Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

At the same time, alternative approaches to accessing capital and funding projects proliferated, forcing financial decision-making to become increasingly sophisticated. Finance Human resources' Financial capital was recognized as the scarce resource and its shortage a significant constraint on growth. Even HR itself agrees.

CFO 11

CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Human-capital issues are top-of-mind for CEOs around the world — but their regard for the HR function remains perilously low: In a PwC study , only 34% said that HR is well prepared to capitalize on transformational trends (compared with 56% for finance). Sadly, chief executives aren’t the only ones with this negative perception.

Human Capital 14

Human Capital Charan Human Resources Cost 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2017

Let’s look at how a couple of job hunters I’ve worked with, an administrative assistant and a C-suite executive, translated their notes into effective résumés. Initiate whatever needed to ensure projects’ success. Establish functions from scratch — Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Sales, and HR.

COO 13

COO Chief Operating Officer Transportation Real Estate 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Despite five years of explicit and repeated warnings, the executive team and the board of directors were remarkably slow to see the breadth and gravity of this fraud, and to address it effectively. They had a fuller discussion in 2013–2014 — around the time when media reports of the illicit behavior first surfaced.

Banking 10

Banking Committee Leadership Ethics 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2018

It might even be better for older executives than recent grads. Back in 2013, a much-touted survey suggested that by 2020 — just over a year from now — a whopping 40% of the workforce would be so-called contingent workers, a number that would include contractors, temps and the self-employed. 1: Millennials love to gig.

Quinn 10

Quinn Entrepreneur IPO Survey 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 28, 2015

” asked the Scandinavian executive. Most Western executives have limited exposure to a frontier market until they are relatively senior in their careers. These executives –each responsible for advising clients or deploying money in emerging markets – underestimated the number by a factor of ten.

Marketing 8

Marketing Career Wireless Decentralization 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

As an organization or project grows, and as its challenges change, it not only needs to recognize new priorities, it needs to delete or deemphasize old ones. In other words, successful scaling means finding ways to limit the number of things that people are expected to focus on and execute. Sales doubled in 2013.

Venture Capitalist 8

Venture Capitalist Brainstorming Proposal CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Professionals from the banking, finance, investing, and accounting worlds. In the past few weeks, a cannabis-focused private equity firm hired a former DEA agent and a publicly traded marijuana company brought on a former executive at Yahoo and Microsoft as its president. And more are joining every day. The list goes on.

Industry 10

Industry Retail Banking Brand 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Predictions are that 2013 will be even more active as companies that have stockpiled cash look to invest in new growth opportunities. Some executives deal with this problem by hiring armies of consultants to do the heavy lifting. What managers can be freed up to contribute to the integration projects? Odds are the answer is yes.

Compliance 8

Compliance Resources Consultative Document 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

Senior executives should not lose perspective on the enormous opportunities in Iran, but they must be prepared to navigate some serious challenges. sanctions are delaying these projects being financed. However, oil prices have dropped more than 60% since the interim nuclear deal in November 2013. The Challenges.

Tourism 8

Tourism Banking Due Diligence Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2015

Although the Eurozone’s 19 finance ministers recently threw Greece a much-needed economic lifeline , and the latter repaid the first of four loan installments that it owes the IMF in March 2015, there’s no long-term relief in sight for the troubled economy. in 2013; and by an estimated 2.8% in 2012; 5.4%

GDP 8

GDP Real Estate Tourism Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2015

The politics of office life seldom fail to flummox and frustrate the top female executives my partners and I coach and train. In 2013, we conducted a number of interviews and surveyed 270 female managers in Fortune 500 organizations to determine what they liked and disliked about business meetings. Get yourself an agent.

Politics 8

Politics Strategy 360-Degree Feedback Mentor 8