The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 15, 2020

That’s largely the ethos behind accelerators such as Entrepreneur First, who back exceptional people and help them turn their intellect into marketable products and successful businesses. Who would be CFO or COO? ” Entrepreneurial team formation. Selecting the team. Assigning roles. Who would be CEO?

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Lead on Purpose

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

The leading candidate is the scheming CFO played by Frederic March, a passionless, colorless bean counter groping for power, but with no vision beyond increasing dividend payouts to stockholders. This article posted on LiveLesium offers six tips for developing this important facet of the charismatic personality—confidence.

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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. Develop Your Own Advisory Board Post by Jane K. 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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Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

14th Administrator, United States Agency for International Development. Rod MacKenzie – Executive Vice President, Chief Development Officer for Pfizer, member of Pfizer’s Executive Leadership Team. HR and talent development roles with General Motors Australia. University Leadership Development Professionals.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2015

You could call this person the Chief Entrepreneur (CE) — someone who can lead the future of the company while the CEO takes cares of running the existing business. I’ve written up a job description below to make the search easier for Fortune 50 companies: Are you a Chief Entrepreneur? What are your responsibilities?

Entrepreneur 8

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

In our experience, social entrepreneurs can be extraordinary role models in this regard. They too have struggled to operate in complex environments, and have developed the skills and expertise to overcome these challenges. At Allianz, the program was initiated and supported by the company CFO.

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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?” ORLY: Right.

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Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

Establishing a personal brand carries even more weight when you’re responsible for developing and leading others. Graham Keen "Inspirational CEO/CFO turned positive-psychologist resiliently transforming businesses & financial performance." Jeff Bullas - Entrepreneur Jeff Bullas started his blog in 2009 for a whopping $10.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

ran, a Florida-based shopping-center-development group, and she was devoted to both him and his firm. In Sarah’s opinion, the problem was obvious: Sid Yerby, the CFO. The young and inexperienced CEO confessed that he often felt uncomfortable asking tough questions of the CFO, an industry veteran who was 10 years his senior.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Lance was struck by what he saw in CFO Damon Ewen’s file. His CFO and his sales chief had been at loggerheads for a while. “I did talk to that leadership development firm last year,” he said. I’m the CFO and he’s in charge of sales. Most of the input was neutral, which was to be expected.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2014

While many managers were developing new products and services for their own businesses, they were not leveraging innovation across the enterprise, and some were relying too much on acquisitions to drive both innovation and growth. This triggered a great deal of interest, and a steady flow of applications.

Innovation 9

Innovation Metrics Christensen Workshop 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Think like a large-scale entrepreneur. For example, GE has created a digital platform in the energy sector that its own and third-party software developers can write applications to. He built a team to develop Predix, a cloud-based platform that underlies all of GE’s industrial businesses. Cut layers.

Short-term 8

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Women on Business

JANUARY 25, 2011

I have learned over the years to make meetings meaningful and productive, but it has become a developed skill over time. 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.

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