First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Ross Jeremy Hope Martha Heller Operations versus Strategy Oscar Wilde Peter Weill recruiting Reinventing the CFO: How Financial Managers Can Transform Their Roles and Add Greater Value Successor The CIO Paradox: Battling the Contradictions of IT Leadership'

CIO 80

CIO Enterprise Architecture Review CFO 80

N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Maybe your CFO is a family friend. And, you operate in a fishbowl. Their organizational culture happens by default. Leaders know that building a culture by design is critical to business success. You’re avoiding some tough calls. Here’s an example. You have tremendous loyalty to your friend. Founders tend to be wildly passionate.

Delegation 203

Delegation Maturity CEO Execution 203

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

In most larger companies, you'll need to generate roughly 200+ responses per operating unit per period. Your CFO and finance team can take a leadership role here. But before you make such a move, help yourself avoid the pitfalls and risks described in my earlier post by meeting five preconditions: 1.

Incentives 10

Incentives Sample Customer Loyalty Metrics 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2011

Air Products, for example, tripled corporate productivity (hard profit-and-loss benefits) from 2003 to 2006, and boosted operating return on net assets from 9.5% The wishes of a functional head such as CFO, CMO, or company President won out over a Process Owner of Order-to-Cash. And they succeeded wildly. from 2004 to 2007.

Process 15

Process Champy Competitive Advantage Hammer 15