Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 7, 2010

In the stress of making bottom line goals, you may be missing an opportunity to achieve more than you have. An enterprise business model was developed that takes in all the processes across all the business areas. The CFO owns a couple. The pressure on you to make bottom line goals is even greater than it has ever been.

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The Idolbuster

JANUARY 15, 2013

After a few experiments, they pronounced it ready to ship to customers, and did not need to go through a formal development process. Product development is always needed to make a new technology robust enough to work consistently in customer hands. Bad management? See this post on stress and loss of perspective for more.).

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2017

These pieces of advice have helped “move the numbers” as part of broad-scale corporate retention programs I’ve developed. Make friends in the business development team so that you know about the big local client projects coming up and can volunteer for them early (no business travel!). Manage the village.

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Roundtable Talk

OCTOBER 12, 2010

And, I had to wonder, how motivating did Colleen Johnston, CFO, TD Bank Financial Group find that comment? Share this: This entry was posted in Leadership , Authenticity and tagged Ed Clark CEO TD Bank , Colleen Johnston CFO TD Bank Financial , walking the talk , lack of authenticity , womens advancement. Happy leading!

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CFO Banking Belief Systems Godin 54

Roundtable Talk

MARCH 12, 2010

Why rock the apple cart and give Ricardo some coaching on better ways of managing his sideways relationships?? The CFO, who is the named successor for the Prez, is Ricardo’s #1 detractor. So, what bridges do you need to repair today? Happy leading! Bookmark the permalink. ← Who’s race are you running?

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Career CFO Blog Godin 34

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. Make sure your employees are trained to handle the potentially stressful task of working with customers.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2017

Yan Wang, the former CFO of VitalSmarts, didn’t survive Mao’s China by taking outlandish risks such as questioning those in positions of authority. As our CFO, she did impeccable work with the highest ethical standards. Following each attempt, she did a mental debrief, rating her effectiveness and stress level.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2018

As part of this research, we conducted 120 interviews, including nine with board members and 19 with top managers. This bold strategic leap was, we found, in part facilitated by Nokia’s newly appointed board who actively attended to top managers’ emotions in 2012-2013.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2015

The Chief Entrepreneur will be responsible for managing a portfolio of entrepreneurs who experiment with new business models and value propositions. We cannot stress this enough. The CE is responsible for developing new business models and value propositions for the company’s future growth. Sound like you?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2012

Instead of focusing on the work you have to do together, you may end up wasting time and energy trying to keep your emotions in check and attempting to manage the person's behavior. Manage your reaction. Goleman says the first step is to manage it. Do: Manage your own reaction to the behavior first. What the Experts Say.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2016

But not ever as fast as the manager wants!” ” “Where is the manager?” They found the work too difficult and stressful and, like Toshi, were probably eager to find better-paying and more prestigious jobs. The manager says I’m the only one she trusts with the toilets.” It gets better.

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Case Study Airlines COO CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2016

You used to be able to track everything with an Excel spreadsheet, personally designed by your CFO; now you’ve got an SAP installation in its place, supported by an entire IT department. He’s just trying to manage the chaos and avoid catastrophe. Your business is a success, but you feel like a failure. Bottlenecks appear.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2018

I’m no different: I’ve spent my career helping executives succeed, either through coaching and development or assessments of their strengths and opportunity areas to identify the development work they need to do to take their careers to the next level. The organizational transition.

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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, 2011

When they set out to turn around processes that have become woefully inefficient or ineffective, most companies choose one of four process improvement "religions": Lean , Six Sigma , Business Reengineering or Business Process Management (BPM). In some of these companies, senior managers were dubious about the claims.

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