Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 1, 2014

A new CFO came on board and decided that training was a luxury that could no longer be afforded. The Center for Creative Leadership is known for its “ 70-20-10 ” model of leadership development. There was even a requirement that every employee received 40 hours of training.

Training 230

Training Development Budgeting Learning Curve 230

Strategy Driven

MAY 4, 2019

Before starting as CFO, I repeatedly scanned through my leadership qualities, considering how I would present myself to my new colleagues. Most leadership positions demand foresight, complex problem solving, and creativity, that of which requires sharp mental faculty. They should connect with employees. They should be story-tellers.

P&L 58

P&L CFO Sharpe Finance 58

LDRLB

APRIL 21, 2020

Moreover, the underdog group won so much because they were able to think of more creative solutions than participants from the other two groups. But when the time came to talk about purchasing the company, the CFO still asked Hastings for a number. It was a non-starter for the CFO. Reed Hastings quoted him $50 million.

CFO 78

CFO Motivation Industry Participative 78

Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

So much work today is accomplished through a team, and the really tough problems are the ones that require a creative approach, critical thinking, or a team who has the desire and motivation to work harder and smarter.” According to Autumn Manning, CEO of YouEarnedIt, an employee engagement firm. “So

Charan 229

Charan Attrition Morale Survey 229

In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 31, 2011

For as long as I can remember, the person bonded to the CEO’s hip was the CFO. There’s some outstanding creativity amongst America’s homeless. In this post, I compare the ineptitude of BP against the leadership of Rudy Giuliani during a much bigger crisis. Why HR and the CEO Should be Joined at the Hip [link].

Blog 222

Blog Mission Statement Strategic Planning Brand 222

CEO Insider

MARCH 2, 2022

Marketing people not only wear many hats, have unique skill sets, and are creatives by nature. They also live and breathe by nuance. Talking to marketing professionals is like knowing the technical jargon of coders or the medical terminology of physicians. However, most businesses don’t know the lingo of marketing.

Marketing 98

Marketing Magazine Creativity Skills 98

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. Creative Success Story of Andrea Wachner I want to share a motivational story I read on Reuters. Avon’s stock price was up 15% in 2007.Â

Press Release 124

Press Release CEO Discount PR 124

Marshall Goldsmith

AUGUST 15, 2011

Many marketers are creative or have deep functional expertise but lack general business training. For example, you don't want the CEO and CFO coming to you and saying, "You never justify why we're spending so much money, so we're cutting your budget." Have a thorough understanding of how the business runs.

Advice 107

Advice Execution Marketing Prahalad 107

Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 11, 2010

For some positions (CFO, CIO), all their hard work to make it to the table is now useless when they need to use skills other than IQ: Communication – Communicate clearly and concisely. This work by Rich Gee is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

CEO 238

CEO Development Licensing Motivation 238

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.,

Press Release 113

Press Release Discount PR Directory 113

N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

The mindset and skill set for the latter is vastly different than those that enabled your creative expression. Maybe your CFO is a family friend. At some point founders need to shift their focus from making the idea real to building a team and then an organization that will make the idea real. You’re avoiding some tough calls.

Delegation 203

Delegation Maturity CEO Execution 203

Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 7, 2010

The CFO owns a couple. An enterprise business model was developed that takes in all the processes across all the business areas. Processes are categorized by a Business Cycle (end to end business process) which are “owned&# by a majority of non-financial senior leaders.

Greenleaf 200

Greenleaf Maslow Goal Goleman 200

The Empowered Buisness

JULY 14, 2015

Orientation toward innovation and creativity. Requirements for change and variety. Dominant motivation driver. Levels of strategic and visionary thinking. Relationship to norms/rules. And much more.

Motivation 100

Motivation Leadership McClelland Long-term 100

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

From this small spark, we examined the potential of four additional “problems” we had learned about in our medical industry research and feel we can leverage the Amalgatome into a full-fledged business platform.

Succession 70

Succession Industry Stage-Gate CFO 70

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2013

But this makes the still lingering CMO-CFO disconnect even more significant, as both executives are now stewards of that critical corporate data. As the CMO, I can say that a big part of trusting Gene (CFO) was that he not only demonstrated a passion for marketing, but a genuine interest in helping our department with his finance expertise.

CFO 8

CFO Advertising Finance Marketing 8

Building Personal Strength

MARCH 4, 2010

As a result, we’ve started having creative discussions about becoming a virtual company when our lease is up. Forty years later, I googled him and discovered that he’s now the CFO for a big company and a benefactor in his community. Sometimes loyalty to a friend can conflict with loyalty to a principle.

Loyalty 107

Loyalty Open-book CFO Restructuring 107

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

In our work with clients across dozens of sectors over more than five years, we have found that the strongest CMO/CFO partnerships develop when both parties undertake five actions: 1. CMOs need to start building this relationship by having a clear understanding of what CFOs expect. Get more for the money.

CFO 8

CFO Short-term Long-term Benchmarking 8

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Fast Company – ‘100 Most Creative People in Business.’. Facebook’s first HR hire, she has led global people programs, been an HR Business Partner, and CFO. Brown Johnson – EVP, Creative Director, Sesame Workshop. Claire Diaz-Ortiz – Technology innovator and speaker. Led social innovation at Twitter.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2011

Sebell (mark@creativerealities.com), who are managing partners at Creative Realities, Inc. The CEO and CFO responded with, "A failure to hit ROI and NPV targets." This blog is co-authored with Jay F. Terwilliger (jay@creativerealities.com) and Mark H. a Boston-based innovation management collaborative.

NPV 16

NPV ROI CFO Consensus 16

Strategy Driven

JULY 27, 2011

Sharon Drew explores what happens when he stumbles in the dark trying to bring his fellow managers, the internal tech team (which is responsible for the current site), and the CFO (to whom the tech team reports) on board. She then presents the same situation using Buying Facilitation ®. The result?

Case Study 50

Case Study Technology Resistance Project 50

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2018

At one point, the CEO indicated that he would know that the right shift had occurred when the CFO, chief strategy officer, and other C-level leaders were seeking the CMO’s advice on strategic business problems. In fact, I can’t remember the last time I talked about ‘advertising’ or showed creative to leaders.”

CFO 8

CFO CEO Agility Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2017

“Good marketing is not about winning creative awards or telling interesting stories,” Avery says. “In principle, managers should try to estimate the full cost of the marketing activity, including creative development, media spend, and customer-facing staff time.” As a result, CFOs and CMOs are often at odds.

ROI 8

ROI Marketing Marketing Mix Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2018

Instead, he was told that the CEO would stay until the CFO developed the capabilities to succeed him, and Greg would be allowed to resign. And that double-barreled explanation technique backfired: People quickly learned that they didn’t have to ask questions, give feedback, or even think creatively.

Supply Chain 12

Supply Chain CEO Kahneman Self-aware 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2016

It’s standing in the path of what Schumpeter called a gale of creative destruction. As the CFO of Macy’s put it recently, “ “We’re frankly scratching our heads.” Not to mention the raft of creative new retailers, like Bonobos, that are blending online and offline experiences in creative ways.

Retail 8

Retail Real Estate B2B CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2018

Albert’s results have been so impressive to date that Simson is now encouraging RedBalloon’s CFO to think in a very different way about the marketing budget. Enter “Albert”, a digital marketing platform powered by artificial intelligence (AI).

Retail 8

Retail Audience Budgeting Advertising 8

Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

Graham Keen "Inspirational CEO/CFO turned positive-psychologist resiliently transforming businesses & financial performance." My method marries the sublime with the systematic — allowing for creativity and change with a strong focus on foundation and implementation." ​ ​1.

Brand 68

Brand Examples Career Godin 68

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2017

Creativity? A strong organizer juggles the myriad demands and endless details of their dual role effectively with task lists on their phone; the creative thinker comes up with an unusual but happy child care arrangement that accommodates their frequent last-minute business travel. Resilience? The ability to assemble a team?)

Stress 15

Stress Long-term Short-term Contingency Plans 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Senior management encouraged the employee’s creativity and coached her on how to implement her idea. Good Shepherd’s CFO, Greghan Fischer, for example, saw strong potential in Yan Li, a quietly competent member of her finance team. The organization would match these contributions, turning teachers into fundraisers.

Development 8

Development Mentor COO CFO 8

Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 9, 2017

In this post, Virtual CFO Jon Verbeck helps readers get back to basics—explaining that we’re in business to make a profit (which can help us do good things). Neal Burgis of Burgis Successful Solutions submitted Happy New Year 2017: A Change to Be Creative in Your Business. ” Follow Jon on Twitter at @thindifference.

Leadership Development 150

Leadership Development Development Leadership Ethics 150

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

In 1992 the company was in cost-cutting mode, and, as former CFO Orry Fiume told me, it was consequently offering an early retirement package designed to reduce headcount. By reducing survival concerns, Wiremold had freed people to think creatively. Protect the Downside — Demonstrate a Commitment to Continued Employment.

Attrition 15

Attrition CFO Deming Outsourcing 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2012

Rare, also, would be the strategy consultant tapped for a CFO role at a Fortune 100. If you define your industry and functional parameters creatively, you'll avoid getting stuck in a career rut. That's because over time, the generalists become specialists, too. They just specialize in being generalists.

Career 15

Career Long-term Christensen CFO 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2012

But sales efforts have less and less effect differentiating a product — and creative science/innovation and other value measures are required. Interestingly, Dominic Caruso also came with the deal for that small biotech company, and he is now the pharma giant's CFO.

Innovation 13

Innovation Company Biotechnology CFO 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2016

In this case, a team of the Rotterdam Eye Hospital’s CEO, CFO, managers, staff, and doctors wanted to understand how their patients felt when they entered the hospital and what could be done to improve their experience. Even people outside health care are talking about the hospital now, largely because of its creative approach.

Health Care 8

Health Care Airlines CFO Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

In 1992 the company was in cost-cutting mode, and, as former CFO Orry Fiume told me, it was consequently offering an early retirement package designed to reduce headcount. By reducing survival concerns, Wiremold had freed people to think creatively. Protect the Downside — Demonstrate a Commitment to Continued Employment.

Attrition 12

Attrition CFO Deming Outsourcing 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 4, 2011

Instead, companies are going to have to get lethally serious about having an enduring, meaningful, resonant, multiplying, positive, proliferating set of impacts — of all types, whether social, human, intellectual, spiritual, creative, or relational.

Organization 15

Organization Finance Senge Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2015

Be creative. “Negotiation isn’t about conceding, it’s about being creative,” Weiss adds. You can “challenge people respectfully,” says Weiss. Further Reading. How to Negotiate with Someone More Powerful than You. Negotiations Article. Carolyn O’Hara. Buck up and get results.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain How To Price Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2011

If you are a CFO for a large company, Lady Gaga's videos and that Chrome ad looks like an affront to civic virtue and private decency. Hats off to Google Creative Lab and BBH New York for creating the Chrome ad. I got what he was saying. And, having just supplanted Oprah on the Forbes celebrity list , she is powerful.

CFO 14

CFO Objective Video Fashion 14