Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2012

Managers at different levels of a company affect their employees’ morale in different ways, finds a recently published study by three George Washington University researchers. HE LIKES ME, HE REALLY LIKES ME. The Far Reach of Supportive Senior Managers (Strategy+Business).

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

They’ve refined the buying process so far that they have precluded the words ‘quality’ and ‘value’ from the buying process AND they have taken the words productivity, ease of use, and morale out of the delivery process. Make an appointment with the CFO. They just buy.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2018

Water, no ice, please,” said Noelle Freeman, the CFO of Franklin Climate Systems. As CFO, Noelle was, of course, concerned about the numbers. But the crazy thing is that even once the worst offenders were gone, morale stayed just as low.” Illustration by James Yang. ” “Oh, sorry.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Background: This is an effort to encourage team morale and foster team collaboration. Shannon, Bottom Line: We scheduled the weekly update meeting for Thursday at 2 PM CST to accommodate the CFO’s schedule. CFO will be in Boston on Thursday meeting at an offsite with the management committee.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 25, 2014

Nance Dicciani, to head our European operations in 1999 (first in the senior ranks in our industry to hold such a senior position); a Venezuelan (Rueben Salazar) and Korean (YiHyon Paik) to head our operations in Japan; an African-American (Charles Hill) as CFO of our subsidiary in Japan; and the list goes on and on.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Virtually every 21 st century business scandal is reducible to a morality tale of a technology that allows us to do things we couldn’t before, coupled with major institutional failures that were enabled by failures of omission and commission of corporate leaders.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2018

.” As a result, Axelrod has worked to create a culture where everyone can have time for work and life, promoting flexible and remote work and opening an office closer to where people live to cut down on commutes – efforts which have reduced turnover and recruiting and training costs, and increased employee morale and productivity.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Many managers proudly describe the team-building initiatives they've pursued to create a sense of staff cohesion and morale. For example, Tim Sheahan, Chief Financial Officer for a large division of a multi-national corporation, aspires to become CFO of a Fortune 100 company in the future. Don't get me wrong.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2016

That in turn hurt morale and left employees feeling mistrustful. Organizations advocating complete transparency with the explicit aim of punishing bad behavior and rewarding good behavior may come across as communicating moral standards that are impossible to meet. Too much transparency can increase distrust.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Terranola’s stock began tanking that afternoon, precipitating a slide that took the Seattle-based company’s reputation, employee morale, and ability to raise capital along with it. Densmor, Terranola’s CFO, saw those words on Twitter about one minute after Hughes had uttered them. As CFO, A.J. Confident words.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2012

But before you sign up to lead the next task force with someone you don't like, remember that there is one exception: "If it's someone who violates your sense of what's moral, getting away isn't a bad strategy," says Sutton. Spending more time with your foe will also grant you the opportunity to have more positive experiences.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

And thinly veiled penalties hurt morale when viewed as a stealth form of shifting more costs onto employees and do not contribute to a supportive workplace environment, much less long-term wellness. Any CFO knows that businesses invest in many things to improve workplace environments without justifying these costs with an ROI study.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2017

Andrew Fastow, the former CFO, was sentenced to six years in prison. The corporation needs to actively accept moral and social responsibility beyond defending itself in court. For example, after the Enron scandal former CEO Kenneth Lay was convicted of fraud and conspiracy and received a 45-year sentence. financial crisis.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2014

Peter Currie , our CFO, and I were doing it, and I said, “All right, one last question.” So one of the reasons why people didn’t have as big a moral issue on the unbundling and the piracy that resulted is I think people felt from a moral standpoint like there was sin on both sides.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2015

It was a challenging time: sales were falling; morale was low; and retailers threatened to cut shelf space. The excercise helped him realize that he needed to let a significant number of them go, including the CFO — we’ll call him Michael. Case Study #2: Act decisively and deliver the news in a straightforward manner.

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