Center for Creative Leadership

APRIL 24, 2019

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. How to Increase Your Executive Presence.

Charisma 65

Charisma CFO CEO Execution 65

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2011

a Boston-based innovation management collaborative. We often ask executives to tell us about their biggest innovation failures. The CEO and CFO responded with, "A failure to hit ROI and NPV targets." The head of R&D remembered it as a failure to properly market the innovation. If an innovation initiative failed, ask why.

NPV 16

NPV ROI CFO Consensus 16

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2013

The persona of the next-generation CIO is evolving from Chief Infrastructure Officer through Chief Integration Officer and Chief Intelligence Officer to Chief Innovation Officer. For a CIO or other technology leader to make the move successfully from infrastructure to innovation, three key building blocks must be in place.

CIO 8

CIO Succession Fast Follower Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2013

During an intensive 8-week pilot, each team was trained and then it analyzed the cost structure of one function and recommended cost reduction tactics. Leadership created an optimization office reporting to the CFO to facilitate cost reduction projects, train new team members, and document and disseminate results across the system.

Cost 8

Cost Health Care Six Sigma Insourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2015

That positive, innovative approach is not only far more likely to lead you to a beneficial solution, but also to a place of trust. There was “no room for smoke and mirrors, or misdirection, or any of those other standard negotiation tactics that others might use,” he explains.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain How To Price Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

A simple program of teaching inclusion tactics can have little hope in the face of a wall of conformity. Brett (not his real name) was the CFO of a major multinational. Rather than creating stand-alone programs, leaders need innovative ways to embed inclusion in their social system. Keep Communication Open. But he did.

Team 8

Team Diversity Company Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2016

You used to be able to track everything with an Excel spreadsheet, personally designed by your CFO; now you’ve got an SAP installation in its place, supported by an entire IT department. Founded in 1966, Norwegian quickly became an innovator in its field as the first company to offer round-trip cruises that nearly anybody could afford.

Company 9

Company IPO Price Loyalty 9