Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

The CFO will care about profits. The CFO might be interested but would wonder how profitable those sales will be. He’s the managing director of thoughtLEADERS, LLC – a leadership development training firm. Copyright 2007-2016 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. The VP of Sales will care about sales. All rights reserved.

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Metrics CFO Chief Financial Officer Marketing 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Many managers want to be more inclusive. For the most part, managers are not given the right tools to overcome the challenges posed by implicit biases. But this demands a lot of cognitive energy, so over time, managers go back to their old habits. PATRIK STOLLARZ/Getty Images. But they don’t know how to get there.

Power 12

Power Management Diversity CFO 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2017

The answer involves radically reframing one of the mainstays of the C-suite — the role of the CFO. It’s no longer adequate or acceptable for CFOs to simply focus on managing the financial risks of a company. That said, it pays for CFOs to invest in the security of their company. Sponsored by Varonis.

CFO 9

CFO CIO Budgeting Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2018

Nikon, the legendary Japanese camera maker, provides a textbook study in how smart managers can work with strategic investors to transform a struggling business. By 2016, the rise of smart phones seemed to have made the company less relevant: Its revenues were at almost the same level they had been a full decade earlier.

Company 8

Company ROIC CFO Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2016

percent between the first quarter of 2015 and the first quarter of 2016. percent of retail sales in the first quarter of 2016. percent of retail sales shifted from offline to online between the beginning of 2015 and 2016. As the CFO of Macy’s put it recently, “ “We’re frankly scratching our heads.”

Retail 8

Retail Real Estate B2B CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2017

A recent Washington Post investigation titled “The big problem for Uber now: Attracting talent” detailed the roots of this problem throughout the company and at the top, where 13 of the top 20 management positions remain empty, including the positions of COO and CFO.

CEO 12

CEO IPO Energy COO 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

CEOs cannot manage their silos via hub-and-spoke and expect digital expertise to be properly incorporated in key decisions. ” Immelt elevated marketing and digital media when he promoted Beth Comstock to vice chair, while other positions, including that of the CFO, are at the senior vice president level. Cut layers.

Short-term 8

Short-term How To Venture Capitalist CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2018

Fast forward to 2016, and almost all of RedBalloon’s brand advertising was invested in traditional media outlets like radio, print, billboards, and pop-up retail stores. As a result, the conversion rate from Facebook campaigns managed by Albert increased by 750% in Albert’s first year of operation.

Retail 8

Retail Audience Budgeting Advertising 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

A central plank of the plan is to “return $8 [billion] to $9 billion to shareholders in 2015 and to reach the top end of its three-year target of returning $18 billion to $20 billion to them by the end of 2016.” ” In 2014, McDonald’s expended $3.2

Price 8

Price Franchising Short-term CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

Just as striking is her description of Uber’s HR organization, which advised Fowler that because the manager in question was a high performer, HR did not feel comfortable punishing him. By early 2016 there were 20 HR business partners, covering almost 6,000 employees. Are these acceptable growing pains? In one word: No.

Compliance 11

Compliance Hedge Human Capital Finance 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

In the past decade organizations have invested significant resources to try to address the gender gap in senior management. The only area where women pull ahead of men is in human resources, where they account for 71% of all HR managers. Brett (not his real name) was the CFO of a major multinational. But he did.

Team 8

Team Diversity Company Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2018

When my mother graduated from college in 1972, she interviewed at an investment bank where a manager told her that for certain positions, women were interviewed but never hired. I’ve also heard from male fund managers that they didn’t want to take on the “risk” of hiring a woman in their small shops.

Finance 8

Finance Policies Banking CFO 8