Leading Blog

MARCH 9, 2021

Test #1 Can You Develop a Simple Plan for Your Strategy? Or as former CFO of the Disney Interactive Media Group, Bruce Gordon, puts it, “Very few people are bad at their job, but many are not as good as they must be.”. They need to have a “forward radar,” says the former CEO of Aetna, Ron Williams.

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CEO Crisis Guidelines Gordon 428

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Power skills are long-lasting, transferable across a number of work environments and roles, and can developed. Business development. Software and app developers. Business development is the only job description based on power skills. Hire a Chief Future Officer (CFO). Digital marketing and strategy specialists.

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Skills Emotional Intelligence CFO Power 145

Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 1, 2016

If we build leadership in others, we develop a stronger line and an overall stronger organization.” John Sims, CFO at Snowden Lane Partners who climbed the Grand Teton with a guide-led team, says, “Without trust in your teammates, you will only do as much as faith in your own limited abilities will take you.” Guides are trust-builders.

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Leadership Styles CFO Learning-by-Doing Self-aware 120

N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

When you started out you rightly focused on developing your unique new product, service, or solution. Maybe your CFO is a family friend. In addition to driving business results you are making time to ensure each team and each individual are doing their own work of personal and professional development. Make the turn.

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Delegation Maturity CEO Execution 243

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 15, 2020

Given the inherent uncertainty and complex working environment in those early months and years, it makes sense that the a cohesive and united founding team is crucial to longer-term success. Who would be CFO or COO? Selecting the team. Assigning roles. Who would be CEO?

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2011

In a volatile world, anxiety and uncertainty make people a little testy. The former CFO did not go quietly. Meanwhile, the CEO and new CFO had to raise capital and revenues to make up for the shortfall, which the disgruntled former CFO blamed on everyone else. Develop and announce exciting plans.

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CFO Chief Financial Officer Cooper Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2012

Although the empirical evidence is mixed, this argument has intuitive logic: Because investors abhor uncertainty, knowing management's expectations is a valuable data point that can strengthen their confidence in the investment. After weighing the pros and cons, I come down on the side of not providing guidance.

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