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The Disconnected Leader | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

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. As the CEO you are the visionary, influencer, champion, defender, evangelist and you must have a bias to action. I Think Not.

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You Can't Argue With Crazy | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

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 [.] I Think Not. Whos Reading N2growth Twitter Updates mikemyatt: Poor work requries a lot of explanation beca. mikemyatt: RT thx @ArtieDavis @MarkOOakes @words4warrio.

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To bid or not to bid? That is the question.

Strategy Driven

Make an appointment with the CFO. Have an active social media presence that is easily findable, so your reputation is both visible and impressive. The only people likely to influence change of modification are C-level executives. He or she is most interested in making a profit, not just saving a dollar.

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Providing Earnings Guidance? Think Again

Harvard Business Review

This in turn can produce whisper numbers in the market, making it confusing to discern whether the company has in fact met or exceeded the market's expectations and perhaps eroding the CFO's credibility with the investment community. After weighing the pros and cons, I come down on the side of not providing guidance.

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Craft a Remarkable Personal Brand Statement! 29 Steps & Examples

Miles Anthony Smith

Build and guard your reputation , and the end result is absolutely worth it. Graham Keen "Inspirational CEO/CFO turned positive-psychologist resiliently transforming businesses & financial performance." When you express your values with confidence and have the outcomes to back it up, your influence will draw others in.

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Build Your Team Like an Executive

Harvard Business Review

For example, Tim Sheahan, Chief Financial Officer for a large division of a multi-national corporation, aspires to become CFO of a Fortune 100 company in the future. Over time, these executives develop reputations as the kind of leader to whom young, up-and-coming people want to hitch their career wagon.

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How to Ace an Internal Interview

Harvard Business Review

And, as Lees points out, she''s likely to be influenced by what''s happened in the past: "If the last appointment was an internal candidate, and it went horribly, she may be looking for an external one this time around." Know your reputation going into the room. Even a good reputation can act against you," Lees says.

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