Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2017

And if you end up with a negative ROI, the project is harder to justify on financial terms. “In principle, managers should try to estimate the full cost of the marketing activity, including creative development, media spend, and customer-facing staff time.” What Are the Challenges of Calculating MROI?

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

Stemberg turned to Basil Anderson, who had tackled similar challenges as CFO of Campbell Soup and Scott Paper. A senior executive described to us what he termed the “rules of engagement.” They should take the time to ensure that short-listed candidates will complement the senior team and fit in with the organization.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

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. Balancing the short-term and long-term is a dynamic leadership challenge.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2012

As we saw again this quarter, earnings announcements can have significant impacts on stock valuations—at least over the short term. By helping to fill this analytical void, CFOs can make it more likely that the market will develop expectations that are grounded in reality.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2014

Likewise, marketing wants to clearly quantify the impact of its long-term branding efforts while finance is more focused on macro-economic drivers of marketing performance, such as interest rates, employment levels, inflation and retail sales. It’s completely reframed the conversation.” The New Marketing Organization.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2015

You either go out and buy it, or you develop the talent you already have. Such loans have advantages for the lender: they accelerate player development and/or reduce costs by removing the salary of the loaned player from the lending club’s books. How do you get the talent you need? Both clubs realize a unique win-win.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2017

-based companies, I’ve spoken with hundreds of high-performing working parents, and, on the hunt for real, feasible solutions, asked the same questions again and again: What advice has been the most valuable to you over the long term as a working parent? Think long-term to stay in the game. Work differently.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Japan’s Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry published The Ito Review in 2014 which points to integrated reporting as a way to combat “short-termism.” The CFO of Halogen Software, Pete Low, said “Given the strategic relevance of HR information, it’s timely that companies are working on enhanced reporting.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Managers often think about their careers in terms of winning and losing. Or those who find themselves on the short end in the latest reorganization or merger selection? She could leverage her past experience and use it as a springboard to continue her development.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2011

The management team was running short of patience for results and wanted me to help them bring changes to fruition. We quickly initiated a program to reduce the number of legal entities, saving tens of thousands in each country, while longer-term process improvements progressed in parallel. Their publicity got ahead of reality.

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Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Next week, my post on the topic will appear on her blog ) In the weeks leading up to the mid-term elections last month, the struggles and shortfalls of the Obama administration were analyzed by many. We work really hard on developing smart solutions, only to see them fail because we don’t have enough juice in the organization.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Simon had been a chief executive for 15 years, and CFO before he was 30. ” Any immediate sense of loss is short-lived. If a CEO has a significant other, it is critical to “align expectations” — to apply a business term to a family environment. Charles McQuillan/Getty Images. It’s the people.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2013

They develop slowly over time and are almost impossible to pinpoint. After a few tepid responses, Walter, the CFO, threw out a grenade headline: Company tries desperately to hang on to aging cash cows and antiquated ways of doing business in the flawed hope that they can maintain the status quo forever. They don’t make headlines.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

This oft-heard defense of buybacks is clearly hollow: Once a CEO or CFO makes this claim, the company cannot sell the stock at a higher price for the benefit of the corporate treasury without signaling to traders that the stock is now over valued, something that no top executive would want to do.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2012

But by working together, you can understand him better and perhaps even develop some empathy. If shared carefully, you may help her develop greater self-awareness and increase her effectiveness. Harry eventually left the new company but the two parted on good terms. You might feel compassion instead of irritation," says Goleman.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2016

If your strategy relies heavily on aggressive M&A, for example, do you really want a CFO who doesn’t command a salary higher than the norm? Obviously, no one wants to miss a short-term forecast or sales goal. times those who mentioned investors in the same manner.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2017

But the ones who really understand the issue see gender balance as not just a numbers game but part of a broader, more strategic cultural shift that includes developing leadership teams representing geographically diffuse markets. The second phase was to attract and develop more local and international people.

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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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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Micromanagers focus explicitly on the how, which often results in short-term success at the expense of the long-term strategy, overall scalability, and employee satisfaction. Additionally, by encouraging employees to think, leaders boost their team’s development. Great leaders give little input on the how.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2017

” You should also strategize about how you’ll manage “the optics” of working from home in terms of “being present on email and available by phone,” she says. “Now even our CEO and CFO work from home from time to time,” he says. “He said, ‘Just work from home when you need to.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2016

As work itself is changing, some of the basic tenets of leadership development are being challenged. To meet these challenges, we see three priorities for developing the next generation of leaders in the “work-disrupted” age: Mastery of Digital. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders. Insight Center.

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