In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 31, 2011

My fascination isn’t my productivity; rather, it is the source of the idea. For as long as I can remember, the person bonded to the CEO’s hip was the CFO. Frankly, I wasn’t sure whether I could maintain the pace of one blog per week. But as the year closes, I realize that I’ve posted 54 blogs.

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Blog Mission Statement Strategic Planning Brand 222

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

In the July/August issue of HBR , Ram Charan argues that the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) role should be eliminated, with HR responsibilities funneled in two separate directions — administration , led by traditional HR-types, reporting to the CFO; and talent strategy , led by high-potential line managers, reporting to the corner office.

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CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2017

And many CEOs we talked to, like Owen Mahoney of Nexon, agree that the CHRO is one of the most strategic roles someone could have: “Businesses grow or die based on the quality of their people, so the human resource executive role is arguably the most strategic in the company.

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Quinn Execution CFO Forrester 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2018

Digital companies, however, consider scientists’ and software workers’ and product development teams’ time to be the company’s most valuable resource. CFOs of these companies themselves admit that they cannot justify their market capitalizations based on traditional metrics.

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Report GAAP Net Present Value CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Lance Best, the CEO of Barker Sports Apparel, was meeting with Nina Kelk, the company’s general counsel, who also oversaw human resources. Lance was struck by what he saw in CFO Damon Ewen’s file. His CFO and his sales chief had been at loggerheads for a while. “You’re surprised?”

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Case Study Team CFO Merchandising 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Your boss's boss has a broader perspective on your organization than you (or your boss), and can see more of what's coming down the pike — be it new products or possible new assignments. A year later, I had an interesting new job as the human resources representative on the mergers and acquisitions team.

Public Relations 15

Public Relations Human Resources CFO Career 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2013

For example, a divisional controller may report directly to the CFO and on a dotted line to the VP of the division; which ensures that the controller knows what the "internal customer" (the VP) needs as well as what the direct boss (the CFO) wants. It certainly worked for me. He really liked me.

Management 8

Management CFO Human Resources Report 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 10, 2013

It means responding productively to political opposition — maybe even bad-faith backstabbing — without getting sidetracked, distracted, or losing your focus. When we returned after the break at the Alentix Executive Committee meeting, the CFO interrupted the agenda to say he wanted to address the issue of Europe.

Leadership 11

Leadership Committee CFO Learning-by-Doing 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2015

This comes at a significant financial and productivity cost to all organizations, as demonstrated by research in corporate settings : Onboarding an external hire can cost up to twice the departing executive’s salary, and the time it takes for an external hire to become productive is twice as long as for someone hired from within.

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Development Mentor COO CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

They grow faster, make more money, and are more valued than companies organized around products and services. A production process turns inputs into outputs and distributes them through a tightly controlled supply chain. Value is in the products and services themselves. Human capital. Intellectual capital.

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Intellectual Capital Strategy Supply Chain Business Model 8

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.

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Learning-by-Doing Price Bottom-up Finance 62

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2017

“The MROI of social media activity often looks very high if you only count financial resources, but if you look at the human resources required to develop content and respond to consumers’ posts 24/7, the number goes down,” she says. As a result, CFOs and CMOs are often at odds.

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ROI Marketing Marketing Mix Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

The digital work crisis is this unnerving pace of technological change, complex global networks, and lists product and service variation in almost infinite work streams, a whole tone of digital distractions, and fundamental access to more data than humans can handle. Think about this, if you think about a legacy product company.

Content 8

Content Crisis Apparel Learning-by-Doing 8

Women on Business

JANUARY 25, 2011

.&# Many studies find that 70% or better surveyed said their meetings are very often time-wasters and could be more productive. I have learned over the years to make meetings meaningful and productive, but it has become a developed skill over time. You first have to determine the purpose of the meeting. To be completed by March 31st.’

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Press Release Discount PR Magazine 140

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2014

It does require that leaders reach across functional boundaries, but thats different than simply placing compensation and benefits under the CFO. Human resources Leadership Talent management' Yet this evidence is apparently not well-known.

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Charan Finance Human Resources Supply Chain 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2017

More and more people are working remotely, and many say it improves their productivity and satisfaction — while also saving them time and money. ” But, in fact, research suggests the opposite: Working from home increases productivity, efficiency, and engagement. Stephen Smith for HBR. ” Devise a plan.

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Proposal How To Case Study Motivation 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2011

Between the inner and outer doors of Circale Corporation's headquarters building, human resources VP Nils Ekdahl crossed paths with CFO Anita Fierst as he was leaving for lunch. "We The CFO was right: Milanese was indeed a perfectionist. We need to make those cuts we talked about," Fierst said briskly.

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Case Study P&L Performance Review Review 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

.” Another study by Willis, Towers, Perrin supports this finding that more employers enjoy major financial returns and competitive advantages through higher employee engagement, productivity workplace morale. As these studies show, the current ROI debate misses the bigger picture.

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ROI Health Care Company Competitive Advantage 8