Marshall Goldsmith
DECEMBER 26, 2011
They enjoyed incredible job security, great benefits, lifetime health care, and guaranteed pensions. Recently, in a conversation with the CFO of a blue chip company, I observed an example of the impact of this increased compensation. Professionals and managers were working 35 to 40 hours per week. Those days are gone!
Harvard Business Review
MAY 31, 2017
Before 1999 “performance” had a simple, unidimensional definition for health care leaders and their boards: It was shorthand for the CFO’s financial report, summarizing operating margins. The financial health of the organization was the most important metric for management and governance to follow.
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N2Growth Blog
FEBRUARY 8, 2019
Missing the turn or making it too late can cause a company to stagnate or implode or can spell the death of the idea; or worse, the idea becomes someone else’s to bring to market without you. Maybe your CFO is a family friend. Others do not. What’s the differentiator? The winners make the shift from Founder to Leader.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 31, 2017
Housing market price changes can be more accurately predicted from analysis of Google searches than by a team of expert real estate forecasters. There has been a rapid uptake in health care, consumer marketing, crime reduction, agriculture, scientific research, and many other areas.
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. Redefining the CFO role. After all, it’s the CFO who typically sets expectations about growth to investors and then allocates resources to ensure their organizations deliver. ” Many did.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 11, 2016
The 1990s saw the rise of the strategic CFO, and more recently many companies have created a chief strategy officer (CSO) position. Such friction is destructive — and a huge missed opportunity, because the CFO and the strategy head are far more effective when they collaborate. Tapping the most promising growth spots.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 23, 2012
These hurdles aren't unique to financial services — insurance, pharmaceuticals, health care and government all face regulation, to name a few examples. Just ask Gene Morphis, ex-CFO of clothing retailer Francesca's. Even something as innocuous as clicking the Like symbol next to a Facebook post could run afoul of the SEC.
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