Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2015

Last month, Patrick Pichette, Google’s 52-year-old chief financial officer, announced that he was retiring to spend more time with his family. Gender comes into play here as well: women lost more emotional support than men when they negotiated competitively, and gained less than men when they negotiated cooperatively.

Career 8

Career Chief Financial Officer Cooper Resistance 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2011

Early in my career, when sharing a vacation house with a group of friends, I learned an important lesson from a classic book by anthropologist Mary Douglas, Purity and Danger : It takes a lot of people cooperating to keep things neat, but it takes only one disgruntled dirt-monger to mess things up.

CFO 15

CFO Chief Financial Officer Cooper Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

According to ThedaCare's chief financial officer, Tim Olson , top management viewed it as a significant waste of time. ThedaCare also introduced a daily financial management tool for department managers. This shift will require personal transformations for most C-level executives, especially the chief financial officer.

Budgeting 11

Budgeting Chief Financial Officer Cost CFO 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Because "business in society" issues pose so much risk (and in some cases opportunity), the general counsel is viewed in many companies having the same stature as the Chief Financial Officer.

Chief Financial Officer 8

Chief Financial Officer Trends Crisis Definition 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Local suppliers and their sub-contractors are susceptible to pressure to behave “patriotically” when authorities convey the message, however tacitly, that lack of cooperation with foreign multinationals is in the national interest. Yuji Sakai/Getty Images.

Chief Financial Officer 8

Chief Financial Officer NGO Technology Offshoring 8