CEO Insider

OCTOBER 18, 2023

One of my coaching clients is an entrepreneur whose business looks great on paper. In year 2–3, she had made a whopping 83% profit. Everything seemed to be going perfectly. Yet, when we took what I call a “strategic pause” to review her goals, I noted that personally, she wasn’t doing great.

Magazine 102

Magazine Entrepreneur Review Goal 102

CEO Insider

JUNE 6, 2023

During my CEO Group workshops, I often ask the members to pair off and thumb-wrestle one another. I tell them that the CEO who gets the most pins in thirty seconds will win a fictional $100,000. After thirty seconds, I asked each pair who got the most pins.

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Magazine Workshop CEO Chief Financial Officer 105

CEO Insider

JULY 30, 2023

“You’ve got to start with the customer experience and work back toward the technology, not the other way around.” – Steve Jobs How very true and seemingly evident Steve Job’s observation is.

Magazine 97

Magazine Technology Chief Financial Officer Merchandising 97

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Lance was struck by what he saw in CFO Damon Ewen’s file. His CFO and his sales chief had been at loggerheads for a while. The next morning, Lance was in his office when he got a text from Jhumpa, the head of product and merchandising: Can you talk? I’m the CFO and he’s in charge of sales. Lance sighed.

Case Study 13

Case Study Team CFO Merchandising 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2017

Retailers combine data on demographics and weather to predict sales and develop merchandising plans. This makes it difficult to justify investment in change management with the rigor that a data-driven CEO or CFO might expect.

Marketing 8

Marketing Root Cause Analysis Management Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2013

Before that, he was the VP of merchandising for Target (or "Tar-jay"). Costco's CFO, Richard Galanti stated, "People are eating in more and looking for fresh food, which, along with [our] low gas prices, is what are driving people into our stores more often. And indeed he had a very innovative strategy for J.

Retail 10

Retail Price Merchandising CFO 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2014

Peter Currie , our CFO, and I were doing it, and I said, “All right, one last question.” Or there are companies that are entirely focused on merchandise sales. It was our last show and we were in a big hurry to get the plane. There are now companies that are entirely online record labels that have started from scratch.

How To 13

How To Technology Industry Venture Capitalist 13