In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 31, 2011

In this blog, I am not arguing against a clear definition of where a company is going and what sets it apart. Brand Managers inherit brands and manage existing franchises. Crisis Management: The Ultimate Test of a Leader [link]. For as long as I can remember, the person bonded to the CEO’s hip was the CFO.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

Furthermore, of the 535 highest paid and most senior positions at those companies, only 5.8% One more disheartening statistic shows that only 26% of those companies have at least one woman in an executive officer’s position (e.g., CEO, CMO, COO, CIO, CFO, etc.), CEO, CMO, COO, CIO, CFO, etc.), in the prior year).

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Women on Business

JANUARY 8, 2011

Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, stated that Jung will bring a “new dimension&# to the company’s board. It’s actually hard to believe that a progressive company like Apple has taken so long to add a woman to its board of directors. Avon’s stock price was up 15% in 2007.Â

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Thinkers50 – World’s Most Influential Management Thinkers. Called ‘The Academy Awards of Leadership’ by the Economist, Thinkers50 is the world’s most reliable resource for identifying, ranking and sharing the leading management ideas of our age. World authority on project management. Co-author: Predictable Magic.

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Surviving Leadership

OCTOBER 29, 2018

This (pretty long) document has evolved over the years and is often cited as an example of how that company just “gets it.” At this meeting, employees heard from the CEO, CHRO, General Counsel, COO, CFO, CMO, and any business leaders spearheading a major initiative. Field visits: We used to call them “ride alongs.”

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

VP of Human Resources: “We should enter the Italian and German markets because we can get access to a large, diverse talent pool.”. The CFO will care about profits. The CFO might be interested but would wonder how profitable those sales will be. Notice the hypothesis is the same every time. Army as a combat arms officer.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

In the July/August issue of HBR , Ram Charan argues that the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) role should be eliminated, with HR responsibilities funneled in two separate directions — administration , led by traditional HR-types, reporting to the CFO; and talent strategy , led by high-potential line managers, reporting to the corner office.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2013

If you are sitting in a job interview and hear the words "dotted line reporting," you have just encountered the world of matrix management. These relationships occur frequently in jobs with internal customers, like human resources generalists, facility managers, or business systems analysts in information technology.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

The market caps of just four companies, Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, and Microsoft, now exceed $3 trillion. Their combined assets of $944 billion are an order of magnitude lower than the combined assets of $7,700 billion of the largest 3,177 companies in 1986, when the aggregate market capitalization reached $3 trillion for the first time.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2017

If you’re a business leader looking for an opportunity to have real impact on your company — and position yourself for the top job — which career path is best? Zabeen Hirji, CHRO at the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), grew up in retail banking and operations management roles before moving into HR. Steven Moore for HBR.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

The job of the senior executive is much more complicated today than it was a decade or two ago — and that trend will continue, especially if you hope to play on a global stage (which is a nearly universal condition these days for many companies). Companies are increasingly global. you have to be the best CFO in the world.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

But does your manager's manager know what you've done recently? I can name several times in my own career when my manager's immediate superior was a key factor. Once while discussing our company's mergers, and I told him I was interested in a course on the impact of mergers on employees. What does he think of you?

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2015

We’d ask the company to tell us, “What does this chief need to be competent in?” And then tell us about your [company] culture. How tools are changing the way we manage, learn, and get things done. Some leadership norms are very specific to a certain company culture, or country culture. Insight Center.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Forced to do more with much less, the small businesses that have managed to survive and even thrive during these tough times have recognized one important factor: You can’t always compete on price, but you can compete on service. Many major companies, such as Southwest Airlines, UPS, Chick-fil-A, Best Buy, Yum!

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2017

Companies spend a lot on marketing communications. What is Marketing ROI, and How Do Companies Use It? Marketing ROI is exactly what it sounds like: a way of measuring the return on investment from the amount a company spends on marketing. Juan Díaz-Faes for HBR. In fact, global spending on media is expected to reach $2.1

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Lance Best, the CEO of Barker Sports Apparel, was meeting with Nina Kelk, the company’s general counsel, who also oversaw human resources. Lance was struck by what he saw in CFO Damon Ewen’s file. His CFO and his sales chief had been at loggerheads for a while. “You’re surprised?”

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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.” Why the interest?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2018

Water, no ice, please,” said Noelle Freeman, the CFO of Franklin Climate Systems. She was on her way home from two days in Arkansas visiting her company’s largest facility. As CFO, Noelle was, of course, concerned about the numbers. Everyone knows that the company hit hard times. ” “Oh, sorry.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Roughly 18% of companies currently use personality tests in the hiring process, according to a survey conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management. Organizations, hiring managers, and HR need to keep legal compliance in mind when they add psychometric tests to their pre-employment screening system.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Roughly 18% of companies currently use personality tests in the hiring process, according to a survey conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management. Organizations, hiring managers, and HR need to keep legal compliance in mind when they add psychometric tests to their pre-employment screening system.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

The success of platform companies like Airbnb, Amazon, and Netflix has led to envy bordering on despair for their competitors. Companies are right to be worried. Our research shows that companies with platform- and network-based business models are exponentially better at creating value. So what’s a legacy company to do?

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Companies are spending millions on digital transformation, yet studies find many leaders feel their projects aren’t achieving their objectives. Workfront CEO Alex Shootman says digitization is happening in most companies on a function-by-function basis, leaving teams to work in silos instead of executing new strategies together.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2017

Over the past decade of leading human capital, diversity, and retention efforts in several demanding U.S.-based Manage the village. If it takes a village to raise a child, your job is to build and manage that village the same way you would a project team at work. So have needed backups ready, and, more important, rehearse them.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2016

Whether the questions raised are about police officers’ use of force, politicians’ use of email, or managers’ use of compensation, the answer is the same: more transparency. Consider a story relayed to me by an executive at an educational company. How to wield transparency effectively.

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Chart Your Course

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Why Your CEO and CFO Should Care About Employee Engagement TLNT, 2013. Gallup’s Workplace Jedi on How to Fix Our Employee Engagement Problem Fast Company, June, 2013. Your Company Needs a Purpose ERE.net, November 2012. Economical Employee Engagement Human Resource Executive Online, January 2011.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

In the past decade organizations have invested significant resources to try to address the gender gap in senior management. Women account for just 3% of Fortune 500 CEOs and fewer than 15% of corporate executives at top companies worldwide. Brett (not his real name) was the CFO of a major multinational. But he did.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

The current ROI debate has focused on whether one type of wellness program, lifestyle management (diet, exercise, and lifestyle changes), can reduce health care claims and lead to lower costs. In a typical population, they consume at least 50% of a company’s claims expense, and focusing on them can make or break your claims ROI.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2011

Between the inner and outer doors of Circale Corporation's headquarters building, human resources VP Nils Ekdahl crossed paths with CFO Anita Fierst as he was leaving for lunch. "We Ekdahl was touched that his former boss still cared about the company, despite how he had been treated. It's your show now, Nils.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2017

So be sure you’re in good standing with your manager before making the request. ” Consider what will worry your manager, and then think of ways to preempt those concerns. “Your manager needs for other people to not see your schedule as a four-day week.” Reflect on your motivations. Every other Friday?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

Just as striking is her description of Uber’s HR organization, which advised Fowler that because the manager in question was a high performer, HR did not feel comfortable punishing him. All too often, however, startup leaders are less savvy when it comes to human capital, until it’s too late. In one word: No.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2018

For instance, Gil Amelio was Apple’s CEO for less than a year in 1997, and General Motors’ chief human resources officer decamped in 2018 after just eight months in the job. According to one study , the median tenure for CEOs at large-cap companies is five years.

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