CFO Competitive Advantage Leadership Management 
Leading Blog
JUNE 5, 2018
Ram Charan, Dominic Barton, and Dennis Carey write in Talent Wins : Most executives today recognize the competitive advantage of talent, yet the talent practices in their organizations use are vestiges of another era. This is a group that consists of the CEO, the CFO, and the CHRO (Chief Human Resources Officer).
Strategy Driven
NOVEMBER 18, 2013
This is not as difficult as it sounds, especially if you can apply internal pressure to senior management where your product will be used. Make an appointment with the CFO. EVALUATE how StrategyDriven gives you a competitive advantage. Keep in mind that procurement and purchasing don’t actually use what they purchase.
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Harvard Business Review
MARCH 15, 2016
Investors are increasingly seeking firms with long-term growth strategies, rather than ones focused on managing short-term earnings to boost the stock price. This, in turn, is triggering a shift in the perceived role of the CFO — from bean counters to planters of seed corn. Redefining the CFO role. Insight Center.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 29, 2016
” More often than not, the reason for the skepticism is prior efforts that did not produce the expected competitive advantage. Further study of the less-successful cohort revealed that leadership issues were often at the heart of the problems.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 21, 2016
And we have figured out why: analytics forces changes on the C-suite that the CEO has to anticipate and manage, but many don’t. These forces must be understood and managed for the entire initiative to succeed. The CEO has to work on four things: Actively manage C-suite dynamics. Choose the right analytics leader.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 15, 2013
While the obvious decisions that CEOs need to get right involve strategy and competitive advantage, too many executives delegate away three critical decisions that they need to own: decisions about goals, resource allocation, and people. As Keith Sherin, then GE’s CFO put it, “This is where the growth is.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 15, 2013
They resist getting their hands dirty alongside the CIO, even though many of them will readily get down into the mud of a balance sheet with the CFO or strategize the details of global brand issues with the CMO. These and other IT-related problems aren''t rooted in technology but in leadership failings. IT management'
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