Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2012

Just ask Gene Morphis, ex-CFO of clothing retailer Francesca's. A recent leaked letter from a New York state securities regulator sanctioned an investment firm for, among other things, failing "to provide sufficient and appropriate training to employees" using Facebook and LinkedIn. The risks and penalties are real.

Compliance 15

Compliance Media Compliance Officer Policies 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2012

Interestingly, Dominic Caruso also came with the deal for that small biotech company, and he is now the pharma giant's CFO. In a letter to Illumina shareholders, Roche says that the company is beset by new innovative competitors reshaping the market and hasn't kept pace in R&D. And Roche's hostile bid for Illumina?

Innovation 13

Innovation Company Biotechnology CFO 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2015

Delivering on journeys requires many different parts of the organization to come together, such as working with the CIO on the technology implications of developing journeys, and providing the CFO with hard ROI data on customer journey investments. See the customer journey all the way through.

COO 8

COO Planning Metrics Call Center 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2015

The plan was to go public next year, and Jake and his CFO had been trying to cut costs, but they had mostly spared the IT group. Jake typed the letter out on his phone. “Why in the world are you up at midnight writing a fake resignation letter?” Some of that was true. “But the board has made up its mind.

Case Study 8

Case Study Crisis IPO CIO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2011

in big white letters. Back at the office, Stan stopped by to see his CFO, Carl Amirault. Stan left the store and grabbed a Coe's hat from his trunk. When he returned and handed it to Carmen, she laughed: It said "Gracias por Coe's!" A Prudent Path. He wanted to be sure everything was ready for the executive team meeting later that day.

Case Study 10

Case Study Marketing Real Estate Retail 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

In Sarah’s opinion, the problem was obvious: Sid Yerby, the CFO. The young and inexperienced CEO confessed that he often felt uncomfortable asking tough questions of the CFO, an industry veteran who was 10 years his senior. had pulled her aside and asked her to stop arguing with the CFO. The letter also asked J.P.

Case Study 9

Case Study Real Estate CFO Letter 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Employees are told to change passwords frequently, but researchers have found that when people are required to come up with new passwords every three months they tend to do things like merely capitalizing the first letter or adding a number on the end to save time. This makes passwords increasingly easier to crack.

FOB 8

FOB Guidelines Letter Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 25, 2011

Maureen Dowd of The New York Times , inspired by Foer's book, remarks on two other writers with intriguing memory aids: • Mark Twain , who "once wrote the first letter of topics that he wanted to cover in a lecture on his fingernails.". Those approaches force the presenter to stay connected to the text and disconnected from the audience.

Gordon 15

Gordon Letter Audience CFO 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2016

If your strategy relies heavily on aggressive M&A, for example, do you really want a CFO who doesn’t command a salary higher than the norm? Applying them broadly without reference to your talent strategy could make it impossible to source or retain the people you need to achieve goals.

Benchmarking 10

Benchmarking Company Short-term Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2015

She also included a customized reference letter for each person. She read excerpts from the government’s letter, which both explained the funding issue and also complimented Aero Jet Medical’s professionalism and service. “I was trying to make the transition as smooth as possible.” “It was emotional.

How To 8

How To Case Study Letter Reference 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2014

Customers had staged protests at several of the company’s larger stores in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Minneapolis, and many of its 10,000 employees had signed a letter to Harold asking that Natural Foods explain its support of Erikson. I saw your letter to the employees, and that was the right message,” Ken said.

Case Study 9

Case Study Politics Committee Letter 9