Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

The development process continues and we introduce the “Amalgatome” in the middle of 2011 to a narrow market of fifteen primary processors with an annual sales potential of $2.76 Million; not big, but interesting. This is the tie that binds us and we live it every day.

Succession 70

Succession Industry Stage-Gate CFO 70

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 6, 2013

CMOs and CFOs don't always see eye-to-eye. An article published in CFO.com indicates that in one study, more CMOs report sharing marketing information with their CFOs than CFOs reported receiving. However, in the best run companies, the relationship between CMOs and CFOs has changed radically and for the better.

CFO 8

CFO Advertising Finance Marketing 8

Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 2, 2010

It’s best summed up by the phrase “policy and politics” which I’ve adapted as “ ideas and influence ” for its application to business. Given how much stuff was coming at us…we probably spent much more time trying to get the policy right than trying to get the politics right. and public opinion.”

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Influence Blog Politics Learning-by-Doing 275

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2017

Some people are qualified on paper, but for political, historical, or personality reasons can’t really succeed on a given team or in a particular job. A good coach can provide an outside perspective on both of these issues, because they’re not motivated by any politics or agendas. Her boss was very supportive of the change.

360-Degree Feedback 8

360-Degree Feedback Execution Real Estate Executive Coaching 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Friedman has gone from trumpeting that The World is Flat and we'd better get used to it, to worrying that That Used to Be Us — the recent book on American competitiveness he co-authored with political scientist Michael Mandelbaum. Our political system will not remediate the contradictions of the global corporation through policy.

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Porter Globalization Supply Chain Politics 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2012

While business markets are obviously different from societies in many ways, they share more things in common, especially in today's networked world. And the lessons learned from political uprisings can inform businesses on how to adjust to the new, increasingly transparent world we live in. What can they teach us?

How To 12

How To Chief Technology Officer Audience Banking 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2013

This bias also explains why a CFO may be perceived as cheap by disposition or why a team might attribute its internal conflicts to incompatible personalities instead of resulting from organizational incentives to compete rather than collaborate with one another. The fundamental analytic error tempts organizations for several reasons.

Human Capital 8

Human Capital Constraint Politics Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2013

Market leaders and fast followers seek transformational change; cautious adopters and laggards dip their toe into incremental change. Market leaders and cautious adopters proactively seek change; fast followers and laggards take a reactive approach. In cautious adopters, the politics are trickier — but not impossible.

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CIO Succession Fast Follower Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2012

Some point to politics in the C-Suite, especially to competition between the COO and CFO. If the COO launched a large, cross-functional improvement program, the CFO would underfund it. The company has very polite and gracious people who like to follow rules, value process over results and contracts over trust.

Company 8

Company COO CFO Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

An interview with the board of directors is standard for the CEO, CFO, and nonprofit Executive Director hiring processes, but the group interview approach is becoming more common for many other positions. You can always soften the pushback with a question, for example, “What do your clients say about your current marketing approach?”

Due Diligence 10

Due Diligence Reference CFO Workshop 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Functional experiences help make you great at something, i.e. marketing, supply chain, R&D. You’ve not only been a great marketer in one region, but proven that you can lead marketing when you have a new team, in a turnaround situation and in a different geography.

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Career Chief Financial Officer Supply Chain Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

Consider Staples, the office-supplies retailer, which had tumbled from being the market leader to being a third of the new leader’s size by 1992. Stemberg turned to Basil Anderson, who had tackled similar challenges as CFO of Campbell Soup and Scott Paper. Like Wilson, Anderson was able to lead the senior team.

Strategy 8

Strategy Chief Financial Officer Short-term Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

One of my students told me that she trains herself in strategic thinking by keeping up with business, economic or political events or trends and forcing herself to “think about what they mean to my business, company or industry, both now and in the future.” Learn to delegate once and for all.

Porter 10

Porter Delegation Learning-by-Doing Project 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

The facilitator, Caroline Dvorjak , was a marketing professor and a seasoned consultant. Troy’s phone buzzed, and he saw it was an e-mail from Meena Nair, Otto’s CFO. Otto had just finished a $9 billion acquisition of Beekman Hotels, which meant it now had nearly 4,800 hotels and just over a million rooms in 100 countries.

Hotels 8

Hotels Case Study Brand Price 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2011

If you are a CFO for a large company, Lady Gaga's videos and that Chrome ad looks like an affront to civic virtue and private decency. It does not put the body politic at risk. I was giving a talk to a roomful of managers about contemporary culture the other day, and someone asked darkly what I thought of the "dissoluteness."

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CFO Objective Video Fashion 13

Women on Business

JANUARY 25, 2011

For example, ‘To decide on a marketing plan and determine the next steps for everyone in the group. It’s not rocket science, but it is surprising how many CFO’s and managers don’t stop to evaluate the effectiveness of their meetings. You first have to determine the purpose of the meeting.

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Press Release Discount PR Magazine 140

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2015

A seasoned CFO with a sharp mind and an abrasive style, Arthur had lost his job over a disagreement with his company’s new CEO. Seen as a ticket to thrive in a mobile job market, “talent” is an ever more valuable label, and devotion to work is that ticket’s price. He had not seen it coming and it struck hard.

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Long-term Loyalty Uncertainty Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2014

The second source of revenue is trying to change the fact that corporations report large profits to the capital markets and relatively small profits to tax authorities. If we make it more the case that you have to base your taxes on profit reports to capital markets, that can raise a fair amount of revenue as well. The workers aren’t.

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Globalization CEO System Offshoring 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

That’s because compensation is rarely a straightforward issue, says Karen Dillon, author of the HBR Guide to Office Politics. and the open market­ (Does a person doing this job in another company get similar pay?). ” Think about both internal equity (Is the person paid fairly, compared with her peers?)

How To 8

How To COO Report Follow-up 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2017

But the ones who really understand the issue see gender balance as not just a numbers game but part of a broader, more strategic cultural shift that includes developing leadership teams representing geographically diffuse markets. Some of those searches, like the one, three years ago, for our CFO, took twice as long as normal.

Diversity 8

Diversity CFO Globalization Video 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2017

Lee is accused of donating $36 million to nonprofit foundations operated by a friend of the former president in return for political favors. The political scandal and ensuing election rekindled the public’s anger at the chaebol for previous misdeeds; many people feel they never properly sought redemption. financial crisis.

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Reputation Crisis Loyalty Banking 8