Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2014

Margot, my client, was offered a “great” job as the CFO of a fledgling unit within her company. In her landmark study published in 2003, Linda Babcock found that women don’t get ahead at work because they don’t step up and ask for money and promotions. She did the CFO role well for a few months. My first thought?

360-Degree Feedback 8

360-Degree Feedback CFO Career Trends 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2013

They resist getting their hands dirty alongside the CIO, even though many of them will readily get down into the mud of a balance sheet with the CFO or strategize the details of global brand issues with the CMO. These and other IT-related problems aren''t rooted in technology but in leadership failings.

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CEO CIO Technology CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2011

Air Products, for example, tripled corporate productivity (hard profit-and-loss benefits) from 2003 to 2006, and boosted operating return on net assets from 9.5% Attention shifted : The effort to install process owners started out with top management support and attention, but then more urgent issues arose, or senior leadership changed.

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Process Champy Competitive Advantage Hammer 15