LDRLB

APRIL 21, 2014

Actually, reading the book reminded me of this old anecdote that I heard one time, a conversation between a sort of unnamed CEO and an unnamed CFO and essentially, the CFO was asking, “What happens if we invest all this money to develop our people and they leave?”

Human Capital 60

Human Capital Open-book CFO Innovation 60

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2014

Retailers halted construction on new stores and shuttered underperforming ones. To use a different company example, one growing financial services firm’s new CFO learned this in 2004. The CFO couldn’t understand why. If the CFO has a realistic budget, it’s much easier for a midsized company to borrow money.

Crisis 8

Crisis CFO GAAP Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2013

From sandbagging to dealing with dangerous electrical systems and arranging for cross-state transport of construction equipment, individuals from across the plant took charge. The CFO said the net effect "is like having 700 internal auditors out there in every function of the company.". Nobody told them to do it.

Skills 8

Skills Leadership CFO Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2018

Water, no ice, please,” said Noelle Freeman, the CFO of Franklin Climate Systems. As CFO, Noelle was, of course, concerned about the numbers. Having executed a successful turnaround as COO of her construction company, Joss had been especially helpful to Noelle during her time at Franklin. Illustration by James Yang.

Case Study 12

Case Study CFO Bottom-up Operations 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Once you reach this awareness, you can consciously take action to regain your foothold by engaging in a set of grounding and centering practices, allowing you to channel your energy more adaptively and constructively. In the words of my friend, and former Microsoft CFO, Frank Gaudette: “I reserve the right to wake up smarter every day.”.

Self-aware 8

Self-aware PR Public Relations CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2014

A good boss provides encouragement, development, mentoring, and support, while also being fair, constructively critical, and helpful in integrating employees into high-performing teams. Eventually, her team built a portfolio that caught the interest of the CFO and the CEO, and soon she was meeting regularly with them.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain CFO Performance Review Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 8, 2016

Instead, skilled leaders use their emotions in a constructive way. So I somehow forced myself to swallow my pride and my anger and discuss with him how he would go about achieving the goal I had, so that my CFO would be more likely to build and own the solution.

Restructuring 8

Restructuring CFO Bond Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2013

Consumers failed to understand the confusing new pricing, the new stores could not be constructed quickly enough, and sales and stock price declined precipitously. Indeed, more than a year later, there have been numerous articles suggesting that Ron Johnson should be fired. Penney's sales declined, Costco's sales increased.

Retail 10

Retail Price Merchandising CFO 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Many stakeholders are commonly involved in a purchase: a CIO, CFO, head of procurement, facilities manager, and leaders of the end-user communities. The team constructed the toolkit so that Skillsoft can observe customers as they engage with each piece of content.

B2B 8

B2B Content Marketing Consensus 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2015

Design/construct a space for invention. You do not work for the CEO, or alongside the CTO, CIO, and CFO. Your team will be searching for and validating business models and value propositions around opportunities for growth. This means managing entrepreneurs who can navigate trends and market behaviors.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur CTO Business Model CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2011

Second, I discovered that the financial projections supporting the construction of our shiny new building assume significant enrollment and tuition rate increases into the foreseeable future. I credit that human capital bump for a wide-ranging and successful business career, one that included stints as CFO, GM, entrepreneur, and consultant.

Education 15

Education Human Capital Class CFO 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2016

They had framing conversations with the CEO and CFO early on to discuss any financial or operational challenges. Then, after their own renewables purchases, they’ve “paid it forward” and talked with other industrials. Get early buy-in.

Energy 8

Energy Industry Finance CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2011

An isolated notion of "profit" is obsolete : it's an arid industrial-age conception of a currency-focused construct that's built to trivialize everything but what a firm owes its "owners" (its employees, society, community, environment, the future, even its own bigger purpose can all go to blazes).

Organization 15

Organization Finance Senge Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2013

The business—a regional construction company with a special expertise in building waste chemical and water treatment plants—has never lost money in its 30 year history, and it''s grown steadily. "So The COO, CFO, and the chief engineer are convinced that the strategy needs to be focused around success in the sweet spot.

COO 8

COO Chief Operating Officer Strategic Planning Project 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

For example, Tim Sheahan, Chief Financial Officer for a large division of a multi-national corporation, aspires to become CFO of a Fortune 100 company in the future. Rather than wait for an opening, they troll for talent both inside the organization and externally to find people to add to the team when the time is right.

Execution 14

Execution Team Chief Financial Officer Finance 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2016

There is no doubt that we need transparency to know what is happening in our organizations, and that we can use the information in constructive ways that reduce wrongdoing. One year, the CFO noticed that there was a miscalculation that resulted in a shortage of a few million euros. The consequences of too much transparency.

How To 8

How To Ethics Supply Chain Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2013

Darin Freitag has filled out six self-appraisal forms in his time at Ryan Associates, an employee-owned construction company based in San Francisco. He knows that his immediate boss (the company's COO), the CFO, and the head of HR all review his form and he gears it toward them. Case Study #1: Take it seriously and they will too.

How To 9

How To Review Case Study Ryan 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

But most successful companies used electricity and motors to reinvent their existing businesses, whether in manufacturing, transportation, or construction. Some companies were in the pure-play electricity and motor business, like General Electric and General Motors. Everyone on the leadership team has a role to play in making this pivot.

Intellectual Capital 8

Intellectual Capital Strategy Supply Chain Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2015

“Be mindful about what draws other people out in a constructive way,” says Wheeler. ” They won the contract, and Haydock, who has since launched ecoCFO, a company that provides CFO services to energy and environmental businesses, believes honesty, inquiry, and transparency were what sealed the deal.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain How To Price Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Listening, Derek Melis, his friend and CFO, was relieved. Rogier hadn’t once mentioned holacracy or self-managed teams, even though the executive team and the board had been talking for months about transitioning to just such a system at the global construction company. Please don’t let that cloud your judgment as CFO.

Case Study 8

Case Study Decentralization CFO Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Case Study #1: Explain the reasons behind the “no” Carl Samson is a project manager at a construction company in Minneapolis (names and details have been changed). In their company, the COO, CFO, and HR director make decisions about compensation together and typically grant raises only at year-end review time.

How To 8

How To COO Report Follow-up 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2013

Here are some constructive ideas: Ray Wang , Principal Analyst & CEO of Constellation Research Group outlines four personas of the next generation CIO : Chief "Infrastructure" Officer: "Keeping the lights on" and managing existing systems. Why Can''t a CIO Be More Like a CFO? Reinventing Corporate IT An HBR Insight Center.

CIO 8

CIO CFO Chief Information Officer Business Intelligence 8

Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 3, 2019

By leaving little room for confusion, leaders establish fair expectations, which provide a foundation for equitable evaluation and constructive feedback. About the author: Author, CFO of an international billion-dollar company, and management consultant, Steve Coughran has over two decades of experience driving business excellence.

Simon 248

Simon Micromanagement Leadership Styles CFO 248

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2011

Between the inner and outer doors of Circale Corporation's headquarters building, human resources VP Nils Ekdahl crossed paths with CFO Anita Fierst as he was leaving for lunch. "We The CFO was right: Milanese was indeed a perfectionist. We need to make those cuts we talked about," Fierst said briskly. But that had helped Ekdahl.

Case Study 12

Case Study P&L Performance Review Review 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2017

” So think of “constructive ways to take no for an answer.” “Now even our CEO and CFO work from home from time to time,” he says. It’s likely that there are “bigger cultural issues” at play; maybe your boss thinks, “If I do it for you, I’m going to have to do it for everybody.”

Proposal 14

Proposal How To Case Study Motivation 14