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Leading by Cause

Lead Change Blog

In their CFO Magazine piece, “ How An Obsession with Metrics Is Killing Your Company ”, authors Alexander Van Caeneghem and Jean-Marie Bequevort , write, “The quest for financial performance and the pressure to measure can corrode organizational cultures, narrow the focus of leadership, reduce intrinsic motivation, and support unethical behavior.

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The Big Shift: Demand for Future Work Skills in 2021

HR Digest

Business development. Software and app developers. Business development is the only job description based on power skills. Hire a Chief Future Officer (CFO). To accommodate the escalating speed of change and plans for the future, hire a new type of CFO. Digital marketing and strategy specialists.

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Female Leadership on the Decline in Canada :: Women on Business

Women on Business

CEO, CMO, COO, CIO, CFO, etc.), Furthermore, of the 535 highest paid and most senior positions at those companies, only 5.8% are held by women (down from 6.9% in the prior year). One more disheartening statistic shows that only 26% of those companies have at least one woman in an executive officer’s position (e.g.,

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Avon CEO Andrea Jung Takes Seat on Apple's Board :: Women on Business

Women on Business

 Jung has been credited with turning the once ailing Avon around and has appeared on Fortune’s list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business for several years. She’s taking over the seat formerly occupied by Apple’s former CFO, John Anderson, who resigned amidst a stock options backdating scandal.

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No Better Time

Persuasive Powerhouse

An enterprise business model was developed that takes in all the processes across all the business areas. Processes are categorized by a Business Cycle (end to end business process) which are “owned&# by a majority of non-financial senior leaders. The CFO owns a couple.

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Five Ways to Make the Most of a “Strategic Pause”

CEO Insider

One of my coaching clients is an entrepreneur whose business looks great on paper. In year 2–3, she had made a whopping 83% profit. Everything seemed to be going perfectly. Yet, when we took what I call a “strategic pause” to review her goals, I noted that personally, she wasn’t doing great.

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Why More Executives Should Consider Becoming a CHRO

Harvard Business Review

If you’re a business leader looking for an opportunity to have real impact on your company — and position yourself for the top job — which career path is best? Earlier in her career, she left a position as SVP of business development and emerging businesses to join Boston Scientific in a senior line job.

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