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You Can't Argue With Crazy | N2Growth Blog

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mikemyatt: A leaders Intellect should not be a depreci. Our Freedom. mikemyatt: The rigidity of a closed mind is the first s. mikemyatt: More thx @BradAustin1 @LeadershipWatch @GBSL. mikemyatt: RT/mention thx @AMAnet @SmartBrief @Leadersh. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtPetty @Leadershipfreak @jdregan @.

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The Disconnected Leader | N2Growth Blog

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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. mikemyatt: A leaders Intellect should not be a depreci. If your CMO is making all of your brand decisions there will be h*ll to pay down the road.

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How I Learned the Hard Way That Aging Technology Is Expensive

Harvard Business Review

I figured these computers couldn't possibly depreciate much further. 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. But CFOs are smart, as I learned through my iMac adventure.

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Providing Earnings Guidance? Think Again

Harvard Business Review

This in turn can produce whisper numbers in the market, making it confusing to discern whether the company has in fact met or exceeded the market's expectations and perhaps eroding the CFO's credibility with the investment community. After weighing the pros and cons, I come down on the side of not providing guidance.

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The Shape of the Meaning Organization

Harvard Business Review

In too many boardrooms, marketroids are minions, flunkies, and sidekicks, yes-men who refuse to stand up to the CEO, CFO, or board and say "No!! In the Meaning Organization, the nerve center wouldn't be marketing — but what you might call humanizing.

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Every Fast-Growing Company Has to Combat Overload

Harvard Business Review

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. It feels horrible: You’re scaling up aggressively and working harder than ever, but with each passing day you feel more overwhelmed.