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5 Leadership Lessons I Learned by Walking the Camino de Santiago

Leading Blog

I first walked that trail – 435 miles over 29 days – in 2013 and have returned twice since. He has 20+ years of experience in corporate and government leadership, including positions as COO of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, strategy consultant with Bain & Company, and marketing executive with Capital One.

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Writing Your Résumé When Your Job Title Doesn’t Reflect Your Responsibilities

Harvard Business Review

Described by faculty as “the Hope Diamond among the many gems on staff” when received 2016 and 2013 Staff Excellence Awards. Meghna has been COO of a small market research company since she earned her MBA several years ago. Establish functions from scratch — Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Sales, and HR.

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The Rebirth of the CMO

Harvard Business Review

McKinsey’s DataMatics 2013 survey shows that companies that use customer analytics extensively are more than twice as likely to generate above-average profits as those that don’t. The CMO also worked with the finance office and product managers to link pricing and benchmark data into the RFP process, which improved quality and response times.

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