Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

All members of the management committee supported this decision. Shannon, Bottom Line: We scheduled the weekly update meeting for Thursday at 2 PM CST to accommodate the CFO’s schedule. CFO will be in Boston on Thursday meeting at an offsite with the management committee.

How To 8

How To Bottom-up CFO P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2016

Outside executive team meetings, new committees proliferate (HR, health & safety, budget, etc.) So what can a CEO do about an oversized executive committee? Create an executive team “sub-committee.” Thus, for example, CEOs who are financial specialists should be careful if their main confidant is the CFO.

Execution 8

Execution Team Committee COO 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Thompson, the former CEO of Symantec, leads its search committee, and he is joined by Steve J. Noski, former CFO of Bank of America. Regardless of the choice, we believe that Microsoft search committee will better be able to assess these options and their candidates given its members’ own C-suite experience.

CEO 8

CEO Committee P&L Charan 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

It will be interesting to see how a former CFO will face up to these formidable challenges, complicated further by reports that the ECB isn’t allowing the Volkswagen group to fully benefit from the central bank’s “cheap” money.

CFO 8

CFO Crisis Mass Marketing IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Australia’s main CFO forum, the G100 , has shown interest in the topic and even published a paper offering broad support for integrated reporting, arguing that “corporate reporting reform is underway and CFOs should seize the opportunity to drive the reporting agenda.”

Human Capital 8

Human Capital CFO Banking Report 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2014

The teams with the most compelling ideas were given an opportunity to present and defend their idea to the innovation investment committee, which included the CEO, CFO, and a few other senior executives. In the first month, five “winners” were announced and then immediately publicized on the Thomson Reuters internal web site.

Innovation 9

Innovation Metrics Christensen Workshop 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

The team consisted of an executive committee from Headquarters (comprised of the CEO, CFO, Head of Operations, Head of Business Analysis, and our Group Head of Sales), and then the General Manager of each subsidiary. These monthly "Group Exec" meetings took place at a different factory each month.

P&L 15

P&L Globalization CFO Operations 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2011

Prior to his academic career, he had been in the corporate world, holding a CFO position at a retailing and manufacturing company and working as the vice president and manager of the commercial lending division of a large bank. He didn't want to be the center of attention, now or in the future. I have always been a terrific number two.

P&L 18

P&L Committee Career Case Study 18

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2013

They resist getting their hands dirty alongside the CIO, even though many of them will readily get down into the mud of a balance sheet with the CFO or strategize the details of global brand issues with the CMO. In fact, CEOs avoid IT like the plague. Because they distance themselves from IT, CEOs don''t grasp its subtleties. Accountability.

CEO 8

CEO CIO Technology CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2016

But Ken knew he couldn’t just go to the executive committee asking for more money to staff up. The committee would insist that he first try making his crews more efficient. ” Ken didn’t want to shoot down Mari’s proposal immediately, but he agreed with the CFO. ” Ken said.

Case Study 8

Case Study Airlines COO CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

the CEO’s or CFO’s), but rather serve the needs of our internal project sponsors (usually at the CXO, EVP, and SVP level). Like any firm in need of business development, we build relationships with executives across the company, and pitch proposals. We call everybody within the company a “client.”

Consultative 8

Consultative Team How To McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2012

The early American revolutionaries took full advantage of this cacophony, forming the famous "Committees of Correspondence" to gather like-minded people into communities to exchange ideas and publish them. Versions of Grub Street popped up in other countries, including America. Put customer experiences front and center.

How To 12

How To Chief Technology Officer Audience Banking 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2013

As with the G&A project, a steering committee composed of the facility’s senior leaders was formed. Leadership created an optimization office reporting to the CFO to facilitate cost reduction projects, train new team members, and document and disseminate results across the system.

Cost 8

Cost Health Care Six Sigma Insourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2016

He was the CFO of their company, a software start-up with about 75 employees. Another option was transferring: The executive committee had just decided to open a London office, and the new European sales manager was looking for a number-two. Nothing happened that first night. Yes, Brad had flirted. Yes, Elizabeth had flirted back.

Case Study 8

Case Study Conference Hotels COO 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2013

These reports — one from a company task force and a second from a review committee of the board — were overshadowed by two items announced the same day: the related news that the bank board had slashed CEO Jamie Dimon's annual compensation in half — from $23 million in 2011 to $11.5 The Board and the Risk Policy Committee.

Report 8

Report CIO Crisis Committee 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Listening, Derek Melis, his friend and CFO, was relieved. He now had only one major—and very vocal—opponent: Vera Hoch, the head of the audit committee. Please don’t let that cloud your judgment as CFO. ” “As the CFO, I can’t lose sight of what’s going on in each country.”

Case Study 8

Case Study Decentralization CFO Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

Employees and other constituents should expect HR to hold leaders accountable for fiduciary and strategic risks, just as a CFO would be expected to hold leaders accountable for a risky pattern of using corporate funds or resources. Are these acceptable growing pains? In one word: No.

Compliance 11

Compliance Hedge Human Capital Finance 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2016

If your strategy relies heavily on aggressive M&A, for example, do you really want a CFO who doesn’t command a salary higher than the norm? Now is the time for directors and executive committees alike to re-balance the strategy-governance scale. Benchmarking and norming won’t always lead to the right decision.

Benchmarking 10

Benchmarking Company Short-term Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2012

When Paul Bulcke was appointed CEO of global food giant Nestle in 2008, he put the issue of women and gender at the top of his Executive Committee's agenda. At the corporate level, the group CFO is a woman. He saw gender balance as a lever for accomplishing his broader goals of making Nestle a more flexible, and modern corporation.

Leadership Pipeline 11

Leadership Pipeline CFO Committee Globalization 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2017

Spear-phishing emails have been used in many of the most notorious attacks, including the 2017 French presidential election and the infamous attack on the Democratic National Committee. One survey of IT decision makers found that the average cost of a successful spear-phishing attack is $1.6

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain System CFO Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2014

We meet with majority and minority leaders, and with key committee chairs. Camilla asked, referring to Natural Foods’ CFO. “He I saw your letter to the employees, and that was the right message,” Ken said. Make it clear that Erikson’s position is not what Natural Foods stands for; we’re a socially progressive organization.”

Case Study 9

Case Study Politics Committee Letter 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2014

When I’m talking to corporate CEOs, CFOs, and board members, I don’t see the major multinationals planning to bring that cash back to the United States. I was with the CFO of Apple the other day, and they’ve got $140 billion of cash trapped overseas. The answer obviously is borrow at one.

Globalization 8

Globalization CEO System Offshoring 8