Harvard Business Review
JUNE 25, 2015
You produce growth engines with calculated bets, not “wild-ass gambles.” Communication will be key to this partnership because the CEO is the person who can help finance your future experiments. You do not work for the CEO, or alongside the CTO, CIO, and CFO. ” You believe anything is possible. You persevere.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
Your CFO and finance team can take a leadership role here. Unless line managers and finance really believe in the link between customer feedback and business outcomes, your incentive system won't last long. Truly reliable feedback and metrics. A clear link to financial and strategic outcomes.
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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. Investors adored the Terranola story. When the Express launched, sales of food bars in the United States were already $2 billion annually and expanding by double digits. I know the investors will come around.”
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 7, 2011
The wishes of a functional head such as CFO, CMO, or company President won out over a Process Owner of Order-to-Cash. How many times have you heard "I'm a finance person" or "I'm a marketer"?) They also built a process governance structure that was an organizational overlay on their functional and product structures. from 2004 to 2007.
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.
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