N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

If your CFO handles all communications with your banking relationships, and your Chief Investment Officer handles all of your investor relations, you’re flat out missing the boat. If your CMO is making all of your brand decisions there will be h*ll to pay down the road.

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Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

There is a big difference between “knowing that you can” and “deciding that you want to” and at Bettcher we use a toll gate product development process fashioned after Robert Cooper’s StageGate process. So into the “Scoping” stage we go and the learning begins. Million; not big, but interesting.

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Roundtable Talk

OCTOBER 12, 2010

And, I had to wonder, how motivating did Colleen Johnston, CFO, TD Bank Financial Group find that comment? Share this: This entry was posted in Leadership , Authenticity and tagged Ed Clark CEO TD Bank , Colleen Johnston CFO TD Bank Financial , walking the talk , lack of authenticity , womens advancement. Happy leading!

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 28, 2011

Sharon Drew explores what happens when he stumbles in the dark trying to bring his fellow managers, the internal tech team (which is responsible for the current site), and the CFO (to whom the tech team reports) on board. But I’m getting ahead of myself. She then presents the same situation using Buying Facilitation ®. The result?

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Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

Establishing a personal brand carries even more weight when you’re responsible for developing and leading others. Graham Keen "Inspirational CEO/CFO turned positive-psychologist resiliently transforming businesses & financial performance." In 2011, he was signed to Ellen DeGeneres' label, eleveneleven. It will pay off.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

I've written about the rising significance of soft skills, including in the March 2011 issue of HBR (coauthored with Kevin L. That's one reason that job rotation is more common than ever as a development tool. So, for instance, if you want a top finance job it's not enough to be the best CFO in the U.S.;

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Roundtable Talk

MARCH 12, 2010

The CFO, who is the named successor for the Prez, is Ricardo’s #1 detractor. And so here’s my cautionary point of this post… when Ricardo’s supportive boss swans off into retirement, who’s gonna have dear Ricardo’s back?

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Strategy Driven

JULY 27, 2011

Sharon Drew explores what happens when he stumbles in the dark trying to bring his fellow managers, the internal tech team (which is responsible for the current site), and the CFO (to whom the tech team reports) on board. The systems designers were able to elicit the right data and develop the exact right design the first time with no redos.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2014

BlueArc’s CFO, Rick Martig, and other executives gathered market data to support the investment in the mid-tier data storage product. Martig was a seasoned CFO with years of forecasting experience in technology firms. By 2011, the company revenues were $86 million, and it filed for its own public stock offering.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

For example, GE has created a digital platform in the energy sector that its own and third-party software developers can write applications to. In 2011 GE, the company famous for exporting great leaders, imported one when it recruited Bill Ruh from Cisco to lead GE’s push into software and analytics. Cut layers.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Recent data shows the majority of companies worldwide (71 percent) don’t have a clearly defined strategy for grooming and developing women as company leaders, according to a 2011 Women’s Leadership Development Survey conducted by Mercer. gaining experience in the many facets of workforce planning, development and analytics.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2018

However, Nokia held on to Symbian until 2011, when it eventually switched to Windows operating system, which also underperformed. In particular, top managers and even some board members were unable or afraid to voice their concerns about the severity of the threats and to develop a stronger response.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Three and a half months after announcing a price increase in July 2011, Netflix had lost 800,000 customers and its stock nosedived from $291 to $75. When I spoke with a CFO about this recently, he said: "Rafi, the key is to not let a price hike become emotional to customers, because that's when they become irrational and ultimately leave.".

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2011

In addition to the real-world knowledge that students will derive from the cases, readers will take away research-based templates and models that they can use in developing or consulting with small businesses. When your competition is scrounging for customers, you have to hold yours close, and that starts with great customer service.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

And as an HBS white paper points out, even some of today’s most mainstream executives — from the CTO to even the CFO — were once just new positions created to deal with “significant opportunities and risks emerging from technological or social disruptions.” Insight Center. The Future of Operations.

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 2, 2010

We work really hard on developing smart solutions, only to see them fail because we don’t have enough juice in the organization. This is an important point for all business leaders, but in my experience, I believe marketers are particularly prone to what I call “smart syndrome.” And I say “we” because I’ve been as guilty of this as anybody.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 25, 2011

I have learned over the years to make meetings meaningful and productive, but it has become a developed skill over time. It’s not rocket science, but it is surprising how many CFO’s and managers don’t stop to evaluate the effectiveness of their meetings.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

ran, a Florida-based shopping-center-development group, and she was devoted to both him and his firm. In Sarah’s opinion, the problem was obvious: Sid Yerby, the CFO. The young and inexperienced CEO confessed that he often felt uncomfortable asking tough questions of the CFO, an industry veteran who was 10 years his senior.

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