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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. Being comfortable with data, technology, and cross-disciplinary collaboration was crucial to the success of CFO candidates.

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The Racial Stereotypes That Underpin EDI Appointments

The Horizons Tracker

Some of the participants were told the person was to be CFO, while others that they would head up EDI. The finding emerged after several hundred recruiters and HR managers were shown a press release that announced the new senior leader in a fictitious firm.

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Entrepreneurial Leadership

Leading Blog

Joel Peterson has been around the block serving as a leader in various roles—CEO, CFO, founder, investor, entrepreneur—and is currently the chairman of JetBlue Airways and a professor at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. Entrepreneurial leaders communicate from a mind-set of participation, not control. The worst bring headaches.

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Why Underdogs Win (More Often Than They Should)

LDRLB

Nurmohamed encouraged one group of participants to see themselves as underdogs, as underrated, as if the companies that rejected them just didn’t understanding the true value they could provide to the organization. But when the time came to talk about purchasing the company, the CFO still asked Hastings for a number.

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An Effective Business Review Meeting?

N2Growth Blog

Whether they are held monthly, quarterly or some other cadence, the comments from participants tend to be the same. I had the opportunity to sit with Lewis Booth , former CFO of Ford Motor Company, who along with the senior executive team, led the successful turnaround and global repositioning of Ford. What a waste of time.”.

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Is Charisma Innate, Or Can You Learn It?

Center for Creative Leadership

I recently spoke with the CEO of a medium-sized manufacturing company about his new CFO who was poised to attend our flagship program for senior executives, Leadership at the Peak. She was respected by colleagues and employees, and over time had become the right-hand assistant to the CFO. How to Increase Your Executive Presence.

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6 Important Elements of an Executive IDP Process

Great Leadership By Dan

Assessment of each participant's development needs. All of this data is then gathered and summarized, and presented to each participant as input to their development plan. The best approach is for all parties to be involved - the CEO and senior team, a coach, the participant and their manager.

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