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Leading Blog
JUNE 5, 2019
Brian Paradis was the Chief Financial Officer for Florida Hospital when he was tasked with leading the troubled organization in 2006. It is how successful leaders in business, in all walks of life, in fact, operate: by keeping their eyes on today and on the vision— always moving forward. Your ego must be managed.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 9, 2016
His prize, Victoria’s Secret, will generate $8 billion in revenue this year and operates in a dozen countries. But they had energy, curiosity, courage, and a willingness to adapt to new circumstances. They operated on shoestrings. Today he leads an enterprise that has cumulatively created over 10,000 stores.
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Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 6, 2014
In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. The company was owned by management, venture capitalists, and SoftBank.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 29, 2011
Virtually all leaders espouse the benefits of a strong management team. These differences in philosophy and approach frequently differentiate those who advance to and succeed at the executive level — and those who stay in the ranks of middle management. However, they use starkly different levers to build one. Don't get me wrong.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 11, 2013
At the annual conference of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners late last month, former Enron Chief Financial Officer Andrew Fastow, who served six years in prison for his part in Enron''s deceptions, offered an explanation. So why did Enron go bankrupt? Was it because of the fraud, or was there another reason?
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