Harvard Business Review

APRIL 24, 2015

It’s understandable that most CEOs try to manage their boards. At most companies, despite all the best intentions, managing the board usually means keeping directors at arm’s length. But as I learned over the course of my career, there’s a better approach with boards. You don’t need special charisma.

CEO 8

CEO 360-Degree Feedback Management Charisma 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Listen here to learn more about what Shootman calls the “digital work crisis.” Alex, you use a term, digital work crisis, to describe what’s going on in our workplaces today. And that’s really the source of this digital work crisis. And this is the digital work crisis. Angelia Herrin, HBR.

Content 8

Content Crisis Apparel Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2015

Brownout, a term also used to describe part of the life cycle of a star, is different from burnout because knowledge workers afflicted by it are not in obvious crisis. Ten years later, he was the global CFO of his firm. A natural time for this to be positioned is during the annual review process.

CIO 8

CIO CFO Crisis Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Over the past six years, we have put in place a 30-person consulting team at EMC Information Infrastructure (EMC II) using a model we have found to be successful, winning projects away from external management consulting firms at a fraction of the cost, and with great “client” (that is to say, EMC) satisfaction.

Consultative 8

Consultative Team How To McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2017

Manage the village. If it takes a village to raise a child, your job is to build and manage that village the same way you would a project team at work. Downloading “life hack” apps onto your phone can help you move from “overwhelmed and exhausted” to “busy but managing.”

Stress 14

Stress Long-term Short-term Contingency Plans 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2011

If there is a bubble and it does burst, it stands to reason that the schools that weather the crisis relatively well will be those that provide considerable educational value. I credit that human capital bump for a wide-ranging and successful business career, one that included stints as CFO, GM, entrepreneur, and consultant.

Education 15

Education Human Capital Class CFO 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2018

Some people’s careers take off, while others’ take longer — or even stall out. They do it by making bold career moves over the course of their career that catapult them to the top. We found that three types of career catapults were most common among the sprinters. John Holcroft/Getty Images.

CEO 8

CEO CFO P&L Career 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Listening, Derek Melis, his friend and CFO, was relieved. Rogier hadn’t once mentioned holacracy or self-managed teams, even though the executive team and the board had been talking for months about transitioning to just such a system at the global construction company. Vera’s Perspective.

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Case Study Decentralization CFO Construction 8