Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2020

A number of them have brought me back to work with them again as they move to their next level like from CFO to COO or, in another example, several times over the years as the leader moved from VP to SVP to business unit president to, finally, CEO of his company. As I said, it all flows from connection and relationships.

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Development Long-term Workshop Learning-by-Doing 245

Tanveer Naseer

MAY 10, 2016

He has observed in many companies that a C-suite team represents a balance of types, for instance, an introverted CEO who chooses an extroverted CFO to bring strengths to the table that he or she doesn’t have. “On On the senior leadership team, you need thoughtful analysis and you need passion and excitement,” adds Moore.

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How To CFO Diversity Education 100

Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Was struggling with sales representatives and project managers turning in expense and budget reports on-time…They told me “We have tried everything and our CFO is tired to putting out fires for us.”. Finance team shared several stories of feeling less stressed, enjoying work more. The finance team in a Health Care Company.

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Cooper Succession Finance Resistance 139

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 15, 2020

The early stages present numerous opportunities for disagreement, whether it’s around funding or product development, and when stress and tiredness are added to the mix, it can be incredibly combustible. Who would be CFO or COO? Assigning roles. Who would be CEO?

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

If, as the pace quickens and the work becomes more complex and the stress level rises you become less curious, you’re stuck, and probably on the path to failure. Maybe your CFO is a family friend. You’re not listening. Your curiosity has gotten you here. As long as you stay curious, the future is yours. Here’s an example.

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Delegation Maturity CEO Execution 243

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2017

An effective contingency plan lets you consistently deliver at work and at home — and reduces your stress significantly. The baby’s got the flu, the employee hasn’t slept in three days, and the annual department budget is due to the CFO’s office. Think long-term to stay in the game.

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Stress Long-term Short-term Contingency Plans 15

The Idolbuster

JANUARY 15, 2013

The President and CFO were hungry for revenue growth, and via a process that sounds a lot like groupthink, the executive team convinced themselves that “we should be able to make $10M on this product this year.” Timelines for other products were accelerated, and employees throughout the organization put in long weeks to “make it happen.”.

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Biotechnology Groupthink CFO Stress 41

Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 7, 2010

In the stress of making bottom line goals, you may be missing an opportunity to achieve more than you have. The CFO owns a couple. The pressure on you to make bottom line goals is even greater than it has ever been. You are making do with fewer resources.

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Greenleaf Maslow Goleman Goal 200

Terry Starbucker

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Responding in real-time to suggestions and complaints voiced by customers through social media might stress an organization’s legacy systems as well as its formal communication style. An edgy marketing campaign might be what’s needed to jump start the brand but it might be too big of a leap for a conservative company.

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Influence Politics Blog Learning-by-Doing 275

Roundtable Talk

OCTOBER 12, 2010

And, I had to wonder, how motivating did Colleen Johnston, CFO, TD Bank Financial Group find that comment? Share this: This entry was posted in Leadership , Authenticity and tagged Ed Clark CEO TD Bank , Colleen Johnston CFO TD Bank Financial , walking the talk , lack of authenticity , womens advancement. Happy leading!

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CFO Banking Belief Systems Godin 54

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2011

I had been asked to work with Christine because she was in line for a promotion to CFO. Christine's compass was set to look for what is not working perfectly and this set her, and those around her, up for endless frustration and stress. Over a number of sessions we struggled unsuccessfully to find ways to help her manage this stress.

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CFO Norton Stress Self-aware 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2016

This, in turn, is triggering a shift in the perceived role of the CFO — from bean counters to planters of seed corn. Redefining the CFO role. After all, it’s the CFO who typically sets expectations about growth to investors and then allocates resources to ensure their organizations deliver.

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Short-term Long-term CFO Wiseman 8

Roundtable Talk

MARCH 12, 2010

The CFO, who is the named successor for the Prez, is Ricardo’s #1 detractor. And so here’s my cautionary point of this post… when Ricardo’s supportive boss swans off into retirement, who’s gonna have dear Ricardo’s back?

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Career CFO Blog Godin 34

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2018

She started to turn around its performance in year one, but her reporting structure was altered mid-stream, and she found herself accountable to the CFO. In time, this uncertainty, combined with job stress, can lead to burnout. The new situation left her feeling “micromanaged,” and she moved on two years later.

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Henderson Career CEO Execution 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2017

Yan Wang, the former CFO of VitalSmarts, didn’t survive Mao’s China by taking outlandish risks such as questioning those in positions of authority. As our CFO, she did impeccable work with the highest ethical standards. Following each attempt, she did a mental debrief, rating her effectiveness and stress level.

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Planning CFO Learning Curve Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2017

Before 1999 “performance” had a simple, unidimensional definition for health care leaders and their boards: It was shorthand for the CFO’s financial report, summarizing operating margins. In the years since, “performance” has become more complex, now including dozens or even hundreds of quality measures.

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Health Care Chief Financial Officer Comparison Quality 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

I didn’t realize it was stress. In the words of my friend, and former Microsoft CFO, Frank Gaudette: “I reserve the right to wake up smarter every day.”. When feeling the stress of time, it is easy to break from the routines that are so important to healthy living, like exercise, self-reflection, and meditation.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2012

Some point to politics in the C-Suite, especially to competition between the COO and CFO. If the COO launched a large, cross-functional improvement program, the CFO would underfund it. Another problem lay with the CEO, who had a way of questioning and stress-testing people that discouraged risk-taking.

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Company COO CFO Insurance 8

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Make sure your employees are trained to handle the potentially stressful task of working with customers. Their attitudes, communication skills, and style of service are what your customers are going to associate with your business. Make sure a customer is happy before moving on to the next customer. magazine.

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Learning-by-Doing Price Bottom-up Finance 62

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2015

She and Bernhard had been chatting with a few of his colleagues at the party when Dirksen-Hall’s CFO, Harold van der Linde, approached. She’s the finance manager for Project Samen—” but someone tapped the CFO on the shoulder, and Van der Linde made a polite exit before he could hear anything more about her.

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Case Study CFO Finance Project 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2017

A recent Washington Post investigation titled “The big problem for Uber now: Attracting talent” detailed the roots of this problem throughout the company and at the top, where 13 of the top 20 management positions remain empty, including the positions of COO and CFO.

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CEO IPO Energy COO 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2018

The emotional practices used by Nokia’s board should also be helpful for other organizations under stress. In fact, paying more attention to the soft stuff may help boards and top management teams increase their ability to think strategically in times of major disruption and stress.

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Strategy Analysis Operations CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2015

We cannot stress this enough. You do not work for the CEO, or alongside the CTO, CIO, and CFO. You address conflict head-on with one focus in mind: secure the money and resources you need to test your ideas. Sound like you? OK, now let’s consider your day-to-day tasks. What are your responsibilities?

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Entrepreneur CTO Business Model CEO 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2016

You used to be able to track everything with an Excel spreadsheet, personally designed by your CFO; now you’ve got an SAP installation in its place, supported by an entire IT department. It feels horrible: You’re scaling up aggressively and working harder than ever, but with each passing day you feel more overwhelmed.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2012

This will "enhance your ability to handle stress, which means the annoying person isn't that annoying anymore," he says. You may discover there are reasons for his actions: stress at home, pressure from his boss, or maybe he's tried to do what you're asking for and failed. Keep your distaste to yourself.

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Goleman How To Emotional Intelligence Self-aware 18

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2011

They also stressed organizational learning (meaning, capturing the methods of Lean so that other parts of the organizations could adopt them). People who have earned these belts drive projects with clear financial targets set at the top organization, with progress monitored by the CFO.

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Six Sigma BPM Process Hammer 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2015

Stress “we” over “I” Highlight what you have in common. Stress the areas on which you agree, and use words like “we” to signal you are invested in the relationship. “Negotiation isn’t about conceding, it’s about being creative,” Weiss adds. Principles to Remember.

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Supply Chain How To Price Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2016

They found the work too difficult and stressful and, like Toshi, were probably eager to find better-paying and more prestigious jobs. ” Ken turned to his CFO, expecting a reaction, and got one: “Respectfully, Mari-san, I would be extremely uncomfortable putting a request of that size to management. ” Ken asked.

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Case Study Airlines COO CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2016

” Stress on the Ground. It’s stressful.” The next day, back in Istanbul, Sena met with Ahmet Ozan, the company’s CFO. And I expect some of board members will agree with him. I’m afraid they’ll dig in their heels this time.” ” “Let them,” Sophie replied with a wink.

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Case Study CEO Banking Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2015

At the very least, the team should include the CEO, CFO, IRO, Board Members and General Counsel. Whether the activist is relatively collaborative or hostile, the situation will already be stressful, so allowing the Activist to rile dissent only plays into their hands.

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How To Due Diligence Strategy Proposal 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Betty’s draft budget is due to the CFO first thing tomorrow morning, so she sends Amit a meeting request to discuss what’s going on. Betty has asked Amit several times for revised numbers that she can include in her budget. Instead of delivering, however, he keeps coming back to her with more questions.

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How To Budgeting CFO Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2013

This helped squelch rumors of impending layoffs and reduce the stress and fear that inevitably accompany cost cutting. Leadership created an optimization office reporting to the CFO to facilitate cost reduction projects, train new team members, and document and disseminate results across the system.

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Cost Health Care Six Sigma Insourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2017

.” Even though it’s effective to frame your argument in terms of the benefits to your company, the personal gains derived from working from home, that fact that you’ll be less stressed and therefore happier in your job, are also worth highlighting, Bloom says. “He said, ‘Just work from home when you need to.

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Proposal How To Case Study Motivation 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2015

The four weeks since hackers had attacked his company had been the most stressful of Jake Santini’s career. The plan was to go public next year, and Jake and his CFO had been trying to cut costs, but they had mostly spared the IT group. Some of that was true.

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