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Walgreens Boots Alliance Leadership Announces New Executive Team

HR Digest

Another member of the new Walgreens Boots Alliance leadership is Manmohan Mahajan, the new Executive Vice President and Global Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mahajan’s appointment isn’t necessarily a new occurrence considering he has been serving as interim CFO since July 2023.

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Why Can't a CIO Be More Like a CFO?

Harvard Business Review

Information governance is not IT''s job. It''s time for CIOs to move beyond their roles as chief technology officers, and embrace the name with all of its implications: Chief Information Officer. The explosive growth of information is accelerating. But it should be the CIO''s job.

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SOPHISTICATED RESEARCH? Whip out your abacus, slide rule, and walking shoes.

CEO Insider

In reference to this, does anyone who has access to a computer or a reasonably recent mobile device really yearn for the “good old days?” Can most visualize making decisions on what to sell, who to sell stuff to and how best to do that without being immersed entirely in the wonderful world of research? […]. The post SOPHISTICATED RESEARCH?

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The Power of We in 2023

CEO Insider

‘Tis the season for reflection – a time to learn, grow and appreciate all that’s good in this one precious life of ours. As I look back on the past year, it’s easy to point out where I could have done more, how I could have done better, or whether I served the people I […].

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Why the great resignation can be stopped with a great conversation

CEO Insider

Everyone who knows me, knows I reject ‘The Great Resignation’ – it’s a million-dollar catch-phrase, but it’s quite dangerously misleading. This is not a great resignation – which suggests that people have made a sudden decision to do something dramatic that we didn’t see coming. Most of the labour market movement we have seen in […].

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How I Learned the Hard Way That Aging Technology Is Expensive

Harvard Business Review

As chief information officer of my family, I had purchased two used 333 MHz iMac G3s with 160MB of RAM in Bondi blue for my children to play games on. Then the family's CFO, my wife, who also happens to be a CPA, demanded to know their TCO. The CFO's skepticism was proved correct, and I lost all credibility.

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Here’s Why Strategy Chiefs Succeed or Fail

Harvard Business Review

Stemberg turned to Basil Anderson, who had tackled similar challenges as CFO of Campbell Soup and Scott Paper. Like Wilson, Anderson was able to lead the senior team. ” With Anderson’s help, Staples’ net profits grew more than tenfold over the next five years.