N2Growth Blog
JULY 25, 2022
As the investor leader, you are becoming more familiar with tackling senior leadership management issues at a newly acquired portfolio firm. . Certain functional leadership positions, and industry sectors, can be less strident on this question. Let’s get back into the scene again, and the bar is still set high. Realize that P.E.
N2Growth Blog
FEBRUARY 8, 2019
There are warning signs you may be stuck in founder-mode and not making the turn to leadership. As startups grow, leaders build and mature a HR/People strategy that is informed by and aligned with the overall business strategy. Maybe your CFO is a family friend. Leadership is uncomfortable sometimes. You’d be wrong.
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Great Leadership By Dan
APRIL 1, 2014
A slightly abbreviated version of this post was recently published in Smartblog on Leadership : True confession time. The company was harvesting its mature and declining business in order to pump cash into its growth bets. A new CFO came on board and decided that training was a luxury that could no longer be afforded.
Lead Change Blog
JUNE 24, 2015
You cannot dare do the same thing as an entrepreneur when you are still the HR manager, marketing guru, office manager, janitor, tech guy, sales staff, CFO and CEO. With some of these other jobs, you can leave behind the workload and take some time out. Let’s flip over to the bright side of the coin: It’s rewarding.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 2, 2017
One CFO I know managed finance for a spin-off firm when it went public and then returned to the parent company in a corporate position. Another CFO led finance for multiple units so he could gain a breadth of knowledge across the business before becoming the corporate CFO.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 5, 2018
No matter how sophisticated and mature the new leader may be, rushing too quickly toward early wins can deprive the new leader of the insight needed to understand the culture and build relationships. As a consequence, quick wins may soon be undone, or they may beget new leadership problems. The New Leader Who Starts Too Fast.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 30, 2018
Leadership & Developing People Book. If you want to be a chief financial officer (CFO), identify five CFOs who you admire or who are well regarded in your industry. It should be a significant building block of your functional or leadership capability; your accomplishment of it should mean something to others in your field.
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