Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

In this post, Virtual CFO Jon Verbeck explains the important parts of a financial dashboard for your company. Paul summarizes, “Striking a balance between cultural and operational parameters that allows your employees room to innovate is always a challenge. ” Follow Jon on Twitter at @thindifference.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

In the July/August issue of HBR , Ram Charan argues that the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) role should be eliminated, with HR responsibilities funneled in two separate directions — administration , led by traditional HR-types, reporting to the CFO; and talent strategy , led by high-potential line managers, reporting to the corner office.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2011

As finance shifts its focus from controlling costs to advising managers on improvement activities, CFOs must change their thinking and behaviors. Getting the CFO on board is key. CFO Tim Olson of ThedaCare , a healthcare system in Wisconsin, went through a similar conversion. Then I became an advocate. Now I know that.".

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

In our work with clients across dozens of sectors over more than five years, we have found that the strongest CMO/CFO partnerships develop when both parties undertake five actions: 1. CMOs need to start building this relationship by having a clear understanding of what CFOs expect.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2017

Zabeen Hirji, CHRO at the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), grew up in retail banking and operations management roles before moving into HR. Employees responded enthusiastically (there were over 20,000 participants), but the lesson is not that she got a big win — it’s that she was willing to risk failing.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

They too have struggled to operate in complex environments, and have developed the skills and expertise to overcome these challenges. Access to finance , designing operational processes and systems , and building strong, talented management teams are just a few obstacles that many cite.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2015

As one of our clients, the gifted CFO of a large manufacturing company, said when he quit the business, “I can’t continue going through life always being the younger brother.” ” His identity as a family member undermined his professional growth and effectiveness as CFO. Participate equally.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 14, 2015

However, these executives are often operating in a silent state of continual overwhelm, and the predictable consequence is disengagement. But following their participation in our active partnering plan, which involved one-on-one coaching sessions over several months, only two departed within the next five years.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

In 1992 the company was in cost-cutting mode, and, as former CFO Orry Fiume told me, it was consequently offering an early retirement package designed to reduce headcount. It assured employees that they would not lose their job as a result of their participation in continuous improvement activities.

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Attrition CFO Deming Outsourcing 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2015

Although the brothers were effectively the CEO, COO, and CFO, they wouldn’t talk to one another for months after a fight, not even on business matters. voting versus non-voting shareholders), participation levels (owner-operators versus passive owners), gender, and generations (senior versus next). 4) Alliances form.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

In 1992 the company was in cost-cutting mode, and, as former CFO Orry Fiume told me, it was consequently offering an early retirement package designed to reduce headcount. It assured employees that they would not lose their job as a result of their participation in continuous improvement activities.

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Attrition CFO Deming Outsourcing 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Banner’s leaders used its G&A success to extend the optimization program to its clinical operations, starting with Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, the system’s flagship teaching hospital in Phoenix. By the end of 2012, the first year of implementation, Banner captured $31 million in G&A savings. . Capitalize on success.

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Cost Health Care Six Sigma Insourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2013

In fact, Amazon was only operating at such a high burn rate because it could. The Barron's article mentioned that a 690 million euro convertible bond sale in February had bought Amazon some more time (the list was based on 1999 year-end data) — but that the company would still run out of cash in 21 months.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Research shows that everyone participates in all kinds of gossip: positive, neutral, and negative," says Joe LaBianca, a Gatton Endowed Associate Professor of Management at the University of Kentucky's LINKS Center for Research on Social Networks in Business. And chances are that you sometimes perpetuate it too.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 14, 2017

Operate : Deploy the platform to foster connections and the exchange of value at scale. Since it was networking human and relational capital, its KPIs were about participation and engagement. Validate : Test the ability to create value for the network through iteration and co-creation.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2016

employees, customers, free agents, communities we operate in) and so much more. Voser took a detour to be CFO for ABB from 2002 to 2004 and then returned to Shell to become CEO in 2009. the one-click mobile purchasing app), it is the means through which we get work done (e.g.,

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