Lead Change Blog

JUNE 25, 2020

A recent conversation with a community bank CEO focused on his vision for the company. For example, a manager might delay travel or defer other expenses in the last weeks of a quarter to create the appearance of lower operating costs, thus a better bottom line. Logic tells us we can manage cause, but only measure effect.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 9, 2021

They call it the CEO test because the intensity and consequences of these challenges grow as you move into higher levels of leadership. They believe that “to succeed in a leadership role, you have to achieve a certain threshold level of proficiency in each of the skills” highlighted in these seven tests. Test #5 Can You Really Listen?

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CEO Crisis Guidelines Gordon 428

HR Digest

AUGUST 23, 2023

HireQuest is a company that provides temporary personnel services. In an earnings call on Tuesday, UPS CFO Brian Newman reported that the company decreased compensation and benefits by $205 million in the second quarter by eliminating 2,500 managerial positions annually. He added that the shortage of workers is consistent.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

As equality has risen up the corporate agenda in recent years, a growing number of companies are creating a dedicated leadership role to focus on diversity and inclusion, with around half of S&P 500 firms having a chief diversity officer. They also believed these qualities were the most important for successful EDI leadership.

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Press Release Diversity CFO Finance 86

N2Growth Blog

JULY 17, 2014

Another common complaint about Business Review Meetings is that nearly always the time gets hijacked with discussions on day-to-day operating or tactical issues, especially when we have a room full of engineers turned managers; they quickly dive down into trying to fix the problem right then. How effective are your business review meetings?

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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. What are today’s most common leadership mistakes? Thank you all.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Guest post by Steve Coughran : In my two decades of business experience, I have encountered many different flavors of leadership. Some leaders are strong-willed and autocratic, some are open-minded and democratic, some employ laissez-faire, employee-centric leadership styles, and most fall somewhere in the middle.

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Simon Micromanagement Leadership Styles CFO 248

Modern Servant Leader

JANUARY 20, 2012

The company has been a role model of servant leadership since its founding by Herb Kelleher (and others). During the financial earnings call, CEO Gary Kelly , CFO Laura Wright and Executive VP Robert (Bob) E. Jordan reflected the company’s commitment to servant leadership. Compensation and Productivity.

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Airlines Leadership CFO ROI 203

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. What are today’s most common leadership mistakes? Thank you all.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership 360-Degree Feedback 201

Next Level Blog

MARCH 12, 2019

A few months ago, I was in conversation with a group of senior director and vice president level leaders in a client company. I had been the vice president of HR at my company for about 18 months when I extended an offer to everyone in the department to join me for a short duration discussion group on a book I really liked.

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How To CFO Teamwork Learning-by-Doing 153

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Coding, budgeting, and marketing operations are examples. Senior leaders and staff benefit from enhancing their technical knowledge with natural and learned behaviors like empathy or leadership. Hire a Chief Future Officer (CFO). To accommodate the escalating speed of change and plans for the future, hire a new type of CFO.

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Skills Emotional Intelligence CFO Power 145

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. There are warning signs you may be stuck in founder-mode and not making the turn to leadership. You got funding.

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Delegation Maturity CEO Execution 243

Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and a company is only as strong as its lowest-performing employees. However, according to Eagle Hill’s survey, among companies with high turnover rates, 26% of high performers leave because of poor management. And it’s costing companies a pretty penny to replace workers.

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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. But more CEOs rarely understand the true position of their CHROs, let alone giving them the necessary backup to operate in the required capacity. That’s absolutely wrong. 1. Predicting outcomes.

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CEO CFO Human Resources McKinsey 63

Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Multiple BP documents, e-mail messages, engineering studies and other company records shed light on the extent of problems long before the explosion, including an internal report from a senior drilling engineer that warned of a loss of "well control" and collapse of the well casing and blowout preventer.

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CEO Compliance Organization Report 240

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Leaders of small and medium size businesses (SMBs) often think their size lets them operate under the radar, as less attractive targets to bad guys. And, sadly, the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) reports that 60 percent of small companies are unable to sustain their business more than six months following a cyberattack.

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Bottom-up Software Policies CIO 88

Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 11, 2010

Operational - Know how the organization works inside and out. Sit at home and map out your operational chain from start to finish. What past decisions are holding the company behind? What areas might take the company to the next level? Know this area cold. Where are the dependencies? Unported License.

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CEO Development Licensing Motivation 238

In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 31, 2011

I began blogging about leadership, strategy, marketing and life last February. There has to be a break from day-to-day operations in the process. In this blog, I am not arguing against a clear definition of where a company is going and what sets it apart. But as the year closes, I realize that I’ve posted 54 blogs.

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Blog Mission Statement Strategic Planning Brand 222

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

The harsh reality is that great numbers of leaders continue to operate in a vacuum by sequestering themselves away in the corner office and attempting to lead from afar. My advice to CEOs, regardless of whether you’re running a start-up or a Fortune 500 company, is to go see things for yourself.

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Blog Gordon CEO Consultative 417

Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 7, 2020

If the agency has worked in your industry, presumably they understand what companies like yours value. Put it this way: just because an agency placed a technical Project Manager at a software company doesn’t mean they can find the right Chief Financial Officer or Director of Marketing in the same industry. Consulting.

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Execution Chief Financial Officer Industry Strategy 213

Surviving Leadership

OCTOBER 29, 2018

This (pretty long) document has evolved over the years and is often cited as an example of how that company just “gets it.” I also truly appreciated some of the business practices that leadership followed that I have missed in other organizations, including ones highlighted in McCord’s book.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

Creating a framework for decisioning, using a published delegation of authority statement, encouraging sound business practices in collaboration, team building, leadership development, and talent management will all help even out the uneven. Where there is disagreement there is an inherent potential for growth and development.

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Blog Brand CEO Consultative 313

CO2

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Your org chart can tell a more informed story by adding compensation information, date hired, communication/leadership style, potential successors, and the development plan. Communication/Leadership Style. These charts tell you where employees currently are, but not where they’ve been or where they’re going next. Potential Successors.

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Leadership Styles COO Learning-by-Doing Planning 87

CO2

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Your org chart can tell a more informed story by adding compensation information, date hired, communication/leadership style, potential successors, and the development plan. Knowing the communication/leadership style of your coworkers can help you better utilize their skills and contextualize their input. 4.

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Leadership Styles COO Learning-by-Doing Planning 78

Lead on Purpose

JULY 10, 2009

in the 1980s, put it this way: “In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product and profits. With the right ‘business operations’ in place, your company will achieve success: People: In any company or organization, the real assets are the people. People come first.&#

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Succession CFO Ethics Taylorism 133

Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 7, 2010

The CFO owns a couple. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. I am married, have two daughters, and a dog named Edgar the Leadership Pug who exemplifies the importance of relationships to great leadership.

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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Jim Kim (President of the World Bank), Peter Drucker (founder of modern management), Paul Hersey (noted author, teacher, and personal mentor of mine), and Warren Bennis (one of the world’s greatest leadership thinkers of his time). Has been recognized as the World’s #1 Leadership Thinker. Co-founder Partners in Health.

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Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

While many equate strong personal branding only to powerful leadership, there's a lot more that goes into crafting a personal brand statement. Great leaders often align their leadership values with personal beliefs and ethics of their own. Unlike a business, your personal brand doesn't have hours of operation, it simply is 24/7/365.

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Brand Examples Career Godin 68

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. What were those things?

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CPA COO CFO Leadership 192

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2016

You used to be able to track everything with an Excel spreadsheet, personally designed by your CFO; now you’ve got an SAP installation in its place, supported by an entire IT department. Overload is one of the three predictable crises that companies experience as they grow. Consider the case of Norwegian Cruise Line.

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Company IPO Price Loyalty 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2017

Perhaps the single most important algorithmic distinction between “born digital” enterprises and legacy companies is not their people, data sets, or computational resources, but a clear real-time commitment to delivering accurate, actionable customer recommendations. How the best companies get up to speed. Insight Center.

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Engineering Company White Paper Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

As the business environment becomes increasingly complex and interconnected, few leaders express confidence in their companies' ability to adapt. They too have struggled to operate in complex environments, and have developed the skills and expertise to overcome these challenges. Take Allianz, a German financial services company.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

In the July/August issue of HBR , Ram Charan argues that the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) role should be eliminated, with HR responsibilities funneled in two separate directions — administration , led by traditional HR-types, reporting to the CFO; and talent strategy , led by high-potential line managers, reporting to the corner office.

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CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 25, 2014

Thirty-one years later, I became Chairman and CEO of a global Fortune 300 company. Ironically, my story is a story of overcoming my own biases about diversity—and then using these hard-won insights to build one of the most diverse leadership teams and board of directors in the world. Born in India, I arrived in the U.S.

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Team Diversity CFO TSR 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2017

Every organization has a slightly different framework of expected experience, but I like to look at this through the lens of strategy and operations. One CFO I know managed finance for a spin-off firm when it went public and then returned to the parent company in a corporate position. Most companies have a distinct culture.

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CFO How To CIO Finance 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 28, 2011

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Unfortunately, with the focus on profit, solution placement, timelines, and commissions, the potential for true servant-leadership has been overlooked. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr. The result?

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Servant Leader Newsletter Resources CFO 50

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2013

In that same study, most CFOs believed that marketing could have a positive impact on profitability but 40% of them didn't know if CMOs were even trying to do so. However, in the best run companies, the relationship between CMOs and CFOs has changed radically and for the better. Understand both sides of risk.

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