Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 1, 2014

A new CFO came on board and decided that training was a luxury that could no longer be afforded. Sure, without training, people can still “wing it”, try to learn on their own, and sink or swim. There was even a requirement that every employee received 40 hours of training. Eventually, though trial and error, they may pick it up.

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Training Development Budgeting Learning Curve 230

Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2018

It’s also one of the hardest skills for a new manager to learn, in part because — unless you’re working at a very fast-growing company — you typically don’t get a lot of practice with it. When you don’t have a lot of opportunities to practice, it’s easy for your learning curve to remain flat.

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Learning Curve Management CFO Delegation 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2017

Yan Wang, the former CFO of VitalSmarts, didn’t survive Mao’s China by taking outlandish risks such as questioning those in positions of authority. As our CFO, she did impeccable work with the highest ethical standards. Design Deliberate Practice.

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Planning CFO Learning Curve Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2018

Albert acts on these types of insights as he goes, rather than stopping to ask for approval, which can present a learning curve to new adopters of AI, but he also shares what he’s learning along the way. In fact, she’s challenging the notion of a “budget” altogether.

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Retail Audience Budgeting Advertising 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 15, 2016

While not exhaustive, below is an illustrative list of the types of support roles a leader might consider having: The Expert: Even when we are experts ourselves, there is always a learning curve. We need to continually seek out those who have the pattern recognition, experience, or best practices around the issues we’re facing.

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Safe Harbor Goal Class Self-aware 8