Leading Blog

JANUARY 30, 2023

If a company puts its talent first in its strategy and decision-making, these problems won’t arise in the first place. So, when thinking about your employees and talent strategies, that’s where you must start: at the top. Then prepare to be surprised: Your CEO, CFO, and COO may very well give different answers.

Trends 350

Trends Company COO CFO 350

Lead Change Blog

JUNE 25, 2020

In their CFO Magazine piece, “ How An Obsession with Metrics Is Killing Your Company ”, authors Alexander Van Caeneghem and Jean-Marie Bequevort , write, “The quest for financial performance and the pressure to measure can corrode organizational cultures, narrow the focus of leadership, reduce intrinsic motivation, and support unethical behavior.

P&L 220

P&L ROE Metrics CFO 220

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

It will be interesting to see how a former CFO will face up to these formidable challenges, complicated further by reports that the ECB isn’t allowing the Volkswagen group to fully benefit from the central bank’s “cheap” money.

CFO 8

CFO Crisis Mass Marketing IPO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2018

As Rhonda Anderson, the CFO of the nonprofit, told us: “Our mission goes back hundreds of years: providing care for the poor and the vulnerable. Ascension has another solid reason for pursuing its strategy. Ascension’s strategy has no downside, only upside. It’s part of Catholic social teaching.”

Health Care 8

Health Care Insurance Cost Price 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2017

So is John Rice, the head of global operations, along with CFO Jeffrey Bornstein. At a minimum, as is happening to GE now, it forces a company to go through a review of its strategy. (At In June 2017 the board “retired” Immelt and promoted John Flannery to CEO. Comstock is out.

Ries 8

Ries Long-term Short-term Price 8