Lead Change Blog

MAY 1, 2017

Welcome to the May 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Everyone knows the roles and responsibilities for a CEO, CFO and CTO but change the wording and a different picture emerges. Mike Hoban of Development Dimensions International (DDI) provided Could Siri Become Your Leadership Coach?

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Leading Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

W HEN A CEO first assumes their position or joins a new company, they’re often quick to make changes to the executive team, creating a group of trusted advisors who will drive their strategic agenda. Companies are also facing heightened expectations about their role in society. You have to put the company ahead of each business.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Entrepreneurs are actually not risk takers,” says X.com CFO Roelof Botha. This led him to develop what he called an “idiot index,” which calculated how much costly a finished product was than the cost of its basic materials. If you’re unwilling to invest in a company, he felt, you shouldn’t qualify as a founder. But not Musk.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Welcome to the November 2016 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! As I was reviewing this month’s submissions to the Leadership Development Carnival, I was wishing we could all get together in a room to exchange these ideas more deeply and directly. Joel recaps: “Have you developed your personal brand?

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 1, 2014

The company was harvesting its mature and declining business in order to pump cash into its growth bets. This company had a proud tradition of investing in the development of its employees. A new CFO came on board and decided that training was a luxury that could no longer be afforded.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 5, 2018

I F PEOPLE NOT COMPANIES, generate value, why isn’t talent at the center of every company’s strategy? This is a group that consists of the CEO, the CFO, and the CHRO (Chief Human Resources Officer). Together, they “lead the way on anything where the deployment of talent influences the company’s results.”

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Rich Gee Group

AUGUST 31, 2015

What past decisions are holding the company behind? What areas might take the company to the next level? For some positions (CFO, CIO), all their hard work to make it to the table is now useless when they need to use skills other than IQ: Communication – Communicate clearly and concisely. The post Developing The CEO Within You.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

All three candidates are experienced individuals in their own fields and should help the company achieve accelerated growth in the industry. The updates to the Walgreens executive team were announced by CEO Tim Wentworth who also took up the position at the company quite recently, appointed in October 2023.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Ask any career-oriented woman about her top work-related concerns, and she will likely rank having access to high-quality jobs at desirable companies and having equitable opportunities to advance within those organizations at the top of the list. Take a quick scan of the managers and company leaders.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 13, 2023

According to a report by Accenture, although CEOs recognize the importance of utilizing data, technology, and people for growth, only a small percentage of large global companies are effectively utilizing these elements. Those that do have the potential to increase productivity by 11%, leading to increased profitability and revenue growth.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 22, 2018

From this leadership, we developed a culture of fact-based decision making. As Craig’s CFO and CAO, I always appreciated this leadership style. Build great teams In the early dark days as CFO of Footlocker, we had a struggling company that was deeply in debt. Over time, we all learned facts first, opinions second.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 25, 2020

A recent conversation with a community bank CEO focused on his vision for the company. What is getting in the way of our new business development activities?” . But every numeric result – product development, marketing, sales, manufacturing, and distribution – reflects human behavior. Which customers did we focus on?

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Leading Blog

MARCH 9, 2021

Test #1 Can You Develop a Simple Plan for Your Strategy? Or as former CFO of the Disney Interactive Media Group, Bruce Gordon, puts it, “Very few people are bad at their job, but many are not as good as they must be.”. They need to have a “forward radar,” says the former CEO of Aetna, Ron Williams. Test #5 Can You Really Listen?

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Leading Blog

APRIL 24, 2020

Joel Peterson has been around the block serving as a leader in various roles—CEO, CFO, founder, investor, entrepreneur—and is currently the chairman of JetBlue Airways and a professor at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. Develop Your Leadership Around Four Activities. Staying around past that point can ruin the company.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 9, 2017

Welcome to the January 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! In this post, Virtual CFO Jon Verbeck helps readers get back to basics—explaining that we’re in business to make a profit (which can help us do good things). Miki Saxon of MAPping Company Success contributed 56 Words That Will Change Your Life.

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Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Objectives: Develop strategic plan for 2014+. Develop, update and refine plan through 2014. CFO $$ talk: Comparison of past to present financial Profit & Revenue. What he sees as future company needs & goals. Teams report out what they developed. Gather ideas from key staff. Bonus Discussion.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

To determine if this is the best route for your company, you’ll need to understand the different types of executive search firms and why you should retain one. They’ll be able to garner your company’s culture and talent needs. The report noted that not only do 30% of top business leaders in the U.S. in 2022 alone.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 11, 2010

home about rich our team news our fans services executive coach business coach speaking inspire media knowledge books affiliates contact Rich Gee Group 203.500.2421 Developing The CEO Within You. What past decisions are holding the company behind? What areas might take the company to the next level? You’re moving on up.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 22, 2013

Guest post by Great Leadership monthly contributor Beth Armknecht Miller: I recently had the opportunity to have a conversation with the president of a privately held company as part of research for a book I am writing on talent management and development within small to mid-size companies. Start sharing.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

F ROM A PICTURE IN A MAGAZINE, Lawrence Levy was asked by Steve Jobs to become the CFO of Pixar and structure it in a way that investors could understand it. The flames of creativity on which a company is built can easily cool as pressures to perform mount. I cannot say this approach would be right for every company.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 11, 2021

This fantastic news has deservedly boosted the stock market, and lots of companies are shifting to retract planned staff and budget cuts. Let’s consider James, the COO of a mid-size production company that was impacted by the pandemic. However, many senior executives and stock investors are very attentive to vaccine news.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 3, 2019

I was feeling on top of the world as my company flourished; customers were lining up for projects, and I had a diverse and talented staff to uphold my brand. I jumped at my first opportunity to take a two-week vacation, leaving the company reins in the hands of one of my top managers.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 21, 2020

The accounting field offers space for professional development. If you work in the field long enough, you can go from a staff accountant to an executive position such as a CFO. Chief Financial Officer (CFO). CFO is one of the end goal positions for all accountants. JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN ACCOUNTING CAREER. Bookkeeper.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 13, 2011

The requirement was to replace the primary software tool of the company, in less than a month’s time. The already overburdened technology team had no bandwidth and the CFO would not accept changing priorities of other efforts. I saw no other choice and worked furiously to develop the best plan possible.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 22, 2023

Yet, only 9% of the largest 100 companies in the S&P500 index are led by women, shares Fisher. The traits and leadership styles adopted by women, which makes them incredibly well-suited to lead companies through the complex challenges facing our world. Thank you to the book’s publisher for sending me an advance copy of the book.

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Succession Open-book Leadership Styles Leadership 74

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Power skills are long-lasting, transferable across a number of work environments and roles, and can developed. Business development. Software and app developers. Business development is the only job description based on power skills. Hire a Chief Future Officer (CFO). Digital marketing and strategy specialists.

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Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 13, 2017

After all, I had earned it, having just finished a 28 year run as a CPA, cable company VP of Operations, football stadium project manager, VP of Development for another cable company, and finally, a cable company SVP of Operations.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 9, 2017

He has observed in many companies that a C-suite team represents a balance of types , for instance, an introverted CEO who chooses an extroverted CFO to bring strengths to the table that he or she doesn’t have. “On On the senior leadership team, you need thoughtful analysis and you need passion and excitement,” adds Moore.

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Center for Creative Leadership

APRIL 24, 2019

I recently spoke with the CEO of a medium-sized manufacturing company about his new CFO who was poised to attend our flagship program for senior executives, Leadership at the Peak. He told me she was smart, very hardworking, and had been with the company in various accounting roles for the past 4 years, most recently as comptroller.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 11, 2007

Much has been written about the importance of measuring the impact of leadership development programs or systems. Company performance. In most cases, consistent great company performance can usually be attributed to great leadership. Individual Development Plan (IDP) progress or completion. Succession planning measures.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Companies must depend on their chief human resources officers (CHROs) in creating corporate values necessary to achieve success. The HR is supposed to be a true partner to the CEO, just like the CFO. Predictions should also include the impact of changes in human resources at rival companies. That’s absolutely wrong.

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Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 6, 2010

A CEO asked me to coach his potential successor, the CFO. It didn't take long before I just felt that the CEO just didn't like the CFO. I brought it to his attention: "I just don't think you like the CFO." or to work on developing him as your successor, if you really don't want him to have the job?" the CEO told me. "If

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Mike Cardus

AUGUST 17, 2012

I was asked by a CFO of a hospital, who attended a talk I gave on ‘ Working & Managing Across Generations ’ to contact the hospitals HR director and Workforce Education director. BUT the CFO would not be on the call. Me, “Thank you for taking your time today did CFO give you any idea into why he wanted us to talk?”.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

You started a company. Missing the turn or making it too late can cause a company to stagnate or implode or can spell the death of the idea; or worse, the idea becomes someone else’s to bring to market without you. When you started out you rightly focused on developing your unique new product, service, or solution.

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Building Personal Strength

MAY 7, 2010

It was about Lanham Napier, CEO of San Antonio company Rackspace, which sells websites and web-based services. It's a fast-growing company with revenues approaching $1 billion. But his real passion was to grow a company himself. He invested in his own development. In 2000 he accepted a job as CFO at start-up Rackspace.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Leaders at the top of the organizational pyramid need ongoing development just as much as newly promoted supervisors. One of the challenges organizations face in developing their senior executives is the need for "mass customization". In order to do this, many organizations turn to " Individual Development Plans ", or IDPs.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 16, 2012

I run Executive Development Programs at a large university. Develop a vision, set of 2-3 year goals, and actions plans. Having goals is a habit I developed years ago and take it with me wherever I go. Develop measures. Develop an informal “Advisory Board”. I’m in one of those positions. They weren’t kidding.

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