Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Sure, a disclosure is immensely beneficial in terms of buttressing industrial safeguards, national and global security, and customer protection – not to mention mitigating the longer-term repercussions of an attack – but so too can disclosure exact lasting damage on a bottom line. Fighting back.

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

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

Creating a framework for decisioning, using a published delegation of authority statement, encouraging sound business practices in collaboration, team building, leadership development, and talent management will all help even out the uneven. If conflict does flare up, you will likely minimize its severity by dealing with it quickly.

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Blog Brand CEO Consultative 282

The Practical Leader

JULY 11, 2012

After so many years of successful partnering with Jack Zenger at his previous company (he headed up Zenger Miller when I was a partner in The Achieve Group), I am quite excited to be working with him and his colleagues again. It’s a big step in our company’s growth and development.

White Paper 56

White Paper Drucker Leadership Development CFO 56

Roundtable Talk

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Posted on October 12, 2010 by LeaderTalker | Leave a comment So, the Globe and Mail is doing a big feature series on why there aren’t more women heading up Canadian corporations and, worse, why other countries are scooping our (apparently meager) female executive talent. Clark… can’t you do better than that? Are you kidding me? Happy leading!

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CFO Banking Belief Systems Godin 54

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

.” Pandas look innocent, but their powerful jaws deliver a bite stronger than a jaguars’ Pandas can be painfully costly to individuals whose careers stall for reasons unbeknownst to them and to organizations and managers unable to develop talented leaders to their full potential.

Career 15

Career CFO Sample Execution 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

Digital companies, however, consider scientists’ and software workers’ and product development teams’ time to be the company’s most valuable resource. In light of this, an employee is evaluated not based on what she contributed to the company’s bottom line, but whether she identified a new, breakthrough idea.

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Report GAAP Net Present Value CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

In our experience, companies that adopt this marketing analytics approach can unlock 10–20 percent of their marketing budget to either reinvest in marketing or return to the bottom line. CMOs need to start building this relationship by having a clear understanding of what CFOs expect.

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CFO Short-term Long-term Benchmarking 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2015

Distefano : Over the last number of years we’ve made numerous acquisitions in talent development and leadership development, and [that led us to] acquire more datasets and databases — almost 50 years worth of data for executive levels. At the bottom it’s critical, but it’s a lot less so at the top.

Execution 8

Execution CFO Self-aware Benchmarking 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. Nikon could then follow up by asking what would persuade the investor to repurchase. I assumed you had some further cost reduction up your sleeve.”

Company 8

Company ROIC CFO Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Lance was struck by what he saw in CFO Damon Ewen’s file. His CFO and his sales chief had been at loggerheads for a while. Ahmed accused Damon of throwing up roadblocks and using his power to undermine the sales department. “I did talk to that leadership development firm last year,” he said.

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Case Study Team CFO Merchandising 13

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2011

It focuses on the major management challenges that successful start-ups encounter when leaders decide to grow and scale their businesses. Customers don’t expect to get bottom-of-the-barrel prices everywhere they go, but they do expect to be treated with respect. Recently I ordered some shoes from Zappos that ended up not fitting.

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Learning-by-Doing Price Bottom-up Finance 62

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 28, 2011

Sharon Drew explores what happens when he stumbles in the dark trying to bring his fellow managers, the internal tech team (which is responsible for the current site), and the CFO (to whom the tech team reports) on board. Email This Post | Print Post | Sign up for our Email Newsletter Speak Your Mind Tell us what youre thinking.

Servant Leader 50

Servant Leader Newsletter Resources CFO 50

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2016

They put up almost no capital and usually lower their day-to-day energy costs. I spoke with Owens Corning execs, catching up after working with them a number of years ago, to understand how they did it. They held about 40 meetings with companies that had bought renewable energy and with big project developers. Get early buy-in.

Energy 8

Energy Industry Finance CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2013

When resources are allocated from the bottom up instead of from the top down, they get out of sync with what the senior team is trying to accomplish. It reflected the reality that a lot of GE’s growth will be coming from the developing world, and the leaders have to be there. We are shifting our center of gravity.”

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P&L Fixed Assets Charan Delegation 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2018

” So, when his daughter began lining up child care and preparing to go back to work after a three-month leave, the two grandmothers offered to take two days a week each. I’m going to push more responsibility onto them, which should help them develop faster. “The bottom line increases when you make these changes.”

Banking 15

Banking Conference CEO Bottom-up 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

How many companies have deployed internal wikis and social networks with great fanfare only to see slow take-up or a huge slow down after a few months? Even among digital natives, adoption of things like enterprise digital tools often doesn’t live up to lofty expectations. Engage your HR and Organizational Development people early.

Technology 8

Technology Metrics Budgeting CIO 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2016

” Hands shot up immediately, with responses like “Watch less TV!” A self-aware and seasoned leader, he recognized that he needed to rethink his support system, as he was really feeling the pressures of continued bottom-line performance in the context of slowing revenue growth. Take charge of your own development.

Safe Harbor 8

Safe Harbor Goal Class Self-aware 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Aubrey had transferred from the Coe's up in Flowing Wells, where he'd been the store manager for 10 years. He pointed up at the celebratory banner that still hung in the front of the store. She's can't believe all the things we can get up here. Back at the office, Stan stopped by to see his CFO, Carl Amirault.

Case Study 10

Case Study Marketing Real Estate Retail 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2011

Maybe, as a start, we ought to describe peopley stuff in more economic language, by putting it in some context that will help our CFO and engineering friends better understand how things relate to one another. He didn't say shove them in the back seat and ask them to sit down and shut up and let us drive. Or: S = (PT) C.

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Succession CFO Collins Bottom-up 15