Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2013

Ever since I started teaching leadership on mountaineering expeditions in the late 80''s, the question of how to develop leaders has absorbed me. I''ve designed and taught everything from one-day team buildings to 30-day wilderness trips, from business school classes to corporate trainings, from simulations to executive leadership courses.

Leadership 11

Leadership Committee CFO Learning-by-Doing 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2016

” He asked each student to get more specific, write down the goal, and bring it to the next class. With a wide grin, he told the kids to expect that he would periodically stop class throughout the year to engage everyone around how they were doing. Take charge of your own development. You and Your Team. Improving Yourself.

Safe Harbor 8

Safe Harbor Goal Class Self-aware 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2011

When one of Apple's design teams was tasked with developing a DVD-burning software program for high-end Macs, developers spent weeks putting together a plan. According to Fortune Magazine , only one executive at the firm — the CFO — has P&L responsibility. Apple employees accept that the firm is a meritocracy.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

They too have struggled to operate in complex environments, and have developed the skills and expertise to overcome these challenges. As testimony to its success, the program has received a net promoter score of 87%, which is well above the 75% threshold for companies garnering world-class loyalty.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Company Six Sigma Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2015

A new Conference Board study, as CFO magazine reported , reveals some startling growth in greener products at a dozen big companies like Kimberly-Clark, Dow, GE, Siemens, Toshiba, and more. Anytime the giants of an industry really start competing and collaborating on sustainability, it’s a very good development.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Chemicals Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Like any firm in need of business development, we build relationships with executives across the company, and pitch proposals. the CEO’s or CFO’s), but rather serve the needs of our internal project sponsors (usually at the CXO, EVP, and SVP level). A strong value proposition and a first-class recruiting engine.

Consultative 8

Consultative Team How To McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

If a company wanted to use astrology to pick a Scorpio instead of a Libra as the new CFO, there wouldn’t be any legal risks to doing so (as long as there wasn’t any correlation between astrological sign and candidates’ membership in “protected” classes of people). Reduce the risk of cheating.

Pre-Employment Screening 8

Pre-Employment Screening Human Resources How To CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

If a company wanted to use astrology to pick a Scorpio instead of a Libra as the new CFO, there wouldn''t be any legal risks to doing so (as long as there wasn''t any correlation between astrological sign and candidates'' membership in "protected" classes of people). Reduce the risk of cheating. But don''t overdo it. Test the tests.

Pre-Employment Screening 8

Pre-Employment Screening Human Resources How To CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2018

I’m going to push more responsibility onto them, which should help them develop faster. “I’m not sure when I first asked if I thought it would be successful,” said Hickox, now CFO of Independent Bank in McKinney Texas. He had to sell the idea to both his family and the other managers at work. That was in 2008.

Banking 15

Banking Conference CEO Bottom-up 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

This oft-heard defense of buybacks is clearly hollow: Once a CEO or CFO makes this claim, the company cannot sell the stock at a higher price for the benefit of the corporate treasury without signaling to traders that the stock is now over valued, something that no top executive would want to do. Buybacks are a major cause of U.S.

Price 8

Price Franchising Short-term CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2016

Recently, I was talking with a senior leader from a world-class global learning and development company. We were discussing his firm’s approach to teaching leadership. He was talking about how to help leaders influence others. I asked him, “Do you also teach leaders how to be influenced by others?”

Influence 8

Influence Six Sigma Open-book Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2013

Timothy Butler, a senior fellow and the director of Career Development Programs at Harvard Business School, agrees that self-assessments aren't the best way to evaluate performance, but believes they do serve a purpose: "They're an important source of information about what happened in the past year," Butler says. "If Ask for what you need.

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