Chart Your Course

JANUARY 13, 2017

Business leadership researchers tell us that the best traits for your CFO are emotional stability and global ethics. The finance department is your business foundation so you need it to be one that you can trust. They need to be tech experts, navigating your cloud contact center , social media and customer management systems.

CFO 100

CFO Chief Financial Officer Team Ethics 100

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Mark Tercek – President and CEO, Nature Conservancy – world leader in global conservation. Tony Marx – President and CEO, New York Public Library – the nation’s largest library system. World Economic Forum – Global Leader for Tomorrow. Previously Kevin was a leader in Electronic Data Systems and Ford. Corporate CEOs.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

A Roadmap For Recovery Stimulus dollars are headed toward businesses that support these Recovery Act goals: Healthcare : Modernize the healthcare system with electronic medical records systems. If your small business plan can move the nation forward, you’re a step closer to winning Uncle Sam’s financing and support.

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Press Release Discount Education Transportation 157

Women on Business

JANUARY 11, 2011

But now we have GPS, the Global Positioning Satellite, and somewhere up in the sky there is a satellite that knows where I am and beams down directions for me. Ask a colleague, friend, coach or mentor to hold you accountable this year and help you stay on track with your own personal navigation system. Have you ever experienced that?

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Press Release Succession Discount PR 160

Women on Business

JANUARY 3, 2011

Texting, Tweeting and More – How Your POS System Can Handle New Technology Guest post by Shannon Suetos (learn more about Shannon at. Stimmler, contributing Women on Business writer. Who’s on the Bus? Post by Tanya Goodwin-Maslach, contributing Women On Business writer Regardless. How Far Will You Go for Networking? Post by Jane K.

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Press Release Parcell Discount PR 160

Women on Business

JANUARY 23, 2011

Now DC workers are seeing a change in leadership across different agencies which may mean a new boss along with new systems and priorities. Training and Professional Development If there are new systems in place, or even old systems that could be more efficient, take the time to train the staff.

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Press Release Motivation Discount PR 100

Women on Business

DECEMBER 20, 2010

In the 1940’s there was a beautiful actress, Hedy Lamarr (think Angelina Jolie ), who along with composer George Antheil received a patent for their invention of a classified communication system that was especially useful to submarines in World War II. Did you know that Catherine Litchfield Greene invented the cotton gin?

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Press Release Discount PR Leadership 192

Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

systems, air travel feels a bit more like a chore than like a treat. If you think the business processes in your own company are complex, try running an operation globally that moves 5 billion passengers every year in roughly 25,000 commercial aircraft, via 15,000 airports located in 195 countries. logistics, and finance.

Industry 269

Industry Stage-Gate Organization Company 269

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2018

In every one of these cases, global competition changed the game forever. By almost any measure, American health care costs are out of control but the system refuses to change. health-care system is striving to get to.” system to innovate.” American consumer electronics industry seemed untouchable.

Health Care 15

Health Care System Innovation Price 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

Globalization is not what it was even a decade ago. The 20th-century version of globalization was defined by rapidly growing trade in goods, as major multinationals created supply chains that spanned the world. But globalization hasn’t gone into reverse. Rethink your global footprint and organizational structures.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain GDP Operations 8

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.

CFO 11

CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 11

Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

It isn’t entirely fair to heap all of the blame onto the CEO’s; there was another broken system at play, the Board of Directors. If we take past behavior as the best predictor of risk, HP’s new CEO seems pretty risky. HP Has Historically Had an Ineffective Board.

Hotels 150

Hotels Wireless CEO Long-term 150

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 23, 2016

As the talent ecosystem evolves to offer more options, talent systems have not kept pace. Typical systems are fragmented between disciplines like HR (which focuses on the internal, “permanent” workforce) and Procurement (which focuses on the external, “contingent” workforce), each with different and competing goals.

Strategy 8

Strategy Span of Control Finance How To 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2016

While no one advocates for labor abuses, poor working conditions are often seen as an inevitable consequence of global trade. However, until recently there was little evidence on this question in the countries that dominate global markets in low-cost manufacturing. Producers in less-developed countries compete by keeping costs low.

Lean Manufacturing 9

Lean Manufacturing Supply Chain Apparel Compliance 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2018

We base this claim about HR’s digital skills gap on the results of our latest global leadership survey. They can also consider partnering with colleagues proficient in finance technology for guidance about blockchain, a technology capable of transforming how HR stores and verifies private employee data.

Skills 12

Skills Survey Technology Strategic Planning 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

3D printing is poised to redefine global manufacturing and distribution. Leaders of corporate strategic development need to analyze all of these considerations and be prepared for disruption to ripple through many functions — not just product development and manufacturing, but also finance, tax, legal, human resources, and IT.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Execution Analysis Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2016

For example, the French global energy player ENGIE recently tilted its primary dimension from product (such as power, services, and infrastructure) toward region in order to better serve its clients in the territories in which it operates. When a company reorganizes, it’s often because the strategy has also changed. Don’t pretend.

Organization 8

Organization P&L Report Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2013

As many companies move from exclusively internal focused R&D to distributed-innovation systems (e.g., The biggest challenge is identifying the associated cost savings and headcount reductions and ensuring these funds or resources are allocated to growth and innovation projects. Participating in Strategy Formulation.

Enterprise Architecture 8

Enterprise Architecture CIO Horizontal Integration Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Today, the guild mentality persists within companies, where functions such as marketing, sales, finance, IT, human resources and R&D all have their own area of special expertise. Paul Leinwand is a Partner in Booz & Company's global consumer, media, and retail practice.

Operations 13

Operations Competitive Advantage Supply Chain Retail 13

HR Digest

JULY 29, 2020

If you analyze functions like finance, IT, and marketing you will find common drivers of success. According to Deloitte’s Global Human Capital Trends 2016 , “As technology makes data-driven HR decision-making a possibility, 77 percent of executives now rate people analytics as a key priority, up slightly from last year.

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Attrition Talent Management Agility Innovation 98

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2017

In such a system, employers protect workers from many of the vagaries of market forces; they take a longer-term perspective on firm performance, and favor corporate strategies that necessitate a stable, well-trained, and loyal workforce. In the post–World War II era up to the late 1970s, employment systems in the U.S.

Marketing 8

Marketing Short-term Incentives Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Lance Best, the CEO of Barker Sports Apparel, was meeting with Nina Kelk, the company’s general counsel, who also oversaw human resources. After all, sales and finance were often at odds in organizations, and the conflict hadn’t had a big impact on Barker’s revenues. He needed to fix this. Doing Just Fine.

Case Study 13

Case Study Team CFO Merchandising 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2012

In addition, a steady supply of workers is vital for the fiscal integrity of social security and health care systems. But there is more to human capital than education and training. In the context of a not-yet-entirely-settled system of healthcare finance in the U.S.,

Health Care 10

Health Care Human Capital Education Insurance 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

content (news, finance, weather) into two Chinese languages, and directory access to 20,000 web sites, an approach that the company had adopted elsewhere. We insisted that the local team follow Yahoo reporting, systems, and governance requirements. On the finance and deal side, we also felt a strong kinship with Tsai.

Chief Financial Officer 9

Chief Financial Officer Operations Learning-by-Doing IPO 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Challenged by other entrepreneurs in Scale Up Milwaukee’s Scalerator program to come up with a plan for rapidly ramping up his business, Cronce wondered: “What if I redefined Raphael as a strategic link in the global medical imaging supply chain, rather than as a paint shop?”

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Collins Golden Handcuff Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2012

It's difficult to overstate what a pillar of the global economy Libor is — it's used in setting interest rates that affect the daily lives of pretty much every citizen of every advanced economy across the globe. The most basic function of a financial system is to price money. You and I consent to the system.

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Price Short-term Proposal System 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2011

DuPont sent Donaldson Brown, a promising engineer-turned-finance staffer, to Detroit to sort things out, and sort them out he did. So it's time to address our measurement system seriously at the firm level. Brown noted a simple fact: Return on equity can be broken down into a three-part equation.

ROE 12

ROE Debt to Equity Ratio Innovation Incentives 12