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Technology Literacy Will Determine a CFO’s Success

HR Digest

The one thing that will majorly influence the fate of CFO aspirants is their tech skills. According to a Gartner survey of 173 CFOs in November 2020, digital investments topped CFO agendas. Technology literacy is key to making informed decisions about digital investments.

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Executive Hiring For a P.E. Portfolio Company – Tangential Opportunity

N2Growth Blog

The CFO candidate might get by with only a broad sector experience in manufacturing, finance, or technology. Perhaps they started careers in a very different environment, for example, a well-traveled photojournalist or even a failed technology entrepreneur. . You will subconsciously know when a candidate is CEO material.

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3 Telltale Signs It’s Time to Rethink Your Executive Team

Leading Blog

In recent years, many industries have been disrupted by technological change. Sign 2: A new CEO mandate After accomplishing their initial objectives, successful CEOs often face a new challenge: defining a mandate around a new set of goals. As one anonymous Fortune 500 CEO shared: My CFO started well.

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You Can't Argue With Crazy | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Other than the obvious solution for dealing with difficult people (choosing not to deal with them at all), the best way to calm the perpetual storm is to help them achieve their objectives.

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Craft a Remarkable Personal Brand Statement! 29 Steps & Examples

Miles Anthony Smith

Graham Keen "Inspirational CEO/CFO turned positive-psychologist resiliently transforming businesses & financial performance." I am adept at establishing policies, procedures, and technologies to enhance efficiency, financial health, and service to organize constituents.

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The Worst Failure of All Is Wasting a Failure

Harvard Business Review

The CEO and CFO responded with, "A failure to hit ROI and NPV targets." Here are a few ideas for enhancing your success tomorrow by learning from yesterday's failures: Conduct objective post-mortems. In interviews with a dozen senior managers from a large company, two particular failures came up over and over again.

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Help Your Team Overcome Digital Distractions to Be More Innovative - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM WORKFRONT

Harvard Business Review

If I were the CFO of a manufacturing company and was asked by the board for my manufacturing capacity utilization and I said I didn’t know or that it was only 40%, I’d probably get released to ‘pursue other opportunities.’ Digital technology should be freeing us up to be more innovative and productive.