N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

Be well and have a great day sp [link] mikemyatt Glad to hear you've got the train back on the tracks, and I hope this post was of some use. I am working on a consulting project where we have run into "Crazy", We had started down the path you outlined here, but we appreciate the clarity of your message.

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Blog Brand CEO Consultative 313

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Gianpiero Petriglieri – Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour at INSEAD , Director of the Management Acceleration Programme at INSEAD , medical doctor and psychiatrist by training. Darek Lenart – Senior VP HR, Finance MasterCard. David Burkus – Bestselling author whose Ted Talk has been viewed over 1.4 million times.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2013

But what's really going on is that Jeff Bezos has trained elements of the investment community to expect that low profits (or big losses) now represent investments that will eventually pay off, not signs of trouble. Amazon has this permission because it has trained its shareholders to believe that everything will work out in the end.

Training 10

Training Bond Christensen Long-term 10

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Twelve cases are written as narratives with multiple teaching points, but without a focus on a particular business decision; the remaining twenty-three cases were written around specific conundrums related to strategy, operations, finance, marketing, leadership, culture, human resources, organizational design, business model, and growth.

Learning-by-Doing 62

Learning-by-Doing Price Bottom-up Finance 62

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Others talk about scheduling team meetings to clarify roles and responsibilities within the group or the staff members they've sent to training programs. 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.

Execution 14

Execution Team Chief Financial Officer Finance 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Education crowdfunder DonorsChoose.org, which finances classroom-based projects, is a good model of success. Executive Director Sister Paulette LoMonaco and her senior team identified the experiences to help 50 emerging leaders meet their professional development goals and the formal training needed to help them move up.

Development 8

Development Mentor COO CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2012

For highly regulated sectors like finance, social media can be a legal minefield. Just ask Gene Morphis, ex-CFO of clothing retailer Francesca's. Once a policy is in place, training is critical. "Follow us here for updates on our work, our research, and our people.". The risks and penalties are real.

Compliance 15

Compliance Media Compliance Officer Policies 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2012

The potential customer's VP of finance contacted Bill and asked him to prepare a proposal for a multimillion-dollar initiative. Throughout the process, Bill was never allowed to meet with the decision maker, the CFO. What's Wrong With Your Sales Training Program. Bill and a team spent several months preparing the bid.

Price 14

Price Chemicals Tactics CFO 14

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

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Access to finance , designing operational processes and systems , and building strong, talented management teams are just a few obstacles that many cite. Allianz employees are paired with social entrepreneurs for a five-day intensive workshop following a mandatory training session that prepares employees for their assigned projects.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Company Six Sigma Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2013

The chief financial officer (CFO) role rose to prominence in the mid -1980’s as pressures for value management and more transparent investor relations gained traction. The scale and scope of this adoption effort—which involves formal training, coaching, and metrics—shouldn’t be downplayed. Building frontline capabilities.

Chief Financial Officer 8

Chief Financial Officer Information Technology Metrics CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2018

.” As a result, Axelrod has worked to create a culture where everyone can have time for work and life, promoting flexible and remote work and opening an office closer to where people live to cut down on commutes – efforts which have reduced turnover and recruiting and training costs, and increased employee morale and productivity.

Banking 15

Banking Conference CEO Bottom-up 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

In later stages you’ll want people who think about how to scale through process, training, and systems. Strategies like outsourcing, hiring lower-cost people, or exotic employment offer tempting cost savings to the finance-minded folks. Keep in mind that early-stage customer people are different from late-stage customer people.

Metrics 13

Metrics Engineering Efficiency Learning-by-Doing 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2011

There are many moving parts in people's career decisions — family, the economy, finances — and you may simply not know what the next five years holds. And if Dennis leaves, I will keep the train going until we get a new dean. If you don't know, admit it. This may be true in some situations.

P&L 19

P&L Committee Career Case Study 19

Women on Business

JANUARY 25, 2011

It’s not rocket science, but it is surprising how many CFO’s and managers don’t stop to evaluate the effectiveness of their meetings. Assign tasks and ask if there are questions. Wrap up the meeting with a summary of accomplishments and next steps action items.

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Press Release Discount PR Magazine 140

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Also, Coe's managers were trained to approve lease agreements only for people who could afford the payments. And I would be more than happy to go down and train the staff there. Back at the office, Stan stopped by to see his CFO, Carl Amirault. Are we getting any of Mr. Rental's customers?" Stan asked. in big white letters.

Case Study 10

Case Study Marketing Real Estate Retail 10

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 12

Compliance Hedge Human Capital Finance 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2014

A similar proposal to Split Finance would likely have been rejected out of hand by organization leaders (and Harvard Business Review editors), because its obvious that the Finance function must fit the organization strategy and leader capabilities. Yet this evidence is apparently not well-known.

Charan 14

Charan Finance Human Resources Supply Chain 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Employee security training and best practices need to be user friendly and simple to be effective. They are shuttled into mandatory half-day security training sessions, at which they often spend time staring at their phones or pretending to pay attention. People fall for them because attackers have paid attention to detail.

FOB 8

FOB Guidelines Letter Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Listening, Derek Melis, his friend and CFO, was relieved. Rogier knew Derek’s position—but he had gone to an executive training course on holacracy in Las Vegas and had come back so fired up that he was now pushing for self-managed teams at headquarters and complete decentralization at the country level.

Case Study 8

Case Study Decentralization CFO Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Gloria surmised that Dr. Chavez needed another round of training. She didn't doubt the franchise owner's commitment to high-quality, holistic care; he was a star pupil in the most recent training course at headquarters. I'm not a finance person, but that seems too soon to me.". But Jorge clearly needed further coaching.

Case Study 13

Case Study Franchising Health Care Follow-up 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2011

There were few role models and little time for training. The wishes of a functional head such as CFO, CMO, or company President won out over a Process Owner of Order-to-Cash. How many times have you heard "I'm a finance person" or "I'm a marketer"?) If employees don't want to change, they have power.

Process 15

Process Champy Competitive Advantage Hammer 15