Leading Blog

JUNE 5, 2018

I F PEOPLE NOT COMPANIES, generate value, why isn’t talent at the center of every company’s strategy? In fact, talent must lead strategy. This is a group that consists of the CEO, the CFO, and the CHRO (Chief Human Resources Officer). The relationship between the CFO and CHRO is vital. It’s time to take charge of talent.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

is the Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer at Hyperoptic, a fiber-to-the-building Internet service provider based in London. Step 3: Strategy alignment. Every organization has mechanisms to address most of these factors, but not all utilize these mechanisms orderly or adequately. Boris Dragovi? Step 2: Culture alignment.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Walgreens Boots Alliance leadership just announced three new members for its executive VP team with the aim of improving its healthcare services and strategy, which includes Elizabeth Burger Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), Mary Langowski President for the U.S. She held a similar role of CHRO at Flowserve as well as HanesBrands Inc.,

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Leading Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

As one anonymous Fortune 500 CEO shared: My CFO started well. In many organizations, individual team members—or the entire executive team—may stagnate in their development and gradually deteriorate in their performance. Over the first two years, he accomplished a lot to put the company on a stronger financial footing.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 25, 2020

In their CFO Magazine piece, “ How An Obsession with Metrics Is Killing Your Company ”, authors Alexander Van Caeneghem and Jean-Marie Bequevort , write, “The quest for financial performance and the pressure to measure can corrode organizational cultures, narrow the focus of leadership, reduce intrinsic motivation, and support unethical behavior.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 25, 2022

The new CxO will be tasked to define and craft strategy, make investment proposals, and defend them, so they have depth in the related sector and a brain the size of an elephant. The CFO candidate might get by with only a broad sector experience in manufacturing, finance, or technology.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 18, 2022

This bureaucracy is compounded by the lack of uniform reporting structure, with some reporting to the CEO, others to the CFO, and others again the chief strategy officer. This is a marked difference from traditional VC firms, which can act extremely quickly once investment decisions are made.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 24, 2020

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. It is a mindset that is even more critical in today’s unstable world and is the sine qua non of crisis leadership.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 9, 2021

Test #1 Can You Develop a Simple Plan for Your Strategy? Or as former CFO of the Disney Interactive Media Group, Bruce Gordon, puts it, “Very few people are bad at their job, but many are not as good as they must be.”. They need to have a “forward radar,” says the former CEO of Aetna, Ron Williams.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

C-Suite: CAO, COO, CFO, CTO, etc. Finding the right candidate for leadership roles in your organization requires much more than any traditional search strategy used in the past. If you want exceptional leadership, you need a specialized search strategy to reach and resonate with them. This includes: Board Directors.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

When departments automated with technology solutions, updating digital skills for your role was a sound strategy for ensuring your future. Turned out to be a great strategy for job relevance. Digital marketing and strategy specialists. Hire a Chief Future Officer (CFO). AI and machine learning specialists.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 21, 2020

If you work in the field long enough, you can go from a staff accountant to an executive position such as a CFO. Chief Financial Officer (CFO). CFO is one of the end goal positions for all accountants. The position of CFO demands the most considerable expertise, maximum experience, and exceptional leadership skills.

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Mark Sanborn

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The intensity of this role often exposes leaders to cognitive biases—subtle yet profound thinking errors that can misguide decisions and strategies. In Practice: A CFO might confidently project revenue figures while neglecting market uncertainties and potential disruptions. Understanding and mitigating these biases is key.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 17, 2014

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. How effective are your business review meetings? It might be time for a rethink! Experiences? Follow me on Twitter @bizjrchildress.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 9, 2017

The research I’ve done shows that about 25 to 30 percent of CEOs are introverts,” explains Karl Moore, associate professor of strategy and organization at Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University. Research points out that while nearly half the population is introverted, extroverts hold the majority of leadership roles.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Robertson enterprise architecture Enterprise Architecture as Strategy: Creating a Foundation for Business Execution Future of the CIO Role Futurist versus Archivist Harvard Business Review Press How to become a CIO "for all seasons" IT and Business Paradox Jeanne W.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 11, 2021

When I met James as well as the company’s CEO and CFO over Zoom, I told them that we should admit that COVID-19 seriously interrupted our world and will not disappear anytime soon. The preexisting beliefs and strategies of business leaders.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 4, 2019

Before starting as CFO, I repeatedly scanned through my leadership qualities, considering how I would present myself to my new colleagues. Strategy without finance is dead. SQ (Strategy Quotient): Finally, even the brightest, most emotionally and financially-gifted leaders flounder without strategic direction. About the Author.

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In the CEO Afterlife

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

The day the Jacobs Suchard (now part of Kraft Foods ) Board of Directors promoted me to the C-Suite, they strongly suggested I align myself with the CFO. Yes, we were a marketing-driven company and yes, my mind was consumed with marketing and strategy; but, it wasn’t marketing wizardry alone that made the organization sing. Leadership.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 7, 2020

The firm might have relied on their rolodex to place a CFO in New York City, but this doesn’t mean they can do the same and find you a candidate in Chicago. Of course, you can still get lucky and find a great candidate by following a less viable strategy. Does this recruiter understand your needs?

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Leading Blog

JUNE 13, 2011

And you should “review people as thoroughly and regularly as you review operations, business performance, strategy, and budgets.”. Elevate it to the same level as the CFO. A business partnership with human resources. The HR function will only be as strong as the CEO wants it to be. Continuous learning and improvement.

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In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 31, 2011

I began blogging about leadership, strategy, marketing and life last February. The Essence of Strategy [link]. I’ve always loved strategy. For as long as I can remember, the person bonded to the CEO’s hip was the CFO. Frankly, I wasn’t sure whether I could maintain the pace of one blog per week.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Similarly, if your thoughts and senses block you in negotiation, you’re more likely to give away your position, strategy and point of weakness. This is a perfect example of the power of a be-like-water strategy. But if you come prepared to listen with complete openness, you begin to notice things. I wasn’t threatening. Be like water.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 22, 2018

The HR is supposed to be a true partner to the CEO, just like the CFO. The CEO and CFO should work with the CHRO to establish the causes of misses in relation to the company’s social system such as how people work and not necessarily external factors. That’s absolutely wrong. Here are the essential CHRO roles every CEO must support -.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

The CFO’s Cheat Sheet to Compensation Risk & Reward. Click here for more information on The CFO’s Cheat Sheet to Compensation Risk & Reward. You just finished reading Complimentary Resource - The CFO''s Cheat Sheet to Compensation Risk & Reward ! by Ultimate Software. Find out how in this quick guide!

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 23, 2015

Usually the CEO and the CFO have the biggest impact on organization-wide changes, but it is not always so; in some cases the hierarchy doesn’t reflect the amount of influence, so it’s advisable to check everything carefully. If the influence is not positive, you should create strategies to manage the opposition.

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LDRLB

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The day the Jacobs Suchard (now part of Kraft Foods ) Board of Directors promoted me to the C-Suite, they strongly suggested I align myself with the CFO. Yes, we were a marketing-driven company and yes, my mind was consumed with marketing and strategy; but, it wasn’t marketing wizardry alone that made the organization sing.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 1, 2017

Bill Treasurer of Giant Leap Consulting provided 5 Strategies to Address Conflict as a Manager. Get tips and strategies today to help your next vacation be email free.” Everyone knows the roles and responsibilities for a CEO, CFO and CTO but change the wording and a different picture emerges. Find out why we flip.

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

You may think having an HR/People Strategy is something for down the line. As startups grow, leaders build and mature a HR/People strategy that is informed by and aligned with the overall business strategy. Founders think that an HR/People Strategy with manuals and policies and procedures are a waste of time.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

He provides you proven techniques, workshop processes, real-world case studies and examples and insightful observations from business leaders and his own career – which includes 20 years as an executive at IBM and CFO positions at Cisco and Red Hat. Today, Calderoni shares these additional insights about his new book.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 31, 2015

Pretend you are the VP of Client Services of a $15 million company and find your current website inadequate for your growth and strategy. meet with CFO (manages the Tech department). Majority decides to use vendors to do all the work rather than in house, but need buy-in from CFO. How Do We Buy? meet with BDT.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2016

What receives far less attention is that, more and more in our increasingly complex, volatile, and fully-globalized business world, the effectiveness of such action depends on a powerful partnership between the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and the General Counsel (GC). Compliance.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 10, 2016

The research I’ve done shows that about 25 to 30 percent of CEOs are introverts,” explains Karl Moore, associate professor of strategy and organization at Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University. Research points out that while nearly half the population is introverted, extroverts hold the majority of leadership roles.

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Great Leadership By Dan

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

The CEO then manages this portfolio of development plans the same way the CFO manages the company's financial assets. Executive individual development plans can be an effective component of your organization's leadership development strategy. they'll become self-sufficient faster and the organization will reap far greater benefits.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

But, actually, their lack of robust security strategy and resources make them easier to penetrate. How would your CFO or CIO handle this? Leaders of small and medium size businesses (SMBs) often think their size lets them operate under the radar, as less attractive targets to bad guys. An excerpt is below.

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Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

an operational strategy consultancy in the San Francisco Bay Area. Lars Sudmann, former CFO of Procter & Gamble Belgium, TEDx presenter, leadership and board advisor, and executive coach, believes that companies should provide consistent feedback to all of their employees. But it’s not just the best workers.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

When I first You Can’t Argue With Crazy – n2growth.com 12/31/2008 By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth [ You can't argue [.] Over the years I’ve simply come to the conclusion that many otherwise savvy business people have yet to grasp – you can’t argue with crazy. .&#

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