In the CEO Afterlife
SEPTEMBER 6, 2011
The day the Jacobs Suchard (now part of Kraft Foods ) Board of Directors promoted me to the C-Suite, they strongly suggested I align myself with the CFO. My regret is that I did not free up my other hip for Human Resources, a group of eager young managers at the rear of the functional pecking order.
LDRLB
SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
The day the Jacobs Suchard (now part of Kraft Foods ) Board of Directors promoted me to the C-Suite, they strongly suggested I align myself with the CFO. My regret is that I did not free up my other hip for Human Resources, a group of eager young managers at the rear of the functional pecking order.
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N2Growth Blog
AUGUST 22, 2010
My advice to CEOs, regardless of whether you’re running a start-up or a Fortune 500 company, is to go see things for yourself. 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.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 29, 2014
In the July/August issue of HBR , Ram Charan argues that the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) role should be eliminated, with HR responsibilities funneled in two separate directions — administration , led by traditional HR-types, reporting to the CFO; and talent strategy , led by high-potential line managers, reporting to the corner office.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 2, 2017
” The management literature is overflowing with advice on becoming the boss. One CFO I know managed finance for a spin-off firm when it went public and then returned to the parent company in a corporate position. Yet the path narrows significantly as executives ascend closer to the top slots.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 5, 2016
Under this financing structure, the company contracts to buy kilowatts, not the turbines and panels. They had framing conversations with the CEO and CFO early on to discuss any financial or operational challenges. Seek advice on the accounting. They put up almost no capital and usually lower their day-to-day energy costs.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 3, 2018
At one point, the CEO indicated that he would know that the right shift had occurred when the CFO, chief strategy officer, and other C-level leaders were seeking the CMO’s advice on strategic business problems. “I needed to earn the right to be invited into key, firm-level strategic decisions.”
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