Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

Establishing a personal brand carries even more weight when you’re responsible for developing and leading others. Unlike a business, your personal brand doesn't have hours of operation, it simply is 24/7/365. I have a documented track record of business development, operational planning, and leadership.

Brand 68

Brand Examples Career Godin 68

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 28, 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. But we can’t continue to use our positions merely to influence others. The result?

Servant Leader 50

Servant Leader Newsletter Resources CFO 50

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

In today's economy, where the fast growth of emerging markets outpaces America and the developed world, if you haven't gone global yet, it's time to get moving. Starting at 8:00 am, each attendee would deliver a presentation on his or her area of expertise or influence. After lunch we would take a tour of that country's operations.

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P&L Globalization CFO Operations 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

And as an HBS white paper points out, even some of today’s most mainstream executives — from the CTO to even the CFO — were once just new positions created to deal with “significant opportunities and risks emerging from technological or social disruptions.” The Future of Operations. Insight Center.

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Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2015

If it’s all about the operations then you lose sight of the customer. Here are our recommendations for how CMOs and COOs can develop a more collaborative working relationship: 1. Develop a shared vocabulary and shared metrics. They then set the initial minimum cost that operations can work with to deliver it.

COO 8

COO Planning Metrics Call Center 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2015

A new Conference Board study, as CFO magazine reported , reveals some startling growth in greener products at a dozen big companies like Kimberly-Clark, Dow, GE, Siemens, Toshiba, and more. But by and large, for years, Walmart has taken, in my view, a mainly operational, cost-reducing, brand-fitting approach to sustainability.

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Productivity Products Chemicals Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2018

Recall that Nokia dominated the mobile and smartphone markets in 2007-2008 when Apple launched the iPhone and Google the Android operating system. The new rivals revolutionized customer expectations, causing Nokia’s Symbian operating system to become outdated.

Strategy 8

Strategy Analysis Operations CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

In today’s resource-constrained environment, many of us are delivering 120% on the current demands of our job—but devoting little time to developing ourselves further or positioning ourselves for a future move. If you’re ambitious but your job offers you limited opportunities for exploration and growth, what can you do to develop new skills?

Porter 10

Porter Delegation Learning-by-Doing Project 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2013

Family businesses are defined by three overlapping domains of influence: the family, the owners, and the business. Their son-in-law (married to their eldest daughter) had recently been named chief operating officer. Their execution had to be accomplished within an operating facility that could not be shut down for the project.

COO 8

COO Chief Operating Officer Strategic Planning Project 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

In addition they operate from a plan — however confidential it may be — to strengthen the team year over year. 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.

Execution 14

Execution Team Chief Financial Officer Finance 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2013

The chief financial officer (CFO) role rose to prominence in the mid -1980’s as pressures for value management and more transparent investor relations gained traction. Because the new data analytics horizons typically span a range of functions, including marketing, risk, and operations, the C-suite evolution may take a variety of paths.

Chief Financial Officer 8

Chief Financial Officer Information Technology Metrics CFO 8

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. The solution may lie beyond their sphere of influence. Surprisingly, many people say it was "how to have the IT risk conversation.".

Agility 8

Agility How To Incentives CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2013

He says that too many internal candidates treat these meetings as development conversations, not as interviews. And, as Lees points out, she''s likely to be influenced by what''s happened in the past: "If the last appointment was an internal candidate, and it went horribly, she may be looking for an external one this time around."

How To 10

How To Reputation Case Study Career 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2016

First, directors face a real challenge in making sure that protection and alignment of key governance and risk management issues doesn’t crowd out equally important dialogue around strategy and operations. I’m not against benchmarking and norming.

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Benchmarking Company Short-term Long-term 10