Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

In the July/August issue of HBR , Ram Charan argues that the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) role should be eliminated, with HR responsibilities funneled in two separate directions — administration , led by traditional HR-types, reporting to the CFO; and talent strategy , led by high-potential line managers, reporting to the corner office.

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CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2012

Developing Nations to Outstrip the Rich in Oil Consumption (Slate). The world is about to reach a tipping point where developed countries will no longer be the majority consumers of oil. That’s because demand is weakening in rich countries while it booms in the developing world. What's your answer? TAXATION TO THE RESCUE?

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CFO Discount Price Cost 21

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2014

The study by EY Women Athletes Business Network and espnW surveyed more than 400 female executives in five countries (20% were U.S. Half are C-Suite level executives, meaning that they serve as CEO, CFO, COO or the board of directors at a company. Gender Hiring Leadership development'

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Sports COO CFO Participative 17

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Just 36 percent of CMOs, for example, have quantitatively proven the short-term impact of marketing spend, according to the 2013 CMO Survey (and for demonstrating long-term impact, that figure drops to 32 percent). Moreover, the previous year’s survey showed that 63 percent of projects do not use analytics to inform marketing decisions.

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CFO Short-term Long-term Benchmarking 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2012

Developing Nations to Outstrip the Rich in Oil Consumption (Slate). The world is about to reach a tipping point where developed countries will no longer be the majority consumers of oil. That’s because demand is weakening in rich countries while it booms in the developing world. What's your answer? TAXATION TO THE RESCUE?

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CFO Discount Price Cost 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2013

Your survey showed that as much as CEOs had shaken up their senior team, looking back on it they wished they''d moved even faster. Either you couldn''t develop an insider, or the external environment has shifted enough that you need someone who can come in and really drive transformational change. It could be. Why the discrepancy?

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CEO CFO COO Industry 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2018

Then a new CFO joined the company: Masashi Oka, a financial industry veteran who had played a key role in transforming Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group-owned Union Bank in the US. It’s a core part of the CFO’s work: Last year Oka personally met with 145 investors and his IR team collectively met with more than 500.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 5, 2016

They held about 40 meetings with companies that had bought renewable energy and with big project developers. They had framing conversations with the CEO and CFO early on to discuss any financial or operational challenges. ” His experience gibes with the findings of a new survey that PwC conducted on corporate renewable buying.

Energy 8

Energy Industry Finance CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

Chinese women in powerful business positions include Wei Sun Christianson , CEO of Morgan Stanley, China ; Mei Yan , Managing Director of MTV Networks, China; and Mary Ma , former CFO of Lenovo and managing director in global equity giant TPG, who recently started her own investment fund. But the similarities end there. The payoff?

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Survey Policies Globalization CFO 14

Women on Business

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Recent data shows the majority of companies worldwide (71 percent) don’t have a clearly defined strategy for grooming and developing women as company leaders, according to a 2011 Women’s Leadership Development Survey conducted by Mercer. gaining experience in the many facets of workforce planning, development and analytics.

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Career Company Software Handbook 247

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

A 2010 IBM survey found that 79% of global chief executives foresaw "high or very high complexity" over the next five years, but only 49% felt their organization was prepared to handle it. They too have struggled to operate in complex environments, and have developed the skills and expertise to overcome these challenges.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Company Six Sigma Franchising 8

Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 11, 2007

Much has been written about the importance of measuring the impact of leadership development programs or systems. External perception can be measured by awards, such as CEO Magazine “Best Companies for Leaders” and hundreds of individual leadership awards (CEO of the Year, CIO of the year, CFO of the Year, etc…).

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2015

” Surveys consistently show that we aspire to buy responsibly , and we even say we’ll pay more for environmental or socially preferable products. Anytime the giants of an industry really start competing and collaborating on sustainability, it’s a very good development. ” was a profound “sort of.”

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Productivity Products Chemicals Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Roughly 18% of companies currently use personality tests in the hiring process, according to a survey conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management. The MBTI was not developed for that purpose and is not intended for personnel evaluation — even the test’s publisher warns against using it in that way.

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Pre-Employment Screening Human Resources How To CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Roughly 18% of companies currently use personality tests in the hiring process, according to a survey conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management. The MBTI was not developed for that purpose and is not intended for personnel evaluation — even the test''s publisher warns against using it in that way. Test the tests.

Pre-Employment Screening 8

Pre-Employment Screening Human Resources How To CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Gene Morphis, former CFO of CVS and David's Bridal suggests: "There is an interesting intersection between risk management and innovation that emerges in the CMO-CIO interface." Data can spring from a number of places: loyalty cards, purchases, social media behavior, website analytics, surveys, etc. Find Common Ground.

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CIO Chief Information Officer Norton Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Indeed, surveys show that managers and executives describe the “ideal worker” as someone with no personal life or caregiving responsibilities. I’m going to push more responsibility onto them, which should help them develop faster. He had to sell the idea to both his family and the other managers at work.

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Banking Conference CEO Bottom-up 15

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. For example, in a global survey of 258 executives, IT and business executives agree on the relative importance of availability and access risks.

Agility 8

Agility How To Incentives CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

People who respond to your surveys probably differ in important ways from those who don't. Your CFO and finance team can take a leadership role here. I recently ran into a company that based incentives on scores determined from as few as 11 respondents. Don't do that! Are your response rates high enough to reduce responder bias?

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Incentives Sample Customer Loyalty Metrics 11

Women on Business

JANUARY 25, 2011

This is my plea for the “meeters&# of the world to break from the pack and start becoming “doers.&# Many studies find that 70% or better surveyed said their meetings are very often time-wasters and could be more productive. I spent more time meeting and less time actually doing.

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Press Release Discount PR Magazine 140

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? Forty-six percent of executives and directors surveyed by the think-tank Focusing Capital on the Long Term noted that the board was a major source of demands for short-term results, more than 2.5

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Benchmarking Company Short-term Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2017

“Now even our CEO and CFO work from home from time to time,” he says. For instance, he pointed to his own direct reports, who often spent days at home when they need “heads down” time to write surveys or handbooks, and were getting high marks from clients as a result. It’s fine.’”

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Proposal How To Case Study Motivation 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2013

Sorry, CFOs: CEOs Don't Think You'd Make Good COOs (CFO). While CFOs are increasingly a part of running company operations, a new survey of CEOs indicates that they may not be entirely comfortable with this arrangement. STICK TO MATH. For female condoms, simplicity and ease of use are key.

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Quinn CFO COO Airlines 8