Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

In the US, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) indexes the responsibilities of both public and private companies, including rules pertaining to compliance with federal prosecutors, and criminal penalties. Further, HIPAA governs how any company, public or private, handles personal health information. Make no mistake: this problem is only getting worse.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

CEO, CMO, COO, CIO, CFO, etc.), Furthermore, of the 535 highest paid and most senior positions at those companies, only 5.8% are held by women (down from 6.9% in the prior year). One more disheartening statistic shows that only 26% of those companies have at least one woman in an executive officer’s position (e.g.,

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Women on Business

JANUARY 8, 2011

She’s taking over the seat formerly occupied by Apple’s former CFO, John Anderson, who resigned amidst a stock options backdating scandal. Andrea Jung was an executive vice president at Neiman-Marcus before she joined Avon in 1996. Avon’s stock price was up 15% in 2007.Â

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

If your CFO handles all communications with your banking relationships, and your Chief Investment Officer handles all of your investor relations, you’re flat out missing the boat. If your CMO is making all of your brand decisions there will be h*ll to pay down the road.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 23, 2013

We all know that CFOs are accountable for the financial stewardship of the enterprise. They fulfill this role by delegating responsibility and establishing control systems such as budgets, directives, audits, and oversight to drive fiscal compliance.

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CEO Insider

JULY 28, 2022

Research shows that narcissists tend to be attracted to leadership positions as they are positions of power, so they need to learn how to balance selfishness with selflessness. Narcissistic leaders’ self-centered personalities not only disrupt organizational culture, but they can also derail an organization and leave it unviable.

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CEO Insider

AUGUST 14, 2022

What is the halo effect? How can it affect people? How much is it likely to distort reality? There are many questions arising on this, perhaps, too little considered phenomenon. Knowledge is one of the most important characteristics that allows us to understand the surrounding environments, our needs and much more.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Here are seven critical elements of an effective program to both identify and act on warning signs: High-level oversight – does your company have an organizational structure led by senior management that oversees issues such as compliance, quality and safety, while being able to respond quickly and appropriately to credible warnings?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2011

Then the family's CFO, my wife, who also happens to be a CPA, demanded to know their TCO. The CFO's skepticism was proved correct, and I lost all credibility. The machines were given to a friend, who sold them at a garage sale (I couldn't throw them away, because the CFO wouldn't authorize the $50 per machine "green" disposal fee.).

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

CFOs of these companies themselves admit that they cannot justify their market capitalizations based on traditional metrics. One CFO said that her valuation should be considered on a per idea basis instead of a per earnings multiple.

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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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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

As finance shifts its focus from controlling costs to advising managers on improvement activities, CFOs must change their thinking and behaviors. Getting the CFO on board is key. CFO Tim Olson of ThedaCare , a healthcare system in Wisconsin, went through a similar conversion. Then I became an advocate. Now I know that.".

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2014

Basically, he thinks public-company boards are being forced to spend too much time on compliance and control, which crowds out more important topics like strategic investment and growth. But investors — he didn’t have a problem with them at all. They do, however, have to be managed intelligently.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2012

A rules and compliance-based approach may work well for managing preventable risks, but is inadequate for strategy and external risks as companies that failed during the financial crisis illustrated all too well. The compliance-oriented risk manager of a failed U.K. The compliance-oriented risk manager of a failed U.K.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2013

As one CFO told me, the phrase "IT Risk" contains two dirty words. They''ll even work with other silos — IT operations, application development, compliance, legal, HR, etc. Every time my colleagues and I come to the end of the course, we ask people what they considered the most important thing they learned.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Organizations, hiring managers, and HR need to keep legal compliance in mind when they add psychometric tests to their pre-employment screening system. Here’s what organizations need to know in order to minimize potential risks and maximize the predictive accuracy of these tests. Know the law.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Organizations, hiring managers, and HR need to keep legal compliance in mind when they add psychometric tests to their pre-employment screening system. Here''s what organizations need to know in order to minimize potential risks and maximize the predictive accuracy of these tests. Know the law.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2016

For example, we assess whether leaders are able to generate compliance with or genuine commitment to their plans. Our leadership measures and language also illustrate this gap. We have many ways of assessing the extent to which leaders are successful at influencing others.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2016

So emphasize that your ultimate goal is learning, not compliance. One year, the CFO noticed that there was a miscalculation that resulted in a shortage of a few million euros. Fearful employees are less likely to collaborate and very difficult to motivate.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 25, 2011

It’s not rocket science, but it is surprising how many CFO’s and managers don’t stop to evaluate the effectiveness of their meetings. Assign tasks and ask if there are questions. Wrap up the meeting with a summary of accomplishments and next steps action items.

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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. Each has its place.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Listening, Derek Melis, his friend and CFO, was relieved. Please don’t let that cloud your judgment as CFO. ” “As the CFO, I can’t lose sight of what’s going on in each country.” Rogier Maes, the CEO of Contect, wrapped up his year-beginning speech to all the company’s employees.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

It’s a compliance action that isn’t effective and wastes employee time. Requests for tax information and fake wire transfer requests look like they are sent from the CEO or CFO to someone in the finance department using the appropriate language. People fall for them because attackers have paid attention to detail.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 24, 2013

The company Chief Risk Officer ( Barry Zubrow , until January 2012) and the CFO ( Doug Braunstein, since replaced ) bore significant responsibility for the inadequacies of the risk and finance functions inside CIO — and for the failures of firm-wide risk and finance to spot trouble.

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