Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Many managers want to be more inclusive. For the most part, managers are not given the right tools to overcome the challenges posed by implicit biases. But this demands a lot of cognitive energy, so over time, managers go back to their old habits. PATRIK STOLLARZ/Getty Images. But they don’t know how to get there.

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Power Management Diversity CFO 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Managers often think about their careers in terms of winning and losing. But what about those whose careers are sidetracked or derailed when passed over for a key assignment or big promotion? Very few managerial careers proceed upward in a straight line. The lesson here is that careers aren’t just about “winning.”

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Career Examples Supply Chain CFO 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

It’s easy to be confused about how to grow in your career. From a business strategist who can appear aloof and dismissive of those with less intellectual horsepower, to a general manager who aligns and inspires her region through personal connections and demonstrates genuine care for people. franckreporter/Getty Images.

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Career Chief Financial Officer Supply Chain Chief Information Officer 8

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Thinkers50 – World’s Most Influential Management Thinkers. Called ‘The Academy Awards of Leadership’ by the Economist, Thinkers50 is the world’s most reliable resource for identifying, ranking and sharing the leading management ideas of our age. World authority on project management. Co-author: Predictable Magic.

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Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2016

Most new businesses do fail, and many women who take time off work to raise children have a hard time returning to the career track. If you’re planning to launch a startup, for instance, your colleagues might have highlighted concerns about your finance skills. The truth is, your colleagues are right to be skeptical.

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Career Hedge CFO Advice 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2017

The career question I hear most often from rising senior leaders is this: “How do I get on the C-suite shortlist?” ” The management literature is overflowing with advice on becoming the boss. With transparency in succession planning becoming a priority, career management for senior executives becomes easier.

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CFO How To CIO Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Most people come out of business schools fairly well armed with technical skills, but the softer side of management — communication, collaboration, cross-cultural intelligence, for instance — has dramatically grown in importance, and will continue to do so. you have to be the best CFO in the world. Here are five reasons.

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Execution P&L CFO Globalization 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

But does your manager's manager know what you've done recently? If you can't answer these questions, then getting to know this leader could advance your career. I can name several times in my own career when my manager's immediate superior was a key factor. What does he think of you? Here are some suggestions.

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Public Relations Human Resources CFO Career 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Virtually all leaders espouse the benefits of a strong management team. These differences in philosophy and approach frequently differentiate those who advance to and succeed at the executive level — and those who stay in the ranks of middle management. However, they use starkly different levers to build one. Don't get me wrong.

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Execution Team Chief Financial Officer Finance 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Indeed, surveys show that managers and executives describe the “ideal worker” as someone with no personal life or caregiving responsibilities. He had to sell the idea to both his family and the other managers at work. “We all wanted to do work and life differently,” DeGroot told me. “We kept trying.

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Banking Conference CEO Bottom-up 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2011

Knowing and communicating your career goals is challenging for even the most ambitious and focused person. In today's work world, careers take numerous twists and turns and the future is often murky. You have to clarify for yourself what you aspire to do with your career before you can communicate it confidently to others.

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P&L Committee Career Case Study 18

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2011

And Mark Perry , a professor of economics and finance at the University of Michigan, puts it in perspective with a handy chart.). The essential question, therefore, is: What is the logic for having world-class academic researchers (who, for the most part, have never managed a business themselves) teach business classes to MBA students?

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Education Human Capital Class CFO 15

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?” The first is this notion that the challenges at work, the challenges of managing modern work, really are a crisis. Think about that, Angelia.

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Content Crisis Apparel Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2016

He was the CFO of their company, a software start-up with about 75 employees. He led the finance team. They managed to keep the fledgling relationship secret for three weeks. He claimed he was busy with work, but it was the middle of the quarter, and no big management or board meetings were on the docket. Brad: Fun night.

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Case Study Conference Hotels COO 8

Women on Business

JANUARY 25, 2011

If you learn to plan, structure, and participate in meetings effectively, you will be able improve your own time management and productivity as well as that of other participants. It’s not rocket science, but it is surprising how many CFO’s and managers don’t stop to evaluate the effectiveness of their meetings.

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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. The two men went way back. Vera’s Perspective.

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