HR Digest

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Most CEOs rank HRs as the eighth most important function in their organization, according to a research by McKinsey. The HR is supposed to be a true partner to the CEO, just like the CFO. That’s absolutely wrong. Here are the essential CHRO roles every CEO must support -. 1. Predicting outcomes.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Workers who adapt and grow with the organization in a time of accelerated change will be able to launch products and services that meet market needs. Senior leaders and staff benefit from enhancing their technical knowledge with natural and learned behaviors like empathy or leadership. Hire a Chief Future Officer (CFO).

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Marshall Goldsmith

JUNE 16, 2013

Who would you rather have as a CFO? What if you had to prepare a resume where you couldn’t highlight the elite college you graduated from, or your five years at McKinsey, or even your title at your current job? Leadership' Pick one, any skill that you feel you’re lacking.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2012

Just take a look at these excerpts from interviews with global leaders at McKinsey Quarterly — they read like transcripts from a therapy session. The greatest leadership challenge, they say, has been dealing with the rise in external crises — the collapse of Lehman Brothers, earthquakes, floods. It isn't easy.

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CFO McKinsey Uncertainty Globalization 13

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

JUNE 16, 2015

And as an HBS white paper points out, even some of today’s most mainstream executives — from the CTO to even the CFO — were once just new positions created to deal with “significant opportunities and risks emerging from technological or social disruptions.” In other words, they need to use less stuff.

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