Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2016

What receives far less attention is that, more and more in our increasingly complex, volatile, and fully-globalized business world, the effectiveness of such action depends on a powerful partnership between the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and the General Counsel (GC).

CFO 8

CFO Chief Financial Officer Compliance Due Diligence 8

Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

Furthermore, of the 535 highest paid and most senior positions at those companies, only 5.8% One more disheartening statistic shows that only 26% of those companies have at least one woman in an executive officer’s position (e.g., CEO, CMO, COO, CIO, CFO, etc.), CEO, CMO, COO, CIO, CFO, etc.), in the prior year).

Press Release 113

Press Release Discount PR Directory 113

Women on Business

JANUARY 8, 2011

Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, stated that Jung will bring a “new dimension&# to the company’s board. It’s actually hard to believe that a progressive company like Apple has taken so long to add a woman to its board of directors. Avon’s stock price was up 15% in 2007.Â

Press Release 124

Press Release CEO Discount PR 124

Lead on Purpose

JULY 10, 2009

With the right ‘business operations’ in place, your company will achieve success: People: In any company or organization, the real assets are the people. When you regard the people as the true assets of the company, and treat them accordingly, they will respond in ways that will surprise and delight you.

Succession 133

Succession CFO Ethics Taylorism 133

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Many companies have become smart buyers, but many have become too smart. The typical request for proposal (RFP) has a bunch of standards about what has to be offered by the vendor, but far too little (or nothing) about what happens after the company takes ownership. It also lowers the profit of the company doing the bidding.

Proposal 58

Proposal Price Long-term Customer Loyalty 58

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

US News and World Report #1 Best Hospital in the United States – Fortune ‘100 Best Companies to Work For,’ 14 consecutive years. Liz Smith – Chairman and CEO, Bloomin’ Brands (Outback, Flemings, Carrabba’s, Bonefish Grill) – one of the world’s largest casual dining companies. Garry Ridge – CEO, WD-40 Company.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2016

But in most companies, despite the free-flow of exchanges, they still lack information they need, can’t communicate with team members in real time, or can’t foresee the implications of key decisions. In most companies, we have not. Have we redesigned processes and structures to surface problems before these become crises?

Ethics 9

Ethics CFO Technology Learning-by-Doing 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Half are C-Suite level executives, meaning that they serve as CEO, CFO, COO or the board of directors at a company. The executive women also put a premium on the discipline honed by sports, which they see translating to a person’s determination and work ethic. Only 3% did not participate in sports at any point in their lives.

Sports 16

Sports COO CFO Participative 16

Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

Great leaders often align their leadership values with personal beliefs and ethics of their own. Graham Keen "Inspirational CEO/CFO turned positive-psychologist resiliently transforming businesses & financial performance." Kristi Daeda ​"I help individuals and companies make the most of talent. ​ ​1.

Brand 68

Brand Examples Career Godin 68

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2015

As the CFO of a well-funded IPO-bound company, Dan had many years of experience and he had the results to show that he had outworked and out-delivered many of his internal and external counterparts. He was well known in their industry for his tenacity, work ethic, and sheer brilliance when it came to numbers.

Execution 8

Execution IPO CFO Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2015

As the CFO of a well-funded IPO-bound company, Dan had many years of experience and he had the results to show that he had outworked and out-delivered many of his internal and external counterparts. He was well known in their industry for his tenacity, work ethic, and sheer brilliance when it came to numbers.

Execution 8

Execution IPO CFO Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2017

Yan Wang, the former CFO of VitalSmarts, didn’t survive Mao’s China by taking outlandish risks such as questioning those in positions of authority. As our CFO, she did impeccable work with the highest ethical standards. Our company had grown tenfold, and so had Yan. ” Al agreed. Learning to Learn.

Planning 8

Planning CFO Learning Curve Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Acutely aware of the competitive edges timely data offers sophisticated investors, the company's ever-entrepreneurial cofounder once proposed that Google launch a hedge fund. After all, what company on earth enjoyed greater access to more insights more quickly from more people searching for more information?

Hedge 15

Hedge Core Competence CFO ROI 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2016

In a tragic example, at a Dutch energy supplier that used rigorous, transparent safety standards to deal with toxic waste, employees came to work one day to find the company’s safety officer dead of a workplace accident. Consider a story relayed to me by an executive at an educational company.

How To 8

How To Ethics Supply Chain Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2015

If you’d like your comment to be considered for publication, please be sure to include your full name, company or university affiliation, and e-mail address. Their goal was to create a common platform for all the various back-office and client-facing computer and network systems used by the company’s international offices.

Case Study 8

Case Study CFO Finance Project 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2013

A question that could tell you a lot about the company''s potential under this leader. How about this, the boardroom version of Sophie''s Choice: "Who would you rather fire, the CFO or the CSO?". First off, if the company doesn''t have a CSO and the chief executive thinks the "S" has something to do with sustainability, just fire him.

CEO 8

CEO CFO Offshoring Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

He talks with pride about "selling Ireland" to companies and asks, "Why should Ireland be the policeman for the U.S.?". So what might an ideal tax code look like to Sullivan, who initially called out drug and tech companies for transferring patent and trademark ownership to Ireland? But do they? Andy O''Connell Whose Fault is Debt?

CFO 8

CFO Survey Globalization Document 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Roughly 18% of companies currently use personality tests in the hiring process, according to a survey conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management. But there are both ethical and pragmatic benefits to sharing results, regardless of whether a candidate receives or accepts an offer of employment. Test the tests.

Pre-Employment Screening 8

Pre-Employment Screening Human Resources How To CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Roughly 18% of companies currently use personality tests in the hiring process, according to a survey conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management. But there are both ethical and pragmatic benefits to sharing results, regardless of whether a candidate receives or accepts an offer of employment. Test the tests.

Pre-Employment Screening 8

Pre-Employment Screening Human Resources How To CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2015

A seasoned CFO with a sharp mind and an abrasive style, Arthur had lost his job over a disagreement with his company’s new CEO. No wonder companies that churn their workforce and squeeze them to the ground claim to hire only the most talented. When I met him, long ago, he was picking himself up after a tough year.

Long-term 8

Long-term Loyalty Uncertainty Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2016

Remember the public shaming – and heavy sentences — heaped on Enron and Worldcom for their accounting (and more importantly, ethical) failures? Most boards would benefit from richer data sets that compare their company to others. Company strategy – and what makes the organization distinctive – has to come first.

Benchmarking 10

Benchmarking Company Short-term Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

Employees and other constituents should expect HR to hold leaders accountable for fiduciary and strategic risks, just as a CFO would be expected to hold leaders accountable for a risky pattern of using corporate funds or resources. Are these acceptable growing pains? In one word: No.

Compliance 11

Compliance Hedge Human Capital Finance 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2017

Then, in March, South Korea’s president, Park Geun-hye, was removed from office , in part because of accusations that she helped a friend, Choi Soon-sil, pressure companies into making donations to nonprofits controlled by Choi and gave her access to secret government documents. Lee has denied the charges. financial crisis.

Reputation 8

Reputation Crisis Loyalty Banking 8