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The Pandemic-Era CFO: Bold Financial Leadership Is a Strategic Imperative

CEO Insider

The business upheaval is daunting — from supply chain risks to wild swings in […]. License and Republishing: The views expressed in this article The Pandemic-Era CFO: Bold Financial Leadership Is a Strategic Imperative are those of the author Scott Carberry alone and not the CEOWORLD magazine.

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Robert Sher: Part 2 of an interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Rob Sher is founding principal of CEO to CEO, a consulting firm of former chief executives that improves the leadership infrastructure of midsized companies seeking to accelerate their performance. He has published extensively on the successful leadership traits of CEOs of mid-market companies.

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Robert Sher: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Rob Sher is founding principal of CEO to CEO, a consulting firm of former chief executives that improves the leadership infrastructure of midsized companies seeking to accelerate their performance. He has published extensively on the successful leadership traits of CEOs of mid-market companies.

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The CIO Paradox: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Ross Jeremy Hope Martha Heller Operations versus Strategy Oscar Wilde Peter Weill recruiting Reinventing the CFO: How Financial Managers Can Transform Their Roles and Add Greater Value Successor The CIO Paradox: Battling the Contradictions of IT Leadership'

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Making the Turn: 10 Warning Signs You aren’t Shifting from Founder to Leader

N2Growth Blog

There are warning signs you may be stuck in founder-mode and not making the turn to leadership. Maybe your CFO is a family friend. Leadership is uncomfortable sometimes. Leadership involves uncertainty. Leadership is messier that being the founder. One of these can derail things pretty easily. Here’s an example.

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The C-Suite Needs a Chief Entrepreneur

Harvard Business Review

Sure, there are exceptions who are both visionary CEOs and innovators — Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos, for example — but there are very few companies that can stomach that sort of leadership. The Chief Entrepreneur is an executive as powerful as the CEO, with clear leadership over radical innovation within the company.

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Before You Link Pay to Customer Feedback: Five Essentials

Harvard Business Review

Your CFO and finance team can take a leadership role here. On the macro level, you can estimate the value of achieving customer loyalty leadership in terms of market share gains or revenue growth. You'll also need to supplement the root-cause disciplines with tools, processes and leadership support for learning and improvement.