Leading Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

As one anonymous Fortune 500 CEO shared: My CFO started well. His new book (co-authored with Marianna Zangrillo) is The Next Leadership Team: How to Select, Build, and Optimize Your Top Team. Some senior leaders stop developing and, therefore, over time will be more and more out of touch with the organization’s needs.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 22, 2018

As Craig’s CFO and CAO, I always appreciated this leadership style. Build great teams In the early dark days as CFO of Footlocker, we had a struggling company that was deeply in debt. They weren’t always the best talkers or best dressed, but they just knew how to do their jobs and work within our culture.

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Engaging Leader

APRIL 25, 2013

Well, you’ve made it to the C-Suite because of your expertise, but do you have the people skills to be successful with the CEO, CFO, and other executives? How can you create presence that influences others to perceive you as a strategic thinker, a heavy hitter, an adept leader? Dianna’s other books and public speaking.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 23, 2015

Usually the CEO and the CFO have the biggest impact on organization-wide changes, but it is not always so; in some cases the hierarchy doesn’t reflect the amount of influence, so it’s advisable to check everything carefully. Where should you start? First of all, you need to discover who your true stakeholders are.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 24, 2020

Joel Peterson has been around the block serving as a leader in various roles—CEO, CFO, founder, investor, entrepreneur—and is currently the chairman of JetBlue Airways and a professor at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. But over time, I’ve learned what to do—and how to think—when things don’t go as planned.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 16, 2012

It could be a hard-nosed peer, the CFO, HR, the company attorney, whatever – someone who’s willing to call you out if needed. In the absence of a “the buck stops here” manager, you need to find someone else to play that role. Keep your boss informed. Your boss may not require or want regular meetings or updates – but do ‘em anyways.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 10, 2016

Organisational leaders at all levels can learn how to bring out the best in introverts and extroverts. Here’s how: 1. He has observed in many companies that a C-suite team represents a balance of types, for instance, an introverted CEO who chooses an extroverted CFO to bring strengths to the table that he or she doesn’t have. “On

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 17, 2014

I had the opportunity to sit with Lewis Booth , former CFO of Ford Motor Company, who along with the senior executive team, led the successful turnaround and global repositioning of Ford. Follow me on Twitter @bizjrchildress.

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Rich Gee Group

MARCH 9, 2015

This means an array of capabilities like coaching, mentoring and how to give constructive feedback which reinforces the behavior and motivation of your peak performers. The best tool to learn how to motivate is Dale Carnegie’s: How to Win Friends and Influence People. They deliver information when required.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Robertson enterprise architecture Enterprise Architecture as Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution Future of the CIO Role Futurist versus Archivist Harvard Business Review Press How to become a CIO "for all seasons" IT and Business Paradox Jeanne W.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Whether you are a CFO of an international, publicly-traded conglomerate, or a mid-sized regional business, it is well within your portfolio to do everything possible to properly prepare for the threat. Make no mistake: this problem is only getting worse.

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Center for Creative Leadership

APRIL 24, 2019

How to Increase Your Executive Presence. I recently spoke with the CEO of a medium-sized manufacturing company about his new CFO who was poised to attend our flagship program for senior executives, Leadership at the Peak. She was respected by colleagues and employees, and over time had become the right-hand assistant to the CFO.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Noticing fellow teachers struggling with technology adoption, she moved into the role of instructional technologist, implementing IT projects and training teachers how to use technology in the classroom. Hire a Chief Future Officer (CFO). To accommodate the escalating speed of change and plans for the future, hire a new type of CFO.

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Engaging Leader

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

Marty has an MBA, spent many years in leadership roles at a Fortune 500 company, has been CFO of several organizations, and 10 years ago he started up a restaurant and catering business that he still leads today. Podcast episode 008: How to Become an Interactive Leader. Podcast episode 006: The Impact Motive. Subscription Links.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 9, 2017

Organisational leaders at all levels can learn how to bring out the best in introverts and extroverts. Here’s how: 1. He has observed in many companies that a C-suite team represents a balance of types , for instance, an introverted CEO who chooses an extroverted CFO to bring strengths to the table that he or she doesn’t have. “On

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Leading Blog

JUNE 13, 2011

As a leader you need to know how to judge raw human talent. In The Talent Masters , Bill Conaty and Ram Charan explain how to do it. Elevate it to the same level as the CFO. People deliver numbers. If you want the numbers, you need the people. A business partnership with human resources. Continuous learning and improvement.

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Rich Gee Group

AUGUST 31, 2015

For some positions (CFO, CIO), all their hard work to make it to the table is now useless when they need to use skills other than IQ: Communication – Communicate clearly and concisely. How do you grow your direct reports, your staff, and your organization through motivation? EQ – Emotional Quotient (or Emotional Intelligence).

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 1, 2014

Sales reps were trained in their products and how to sell them, scientists went to conferences, engineers were offered continued training to keep their skills up to date, and new managers were trained how to manage. A new CFO came on board and decided that training was a luxury that could no longer be afforded.

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Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2020

When I asked him to talk about what he wanted out of coaching it basically came down to support and guidance about how to handle this big opportunity that secretly scared the hell out of him. If you liked what you read here, subscribe here to get my latest ideas on how to lead and live at your best.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

The CFO’s Cheat Sheet to Compensation Risk & Reward. Finance leaders; find out how to stop struggling with time-consuming, inaccurate incentive compensation processes. Find out how in this quick guide! Click here for more information on The CFO’s Cheat Sheet to Compensation Risk & Reward.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 31, 2015

Determine if it’s possible to fix what you’ve got (to save the time, money, human capital) or figure out how to work with the internal Tech folks if absolutely necessary. meet with CFO (manages the Tech department). Majority decides to use vendors to do all the work rather than in house, but need buy-in from CFO. Find budget.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 4, 2019

Before starting as CFO, I repeatedly scanned through my leadership qualities, considering how I would present myself to my new colleagues. The night before my first day, a jumble of questions raced around my sleepless mind: “How will I balance openness with authority?” They should connect with employees. About the Author.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

He provides you proven techniques, workshop processes, real-world case studies and examples and insightful observations from business leaders and his own career – which includes 20 years as an executive at IBM and CFO positions at Cisco and Red Hat. Calderoni : If you aren’t sure how to begin, start by understanding your purpose.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Maybe it’s not your fault, but it is your problem to figure out how to navigate into a more appealing work situation. He is featured in this audio interview where he shares his experience, knowledge, and best tactics on how to be a leader in the customer service industry. Bernd Geropp shared How To Give Feedback.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

They fail to appreciate how much commitment and rigor is needed to create and implement them. It's one thing to write about how to create and implement the ideal executive IDP process - it's another thing when you are dealing with real, live human beings, as well as organizational culture and politics. I know I sure have.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 20, 2021

It’s usually the job of a bank’s chief financial officer (CFO), chief risk officer (CRO), or chief technology officer (CTO) to oversee tech implementation. If you’re in any one of these positions, you must be wondering how you can complete your implementation or modernization initiatives with the least amount of friction possible.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 1, 2017

Christopher Avery of Christopher Avery and the Leadership Gift provided Relearning How to Want. This post reveals how relearning how to want drives self-leadership, and how you can achieve it.” We write people off as “untrainable and uncoachable” when it’s really we who need to learn how to train and coach.”

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Unlimited provided How to Get Along with the Colleague Who is Faster Than You. David Dye of Trailblaze submitted How to Lead When It Looks Impossible. In this post, Virtual CFO Jon Verbeck explains the important parts of a financial dashboard for your company. They actually mean it because they are empathetic.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

MARCH 11, 2013

My friend and former Microsoft CFO Frank Gaudette (now deceased) used to say: “I reserve the right to wake up smarter every day.” This insightful and practical book will guide you on a journey we all must take – learning how to navigate this complex world from a position of strength, not from a survival mentality.

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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. In this black and white classic, William Holden portrays a junior executive with great vision but limited executive experience. Approachable.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 7, 2020

By and large they’ve been surprised to see how differently we evaluate their potential executive search partners than they would. The problem is: many hiring managers just don’t know how to evaluate external recruiters. Second, what you are trying to understand is how repeatable their success rate is.

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Surviving Leadership

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Whether or not you think Netflix is a company you want to emulate (and there are those who question some of their tactics ), Powerful outlines some very relevant points about how to be intentional about the organization your building – from the culture to employee engagement.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Let’s look at how that might happen and how to prevent it. How would your CFO or CIO handle this? ™: How to Future Proof Your Small Business and Improve Your Tech Bottom Line. Someone in their organization, without explicit or implicit authority or oversight, may be making decisions adding to the Tech Debt 2.0

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 11, 2010

For some positions (CFO, CIO), all their hard work to make it to the table is now useless when they need to use skills other than IQ: Communication – Communicate clearly and concisely. How do you grow your direct reports, your staff, and your organization through motivation? How To Pick Yourself Up After You Fail.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 26, 2015

Does the CFO of the company you’re looking to acquire really have confidence in the revenue numbers he’s projecting? He is a contributor to the book, “ Get the Truth: Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Persuade Anyone to Tell All ,” to be released by St. Martin’s Press on March 24. coaching influence persuasion Peter Romary'

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Unlimited provided How to Get Along with the Colleague Who is Faster Than You. David Dye of Trailblaze submitted How to Lead When It Looks Impossible. In this post, Virtual CFO Jon Verbeck explains the important parts of a financial dashboard for your company. They actually mean it because they are empathetic.

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Coaching Tip

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

B2C companies invest millions to understand the various personas, segments, demographics, and geographical nuances to help them determine how to position and manage their brands to appeal to the faceless masses. If the package is damaged I assume my local grocer dropped it while putting it out on the shelf. Yes, I’m a Coke advocate.

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