Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2017

Despite rapid innovations in data processing and machine learning, many businesses have yet to make the leap from the Industrial Age to the information age, and the gap between technological and organizational progress is widening. Closing this gap requires much more than short-term fixes, like adopting new technologies.

Industry 12

Industry Short-term Planning Long-term 12

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Authority on new technology and communication. Darek Lenart – Senior VP HR, Finance MasterCard. Focuses on business development and implementation of new business plans across the Region. Claire Diaz-Ortiz – Technology innovator and speaker. Alex Osterwalder – Co-founder Strategyzer. Entrepreneurs.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

Since then, we interviewed several chief financial officers (CFOs) of leading technology companies and senior analysts of investment banks who follow technology companies. This notion, that risk is a desirable feature, can seem like sacrilege to anyone who’s taken an introductory finance course.

Report 8

Report GAAP Net Present Value CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2016

This, in turn, is triggering a shift in the perceived role of the CFO — from bean counters to planters of seed corn. “We are trying to use the index to change corporate behavior,” said Mark Wiseman, chief executive of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, the lead investor in the initiative.

Short-term 8

Short-term Long-term CFO Wiseman 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2011

A few months ago, a former client called me in a panic : Her CFO wanted to start several process simplification projects immediately — and she needed a proposal to review with him the next day. In some ways, technology has turned us into rapid-response junkies.

CFO 15

CFO Crisis Proposal Finance 15

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Twelve cases are written as narratives with multiple teaching points, but without a focus on a particular business decision; the remaining twenty-three cases were written around specific conundrums related to strategy, operations, finance, marketing, leadership, culture, human resources, organizational design, business model, and growth.

Learning-by-Doing 62

Learning-by-Doing Price Bottom-up Finance 62

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2018

At one point, the CEO indicated that he would know that the right shift had occurred when the CFO, chief strategy officer, and other C-level leaders were seeking the CMO’s advice on strategic business problems. This would require an action plan, time, and organizational commitment. The first thing she did was define success.

CFO 8

CFO CEO Agility Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

With a background in both strategy and finance, Sheila was an up-and-coming manager at a well-known consumer products company. After several months of emotional churning, Sheila decided to focus on Plan B –figuring out what she really wanted to do instead of trying to overturn an “injustice.” Career planning'

Career 10

Career Examples Supply Chain CFO 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

She made a presentation to the VP of Public Relations, the CFO, and the president of the company to get the extra support. It's traditional to evaluate people using customer responses in customer service jobs, but people in finance, human resources, or information technology can use this approach.

Public Relations 15

Public Relations Human Resources CFO Career 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2017

market , and still has a large cash hoard for investment from its last financing round at a valuation of $68 billion, making it the highest-valued unicorn in the history of business. Uber needs a viable talent plan that matches its growth aspirations to its talent supply in order to have a chance of maintaining momentum.

CEO 12

CEO IPO Energy COO 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2013

The chief financial officer (CFO) role rose to prominence in the mid -1980’s as pressures for value management and more transparent investor relations gained traction. Information & technology Leadership' Over the past 30 years, most companies have added new C-level roles in response to changing business environments.

Chief Financial Officer 8

Chief Financial Officer Information Technology Metrics CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Densmor, Terranola’s CFO, saw those words on Twitter about one minute after Hughes had uttered them. As CFO, A.J. s plan to acquire all six of the licensees that made Express machines and pods. He suggested a meeting of the executive team to plan a response or even launch a preemptive attack, and the CEO agreed.

Case Study 8

Case Study CFO Hedge PR 8

Women on Business

JANUARY 25, 2011

Meetings can be very powerful tools, but you have to plan them out long before they happen. If you learn to plan, structure, and participate in meetings effectively, you will be able improve your own time management and productivity as well as that of other participants. To be completed by March 31st.’

Press Release 140

Press Release Discount PR Magazine 140

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2010

That sort of money should allow you to open 10 new centers next year, not through franchising as you'd planned, but under your direct ownership and control. But she decided, first, to stick to her plan to visit the Calidad de Vida center in this part of town after lunch. I'm not a finance person, but that seems too soon to me.".

Case Study 13

Case Study Franchising Health Care Follow-up 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2014

company takes on the legal identity of foreign subsidiary, usually in order to reduce its taxes — has become about as controversial as corporate finance topics get. When I’m talking to corporate CEOs, CFOs, and board members, I don’t see the major multinationals planning to bring that cash back to the United States.

Globalization 8

Globalization CEO System Offshoring 8