article thumbnail

Executive Hiring For a P.E. Portfolio Company – Tangential Opportunity

N2Growth Blog

The CFO candidate might get by with only a broad sector experience in manufacturing, finance, or technology. Perhaps they started careers in a very different environment, for example, a well-traveled photojournalist or even a failed technology entrepreneur. . You will subconsciously know when a candidate is CEO material.

Execution 391
article thumbnail

Unemotional Leadership—an Oxymoron

Lead on Purpose

The leading candidate is the scheming CFO played by Frederic March, a passionless, colorless bean counter groping for power, but with no vision beyond increasing dividend payouts to stockholders. Andrew Cravenho is the CEO of CBAC Funding, an innovative invoice finance company. That is why unemotional leadership is an oxymoron.

Charisma 222
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Female Leadership on the Decline in Canada :: Women on Business

Women on Business

CEO, CMO, COO, CIO, CFO, etc.), Furthermore, of the 535 highest paid and most senior positions at those companies, only 5.8% are held by women (down from 6.9% in the prior year). One more disheartening statistic shows that only 26% of those companies have at least one woman in an executive officer’s position (e.g.,

article thumbnail

Avon CEO Andrea Jung Takes Seat on Apple's Board :: Women on Business

Women on Business

She’s taking over the seat formerly occupied by Apple’s former CFO, John Anderson, who resigned amidst a stock options backdating scandal. Andrea Jung was an executive vice president at Neiman-Marcus before she joined Avon in 1996.Ă‚ Avon’s stock price was up 15% in 2007.Ă‚

article thumbnail

The C-Suite Needs a Chief Entrepreneur

Harvard Business Review

You could call this person the Chief Entrepreneur (CE) — someone who can lead the future of the company while the CEO takes cares of running the existing business. I’ve written up a job description below to make the search easier for Fortune 50 companies: Are you a Chief Entrepreneur? Design/construct a space for invention.

article thumbnail

Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Darek Lenart – Senior VP HR, Finance MasterCard. Executive coach for CEOs, emerging leaders and entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs. A visionary entrepreneur. Facebook’s first HR hire, she has led global people programs, been an HR Business Partner, and CFO. Former President, Dow Chemical USA. Former director at Harman.

article thumbnail

What Social Entrepreneurs Can Teach Your Company's Future Leaders

Harvard Business Review

In our experience, social entrepreneurs can be extraordinary role models in this regard. Access to finance , designing operational processes and systems , and building strong, talented management teams are just a few obstacles that many cite. At Allianz, the program was initiated and supported by the company CFO.