Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 4, 2012

Have you heard anything, positive or negative? If you answered E : C stands for Chief, as in Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operations Officer, Chief of Staff, Police Chief, Chief Rabbi, Commander in Chief, Chief Justice, Chief Sitting Bull, etc….

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Leadership Development Development Chief Financial Officer Chief Operating Officer 229

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2016

What receives far less attention is that, more and more in our increasingly complex, volatile, and fully-globalized business world, the effectiveness of such action depends on a powerful partnership between the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and the General Counsel (GC).

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CFO Chief Financial Officer Compliance Due Diligence 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2011

In one recent case, the chief financial officer of a small company was fired for possible expense account violations, and he was also seen as a poor strategist and weak team player. Do keep telling your positive story about the organization's purpose, mission, goals, and accomplishments. The former CFO did not go quietly.

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CFO Chief Financial Officer Cooper Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

So founder and CEO Tom Stemberg hired John Wilson as head of strategy and chief financial officer. But Anderson, who had served as an independent director on the company’s board for several years, did this through having “tremendous relationships and credibility with the operating executives.”

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Strategy Chief Financial Officer Short-term Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

In our recent HBR article , we argued that financial statements fail to capture the value created by modern digital companies. Since then, we interviewed several chief financial officers (CFOs) of leading technology companies and senior analysts of investment banks who follow technology companies.

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Report GAAP Net Present Value CFO 8

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. Things hadn’t gone well up until that point.

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Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

In addition they operate from a plan — however confidential it may be — to strengthen the team year over year. 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.

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Execution Team Chief Financial Officer Finance 14

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. Having experienced, expert inside lawyers inside is the best way of controlling outside legal costs.

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Chief Financial Officer Trends Crisis Definition 8

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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Price Credit Rating Finance Chief Financial Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

We operate in a business landscape driven by an obsession with youth. The organizational "geography" also matters — chief marketing officer versus chief financial officer. Sales positions are not as accepting of the aging process.". I should know. Be aware of how you present yourself.

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COO Chief Financial Officer Telecommunications Technology 13

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

It is due to these workers that success can be achieved, and that the day-to-day operations run smoothly. Every single person has a certain role to play within the business operations. For instance, you can outsource a chief financial officer that can offer advice to the company on how to best improve their profitability.

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Company Chief Financial Officer How To Outsourcing 57

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. From the outset, all three men viewed themselves as serving in multiple roles: founder, custodian, brand manager, chief financial officer, recruiter, and head of consumer insights. Everything changes.

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Brand Merchandising Chief Financial Officer Retail 8