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Conference Board Announces CEOs Plan to Increase Wages by a Minimum of 3%

HR Digest

In an earnings call on Tuesday, UPS CFO Brian Newman reported that the company decreased compensation and benefits by $205 million in the second quarter by eliminating 2,500 managerial positions annually. At a Tuesday earnings call, Donald Bassell, CFO of ARKO, a convenience store operator, reported that personnel costs had increased 6.5%

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The Disconnected Leader | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

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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Why More Executives Should Consider Becoming a CHRO

Harvard Business Review

He had to ask her four more times, including once on a conference call with the whole executive team, before she finally relented. She changed industries from private equity investing to technology; she changed geographies by moving from New York to San Francisco; and she changed functions from M&A and investing to HR.

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The Real Power of Enterprise Social Media Platforms

Harvard Business Review

They''re using these tool and technologies to add value to existing processes or, indeed, to create new "just-in-time" processes (and programs) that the C-suite and other senior managers had never envisioned. At Fortune''s recent Brainstorm Tech Conference, retired General Stanley McChrystal. Why Can''t a CIO Be More Like a CFO?

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Today's CIO Needs to Be the Chief Innovation Officer

Harvard Business Review

As game-changing technologies transform every business process, they also give us the ability to create new products and services that were impossible just a few years ago. The old way was about technology-centricity; the new way is about technology-empowered business strategies. Transformation Drivers.

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Why Face-to-Face Meetings Make All the Difference

Harvard Business Review

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.

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Case Study: Should You Adjust Your Business Model for a Major Customer?

Harvard Business Review

Some localities had bought lights but failed to fully utilize the accompanying technology, which meant they couldn’t service them properly or achieve the hoped-for energy savings. It would position Lumiscape’s technology platform for growth as the smart-cities movement showed signs of taking off. But not here , he thought.