N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Having a CFO with a “head in the cloud” might be a good thing if we’re talking about cloud computing, cognitive technologies, and AI that has significantly influenced this role. This scenario is why changing the recruiting strategy and redefining the CFO profile requirements are long overdue. .

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Chief Financial Officer CFO Finance Compliance 392

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

The CFO’s Cheat Sheet to Compensation Risk & Reward. This 4-page guide outlines 7 ways that automated compensation management software improves your ROI: Streamlined data and workflow processes. Click here for more information on The CFO’s Cheat Sheet to Compensation Risk & Reward.

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Resources CFO ROI Risk Management 50

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2023

The ban would would elevate the cybersecurity conversation to the CEO, the CFO, and the board, and potentially end the practice of scapegoating CISOs when a breach happens. The White House is considering a ban on ransomware payments, which could change the chief information and security officer (CISO) job.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Further, if the rearguard strategy backfires, or is exposed by the press, this can amplify the damage to a company’s brand and leadership, not to mention potential legal consequences if a court can prove negligence.

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Chief Technology Officer Short-term How To Long-term 77

Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Auditing/monitoring and risk assessment – risk assessment is the "radar screen" of threats to your company. How are risk assessment, and more specifically -- enterprise risk management ("ERM") implemented in your organization? How and when are audits performed that "kick the tires" on key activities?

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 16, 2015

And as an HBS white paper points out, even some of today’s most mainstream executives — from the CTO to even the CFO — were once just new positions created to deal with “significant opportunities and risks emerging from technological or social disruptions.”

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Constraint Supply Chain Resources Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Listening, Derek Melis, his friend and CFO, was relieved. Rogier hadn’t once mentioned holacracy or self-managed teams, even though the executive team and the board had been talking for months about transitioning to just such a system at the global construction company. Please don’t let that cloud your judgment as CFO.

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