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No Better Time

Persuasive Powerhouse

The CFO owns a couple. Mary Jo Asmus A former executive in a Fortune 100 company, I own and operate a leadership solutions firm called Aspire Collaborative Services. An enterprise business model was developed that takes in all the processes across all the business areas. Thanks for sharing this one.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

a holding company that operates seven distinct business. Operations Group Baring Private Equity. Former Operating Partner at Blackstone, Chief Human Resources Officer for Unilever. Facebook’s first HR hire, she has led global people programs, been an HR Business Partner, and CFO. Former CEOs / Advisors.

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Case Study: When Two Leaders on the Senior Team Hate Each Other

Harvard Business Review

Lance Best, the CEO of Barker Sports Apparel, was meeting with Nina Kelk, the company’s general counsel, who also oversaw human resources. 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. I’m the CFO and he’s in charge of sales.

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Build Your Team Like an Executive

Harvard Business Review

In addition they operate from a plan — however confidential it may be — to strengthen the team year over year. When it comes to building management strength, these executives are similar to professional sports coaches. They want their teams to win this year, that is, to achieve their annual goals and objectives.

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Case Study: Is Holacracy for Us?

Harvard Business Review

Listening, Derek Melis, his friend and CFO, was relieved. And although senior managers’ remuneration was tied to Contect’s overall sales and operating profits, the head office had relatively little control over the 30,000 projects the company had underway at any given time. Is it your personal relationship?

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How to Succeed in Business by Bundling – and Unbundling

Harvard Business Review

Peter Currie , our CFO, and I were doing it, and I said, “All right, one last question.” And so the newspaper bundle, the idea of this slug of news and sports scores and classifieds and stock quotes that arrives once a day was a consequence of the printing plant. It was our last show and we were in a big hurry to get the plane.

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