Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2017

The new trainee could have done a first draft of the marketing summary; the groceries could have come from an Amazon standing order. An effective contingency plan lets you consistently deliver at work and at home — and reduces your stress significantly. Think long-term to stay in the game.

Stress 15

Stress Long-term Short-term Contingency Plans 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2016

This, in turn, is triggering a shift in the perceived role of the CFO — from bean counters to planters of seed corn. Redefining the CFO role. After all, it’s the CFO who typically sets expectations about growth to investors and then allocates resources to ensure their organizations deliver. Similarly, Corning Inc.

Short-term 8

Short-term Long-term CFO Wiseman 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2017

Since its founding just eight years ago, Uber has become one of the best-known brands in the world, has presence in over 80 countries, has market share reported at 77% in its core U.S. Organizations under stress cause people to focus more on avoiding blame than on taking risks and assuming responsibility to solve problems.

CEO 13

CEO IPO Energy COO 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2017

Before 1999 “performance” had a simple, unidimensional definition for health care leaders and their boards: It was shorthand for the CFO’s financial report, summarizing operating margins. In the years since, “performance” has become more complex, now including dozens or even hundreds of quality measures.

Health Care 13

Health Care Chief Financial Officer Comparison Quality 13

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Twelve cases are written as narratives with multiple teaching points, but without a focus on a particular business decision; the remaining twenty-three cases were written around specific conundrums related to strategy, operations, finance, marketing, leadership, culture, human resources, organizational design, business model, and growth.

Learning-by-Doing 62

Learning-by-Doing Price Bottom-up Finance 62

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2018

Recall that Nokia dominated the mobile and smartphone markets in 2007-2008 when Apple launched the iPhone and Google the Android operating system. The emotional practices used by Nokia’s board should also be helpful for other organizations under stress. Practice #1: Increase trust by defining new conversational norms.

Strategy 8

Strategy Analysis Operations CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2015

You have the charm, charisma, enthusiasm, hard work, and marketing mind to encourage and drive your teams to think anything is possible. We cannot stress this enough. This means managing entrepreneurs who can navigate trends and market behaviors. You do not work for the CEO, or alongside the CTO, CIO, and CFO.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur CTO Business Model CEO 8

Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 2, 2010

And I think anybody who’s occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can’t be neglecting of marketing and P.R. This is an important point for all business leaders, but in my experience, I believe marketers are particularly prone to what I call “smart syndrome.”

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Influence Blog Politics Learning-by-Doing 275

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. Another problem lay with the CEO, who had a way of questioning and stress-testing people that discouraged risk-taking.

Company 8

Company COO CFO Insurance 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2016

” Stress on the Ground. It’s stressful.” The next day, back in Istanbul, Sena met with Ahmet Ozan, the company’s CFO. “The market research from Capital is promising. “I can just hear Erkan saying that,” Sophie said. “He hates change.” “So what?

Case Study 8

Case Study CEO Banking Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2015

The four weeks since hackers had attacked his company had been the most stressful of Jake Santini’s career. 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. Some of that was true. When TJX had its breach in 2007, it was a director and an SVP.

Case Study 8

Case Study Crisis IPO CIO 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2017

.” Even though it’s effective to frame your argument in terms of the benefits to your company, the personal gains derived from working from home, that fact that you’ll be less stressed and therefore happier in your job, are also worth highlighting, Bloom says. “Face time in the office is important.”

Proposal 14

Proposal How To Case Study Motivation 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2015

market has witnessed a substantial rise of activist investors. is a top performing S&P 500 listed company whose two-year total return outperformed the market by over 60%. At the very least, the team should include the CEO, CFO, IRO, Board Members and General Counsel. Over the last three years the U.S. Example: Jolly Inc.

How To 8

How To Due Diligence Strategy Proposal 8