Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

Unlike a business, your personal brand doesn't have hours of operation, it simply is 24/7/365. Graham Keen "Inspirational CEO/CFO turned positive-psychologist resiliently transforming businesses & financial performance." I have a documented track record of business development, operational planning, and leadership.

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Brand Examples Career Godin 68

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2013

We asked Square''s CFO and Operations Lead, Sarah Friar , for perspectives on this technology, what it means for marketers, and how to manage in the world of mobile innovation. Do you have words of advice for people who are trying to manage the world of mobile innovation? Below is an edited version of our conversation.

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CFO Loyalty Technology Definition 8

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.

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CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2017

” The management literature is overflowing with advice on becoming the boss. Every organization has a slightly different framework of expected experience, but I like to look at this through the lens of strategy and operations. Yet the path narrows significantly as executives ascend closer to the top slots.

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CFO How To CIO Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2016

They had framing conversations with the CEO and CFO early on to discuss any financial or operational challenges. The Texas site alone produces more energy than what Owens Corning uses across its significant Texas operations. Seek advice on the accounting. Get early buy-in.

Energy 8

Energy Industry Finance CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2018

Water, no ice, please,” said Noelle Freeman, the CFO of Franklin Climate Systems. As CFO, Noelle was, of course, concerned about the numbers. She’d gone to Arkansas to review operational plans and financial projections for the rest of the year with the team on the ground. . Illustration by James Yang.

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Case Study CFO Bottom-up Operations 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Today, many high-profile companies— Cisco , Google , IBM , Samsung , Siemens , Disney , Volkswagen and Deutsche Bank , to name a few—contain such roving consulting groups to help solve the most critical strategy and operations problems throughout the business. We call everybody within the company a “client.”

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Consultative Team How To McKinsey 8

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.” The Future of Operations. Insight Center.

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Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

I Give This Blurb 3 Stars Operation Clean Turf and the War on Fake Yelp Reviews Businessweek Were the 19 companies accused of commissioning fake online reviews the only firms out there engaged in this nefarious practice? Then there''s the advice from "thought leaders," whose writing sometimes "reads like management-speak Mad Libs.”

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Review CFO PR Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

Stemberg turned to Basil Anderson, who had tackled similar challenges as CFO of Campbell Soup and Scott Paper. But Anderson, who had served as an independent director on the company’s board for several years, did this through having “tremendous relationships and credibility with the operating executives.”

Strategy 8

Strategy Chief Financial Officer Short-term Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

One of my students had a great piece of advice for her classmates. Managers who advance in their careers primarily by excelling at operational work go on doing operational work long after they could delegate those duties to other people. When the program ends, don’t let the day job reabsorb the learning time.

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Porter Delegation Learning-by-Doing Project 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2016

The second leader is Jennifer, a leader in operations with a team that had recently doubled in size after an acquisition. Someone was always stopping by her office to ask a question or seek advice. Take charge of your own development. He wanted to more purposely draw on that expertise now.

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Safe Harbor Goal Class Self-aware 8

Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 2, 2010

For years, I operated with the belief that all I had to do was come up with the most brilliantly creative and strategically sound solution. We work really hard on developing smart solutions, only to see them fail because we don’t have enough juice in the organization. And I say “we” because I’ve been as guilty of this as anybody.

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Influence Blog Politics Learning-by-Doing 275

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2015

If you were operating based on rational self-interest one could argue that you would buy as many tickets as possible. In order to reduce a Top Dog’s risk profile, think about the individuals to whom they turn for advice and validation. Imagine you’ve been offered a way to purchase $1 lottery tickets for a penny each.

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P&L Due Diligence CIO COO 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

If you or I were the CFO of a manufacturing company, and we were in a board meeting, and the board asked, “What is your manufacture and capacity utilization?” And we’re seeing these business leaders of tomorrow they’re really championing a new operating model of work. Alex, that’s such good advice.

Content 8

Content Crisis Apparel Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2013

Lees suggests you ask for your manager''s advice on how to best pitch yourself for the position. If people think of you as an excellent operations guy, they may have a hard time imagining you as a strategic thinker. This request will help you assess where he stands. "If Even a good reputation can act against you," Lees says.

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How To Reputation Case Study Career 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2017

One reseller posted a maintenance and repair content recommender, including video, on its site that bundled product and service advice. That represents an organizational, operational and cultural breakthrough, not just a digital one. Recommenders can be useful, useable, and used wherever people need suggestions and advice.

Engineering 8

Engineering Company White Paper Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

In Sarah’s opinion, the problem was obvious: Sid Yerby, the CFO. How could she or any of the other directors provide fiscal oversight without access to details of the company’s operations or accounting? In fact, one of her fellow directors had accused her of having a private agenda that included taking the CFO down a couple of pegs.

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Case Study Real Estate CFO Letter 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2011

People who have earned these belts drive projects with clear financial targets set at the top organization, with progress monitored by the CFO. In addition to laying out an approach for making one-time improvements, Reengineering's high priest (the late Michael Hammer) had advice for organizations wanting to sustain improvement.

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Six Sigma BPM Process Hammer 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2011

Air Products, Nokia, and Shell, among others, followed this advice and created top-level process owners. Air Products, for example, tripled corporate productivity (hard profit-and-loss benefits) from 2003 to 2006, and boosted operating return on net assets from 9.5% And they succeeded wildly. from 2004 to 2007.

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Process Champy Competitive Advantage Hammer 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2014

The company was known for being a generous donor to nonprofits, both in Minnesota and in the out-of-state cities where it had stores; it gave 5% of its pre-tax operating profits to charity each year. Camilla asked, referring to Natural Foods’ CFO. “He And Camilla had some good advice about ways we could stay active with less risk.”.

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Case Study Politics Committee Letter 9