N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Maybe you’re prepping for the IPO. When you started out you rightly focused on developing your unique new product, service, or solution. There are warning signs you may be stuck in founder-mode and not making the turn to leadership. Maybe your CFO is a family friend. Leadership is uncomfortable sometimes.

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Delegation Maturity CEO Execution 246

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

.” Pandas look innocent, but their powerful jaws deliver a bite stronger than a jaguars’ Pandas can be painfully costly to individuals whose careers stall for reasons unbeknownst to them and to organizations and managers unable to develop talented leaders to their full potential.

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Career CFO Sample Execution 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

Employees and other constituents should expect HR to hold leaders accountable for fiduciary and strategic risks, just as a CFO would be expected to hold leaders accountable for a risky pattern of using corporate funds or resources. Are these acceptable growing pains? In one word: No. HR can and should demand more of leaders, and vice versa.

Compliance 11

Compliance Hedge Human Capital Finance 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2016

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. That’s because overload is a surmountable crisis—under the right leadership. Sheehan quickly diagnosed what was ailing Norwegian.

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Company IPO Price Loyalty 9