Lead on Purpose
FEBRUARY 22, 2014
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. Names in business like Lee Iacocca, in politics such as Robert F. Emotion Is Integral to Quality Leadership.
Marshall Goldsmith
DECEMBER 6, 2010
A CEO asked me to coach his potential successor, the CFO. It didn't take long before I just felt that the CEO just didn't like the CFO. I brought it to his attention: "I just don't think you like the CFO." However, the CEO now concluded that the CFO lacked the "adequate marketing skills." The CFO was understandably upset.
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Harvard Business Review
JULY 25, 2016
What receives far less attention is that, more and more in our increasingly complex, volatile, and fully-globalized business world, the effectiveness of such action depends on a powerful partnership between the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and the General Counsel (GC). Compliance.
N2Growth Blog
AUGUST 22, 2010
These CEOs are overly trusting, and often politically naive. If your CFO handles all communications with your banking relationships, and your Chief Investment Officer handles all of your investor relations, you’re flat out missing the boat. The Unaware CEO : These CEO’s will take any report or piece of information at face value.
N2Growth Blog
JUNE 29, 2010
When I first You Can’t Argue With Crazy – n2growth.com 12/31/2008 By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth [ You can't argue [.]
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 6, 2013
But this makes the still lingering CMO-CFO disconnect even more significant, as both executives are now stewards of that critical corporate data. We found that we shared a passion for finance, the stock market, innovation, and marketing (and, candidly, politics). Figure out the definitions. Understand both sides of risk.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 31, 2017
Some people are qualified on paper, but for political, historical, or personality reasons can’t really succeed on a given team or in a particular job. A good coach can provide an outside perspective on both of these issues, because they’re not motivated by any politics or agendas. Her boss was very supportive of the change.
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