eigth member of its board of directors. Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, stated that Jung will bring a “new dimension&# to the company’s board. Andrea Jung is the first woman and the first Asian to hold a seat on Apple’s board.Â

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Press Release CEO Discount PR 124

N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

You started a company. Missing the turn or making it too late can cause a company to stagnate or implode or can spell the death of the idea; or worse, the idea becomes someone else’s to bring to market without you. There are things that only the CEO can do. By Thomas Brattle Gannett and Dr. Greg Giuliano. You got funding.

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Delegation Maturity CEO Execution 203

Modern Servant Leader

JANUARY 20, 2012

The company has been a role model of servant leadership since its founding by Herb Kelleher (and others). During the financial earnings call, CEO Gary Kelly , CFO Laura Wright and Executive VP Robert (Bob) E. Jordan reflected the company’s commitment to servant leadership. Improved Results by Acquired AirTran.

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Airlines Leadership CFO ROI 203