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The Benefits of a Chief Transformation Officer for Growth

N2Growth Blog

He highlighted the need for change as the main prerequisite of a successful transformation; being ex-McKinsey and a public official before this current role, Boris’s whole career revolved around extensive transformation processes. The core of this role is to keep all the steps mentioned above in action and functioning correctly.

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The Big Shift: Demand for Future Work Skills in 2021

HR Digest

Updated skills are the currency for future-proofing your career. Reskilling refers to learning new skills for a job switch or career pivot. Hire a Chief Future Officer (CFO). To accommodate the escalating speed of change and plans for the future, hire a new type of CFO. Turned out to be a great strategy for job relevance.

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Nice Guys Can Finish First

Marshall Goldsmith

Who would you rather have as a CFO? What if you had to prepare a resume where you couldn’t highlight the elite college you graduated from, or your five years at McKinsey, or even your title at your current job? All other things being equal, your people skills (or lack thereof) become more pronounced the higher up you go.

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Morning Advantage: My Kingdom for a Developer

Harvard Business Review

If you can't find 'em, you better keep 'em and train 'em, say three McKinsey consultants writing in their firm's eponymous quarterly. It's an "irreplaceable motivator for high-performing technology staff," McKinsey reports. Facebook Flop Won't Scare Off Growth-Company Listings (CFO). INSIDE OUT OR OUTSIDE IN?

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Tammy Erickson – McKinsey award-winning author. Bill began his career with Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Facebook’s first HR hire, she has led global people programs, been an HR Business Partner, and CFO. and The Career Playbook. Martin Lindstrom – TIME – World’s 100 Most Influential People.

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Why and How to Build an In-House Consulting Team

Harvard Business Review

In-house strategy and consulting groups are growing in popularity , supplementing and increasingly winning business from traditional consulting firms such as McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group and Bain & Company. McKinsey, Bain, or Boston Consulting Group). We call everybody within the company a “client.”

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How Digital Leaders Get the Right Work Done - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM WORKFRONT

Harvard Business Review

Well, Angelia, according to a recent study by McKinsey, over $1.3 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?” ’ takeaway from this book that I want you to put to work in your career”?