HR Digest

MAY 2, 2024

Earlier this year, CFO Ruth Porat announced layoffs at Google’s finance department and restructuring efforts there as they moved to keep up with the shifting tech world. With such an expansive spending goal in mind, cutting down on spending wherever possible and moving to cheaper labor markets seems to be the way forward.

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Trends Decentralization CFO Bureaucracy 59

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

If your CFO handles all communications with your banking relationships, and your Chief Investment Officer handles all of your investor relations, you’re flat out missing the boat. Private conversations are accommodated by small conference rooms or a walk about the parking lot. Job requirement determines the size.

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Blog Gordon CEO Consultative 417

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2014

What was so horrible about publicly traded companies that he’d consider being a CEO again, but only if he could avoid public markets? He succeeded in charming Wall Street … without ever deigning to participate in one of his company’s quarterly earnings conference calls or talking up its prospects on CNBC. Short answer: no.

Stage-Gate 8

Stage-Gate Strategic Planning Welch CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

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. At meetings of the corporation's finance managers, Tim makes a point to spend time with lower-level staff members to establish a personal bond.

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Execution Team Chief Financial Officer Finance 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Functional experiences help make you great at something, i.e. marketing, supply chain, R&D. You’ve not only been a great marketer in one region, but proven that you can lead marketing when you have a new team, in a turnaround situation and in a different geography. Request an interview. Ask for insights.

Career 8

Career Chief Financial Officer Supply Chain Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2013

That opportunistic approach to financial markets has defined Amazon since it went public in 1997. Well, he's a hedge fund veteran who has always taken a skeptical view of Wall Street, treating it more as a loopy rich uncle than the efficient information processor of standard finance theory. billion in bonds the year before).

Training 8

Training Bond Christensen Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

I refuse to dignify this attack with a response,” said Henry Guillart, the CEO, just hours after Hughes had given his initial negative presentation at an investor conference in New York. Competitive products came on the market, but none were as popular as the Express. Terranola’s market cap skyrocketed to $8.1 As CFO, A.J.

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Case Study CFO Hedge PR 8