HR Digest

OCTOBER 22, 2018

The HR is supposed to be a true partner to the CEO, just like the CFO. Such analysis should be provided by CHROs and not consultants. The CEO and CFO should work with the CHRO to establish the causes of misses in relation to the company’s social system such as how people work and not necessarily external factors.

CEO 63

CEO CFO McKinsey Human Resources 63

Tanveer Naseer

MAY 10, 2016

One of the hottest themes in management and leadership today is the importance of understanding the introvert at work. Research points out that while nearly half the population is introverted, extroverts hold the majority of leadership roles. The idea that workplaces reward extroverts has been around for a while.

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How To Diversity CFO Education 100

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

You can either ramble on about all the data you’re gathering and the analysis you’re doing or you can give them a brief yet powerful explanation of the idea you’re pursuing and why it’s exciting. The CFO will care about profits. The CFO might be interested but would wonder how profitable those sales will be.

Metrics 50

Metrics CFO Chief Financial Officer Marketing 50

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Further, if the rearguard strategy backfires, or is exposed by the press, this can amplify the damage to a company’s brand and leadership, not to mention potential legal consequences if a court can prove negligence.

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Chief Technology Officer Short-term How To Long-term 77

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Half are C-Suite level executives, meaning that they serve as CEO, CFO, COO or the board of directors at a company. Betsey Stevenson’s analysis of national data shows that the median state has a 17 percentage point difference between the ratio of male athletes to male students and that ratio for girls. We still have a ways to go.

Sports 16

Sports COO CFO Participative 16

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2017

Housing market price changes can be more accurately predicted from analysis of Google searches than by a team of expert real estate forecasters. When a change practitioner talks about data, typically that is qualitative information, generated by a root cause analysis workshop or similar.

Marketing 8

Marketing Root Cause Analysis Management Supply Chain 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 28, 2011

Unfortunately, with the focus on profit, solution placement, timelines, and commissions, the potential for true servant-leadership has been overlooked. Indeed, it’s possible to make money AND make nice. She then presents the same situation using Buying Facilitation ®. The result?

Servant Leader 50

Servant Leader Newsletter Resources CFO 50

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Our analysis uncovered the most common types of “pandas”: 36% of pandas related to executive presence. Take Jim, a front-runner CFO candidate for a leading medical device manufacturer on the verge of an IPO. 28% related to communication style. 29% related to peer-level relationships.

Career 15

Career CFO Sample Execution 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Analytics requirements can span business units, database and analysis systems, and reporting hierarchies. Who will champion enterprise-level analysis as opposed to business unit–level analysis? It is time to connect these groups, elevate analytics to a strategic corporate practice, and assign executive leadership to oversee it.

Company 8

Company COO Information Technology CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2018

Then a new CFO joined the company: Masashi Oka, a financial industry veteran who had played a key role in transforming Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group-owned Union Bank in the US. Thanks to the analysis, Nikon could identify and then interview past investors to understand the reasons they had purchased and then sold their Nikon shares.

Company 8

Company ROIC CFO Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Analytics requirements can span business units, database and analysis systems, and reporting hierarchies. Who will champion enterprise-level analysis as opposed to business unit–level analysis? It is also impossible to maintain consistency and efficiency when independent groups all pursue analytics in their own way.

Company 8

Company COO CFO Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Run a gap analysis. The company’s CFO asked a crowd of the company’s most accomplished finance leaders to raise their hand if they had attended an Ivy League school. In reality, many of the top performers at Intuit, including the CEO and CFO, did not hold degrees from an Ivy League school.

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Power Management Diversity CFO 12

Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 6, 2010

A few years ago, I learned a very important lesson about leadership succession during a coaching assignment. A CEO asked me to coach his potential successor, the CFO. It didn't take long before I just felt that the CEO just didn't like the CFO. It didn't take long before I just felt that the CEO just didn't like the CFO.

CEO 118

CEO CFO Skills Open-book 118

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2016

Success was measured quantitatively by the firm’s performance (profit and growth) vs. that of its competitors, and also qualitatively by interviews with senior executives who were involved, but not deeply invested, in the efforts (typically the CFO).

CFO 9

CFO Competitive Advantage Budgeting CEO 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2015

A new study by The Bridgespan Group, based on a survey of more than 400 nonprofit C-suite executives and dozens of interviews, surfaced this surprising finding and discussed how to address this leadership development deficit. Some leaders fear that their leadership development investments will walk out the door.

Development 8

Development Mentor COO CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2014

We have reviewed hundreds of corporate announcements and websites, interviewed numerous leadership experts, and conducted an analysis of CEO changes and successions over the past five years at S&P 500 and Global 100 companies. Through this effort, we have observed certain characteristics of this emerging trend.

CEO 12

CEO Contingency Plans Telecommunications Planning 12

Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 2, 2010

We’ve each taken on the topic of influence in leadership and are exchanging blog posts. This post isn’t intended to argue the merits of Obama’s politics, nor of the Times’ and other analysis. Leadership is as much about learning as it is about leading – and specifically learning other perspectives. and public opinion.”

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Influence Blog Politics Learning-by-Doing 275

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Scaling up comes with CFO and board pressure to gain efficiency, and the natural tendency of a business will be to squeeze customer teams. Don’t fall prey to analysis paralysis. Simplify metrics goals, and be careful about inundating them with so much analysis that they lose focus. Don’t delay. It’s rough.

Metrics 13

Metrics Engineering Efficiency Learning-by-Doing 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2011

The leadership got impatient waiting for demonstrated results. The analysis and design phase of a "bet your company" process change needs to be done thoroughly. Process champions must have them ready for the day when the CEO or CFO effectively says, "Show me the money.". What can we learn from this failure?

Process 14

Process Six Sigma Finance Short-term 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Your CFO and finance team can take a leadership role here. On the macro level, you can estimate the value of achieving customer loyalty leadership in terms of market share gains or revenue growth. You'll also need to supplement the root-cause disciplines with tools, processes and leadership support for learning and improvement.

Incentives 10

Incentives Sample Customer Loyalty Metrics 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2016

The next day, back in Istanbul, Sena met with Ahmet Ozan, the company’s CFO. That night Sena was sitting at the dining room table reviewing Ahmet’s analysis when Deniz came downstairs. . “Change is necessary to survival,” Sophie replied. “Yes, but maybe it doesn’t need to happen so fast.”

Case Study 8

Case Study CEO Banking Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2017

By one analysis , 88% of companies appearing on the Fortune 500 list in 1955 were not on it in 2014 (having merged, gone bankrupt, or fallen off the list). And the most-successful managers must change similarly as they assume additional or different responsibilities through their careers, moving from head of sales to COO or from CFO to CEO.

Agility 15

Agility Balanced Scorecard COO CFO 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2013

The stats below offer a startling glimpse into what work and leadership is like for women around the world. Taking a more in-depth examination of women and leadership, our September issue focuses on some of the complicated ways gender manifests itself in our workplaces. Leadership Qualities. They''re not all depressing.

P&L 13

P&L CFO Self-aware Globalization 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2016

They own the customer, they’re the advocate, and they have the analysis. When it comes time to set key performance indicators (KPIs) for the program, be sure to match them up against input from both your CMO and your CFO. Lack of momentum and sluggishness spell doom to a CX program, and leadership must propel the program.

Attrition 10

Attrition Metrics Net Present Value KPI 10

Marshall Goldsmith

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

You don’t get to be the CFO without knowing how to count, how to read a balance sheet, and how to handle money prudently. Who would you rather have as a CFO? previously published in Leadership Excellence). Behavioral issues become so important in upper management. And yet, the urge to win trumps our common sense.

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Skills CFO Cost-Benefit Analysis Welch 114

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

While the full article reveals plenty of differences in the issues of the two ages, much of the analysis rings as true today as it did when Stevenson battled Ike. Uncertainty Is on the Rise (CFO). Because the global economy is so intertwined, a lack of demand in Europe is bound to affect a business’s customers,” he says in CFO.

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CFO Uncertainty Leadership Styles Creativity 8