Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2017

You can be stronger at one of them, but you need to know how to manage both. One CFO I know managed finance for a spin-off firm when it went public and then returned to the parent company in a corporate position. Likewise, I know numerous chief HR officers who have done tours in business, operations, HR, and elsewhere.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2015

He spent two years as the CFO of power and automation company ABB, from 2002 to 2004, before returning to Shell as CFO. The main driver for me was to be CFO of a quoted company. Talent management Leadership Developing employees' But unlike many Shell leaders, Voser’s career was not continuous.

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CFO Leadership Development Telecommunications Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Take Jim, a front-runner CFO candidate for a leading medical device manufacturer on the verge of an IPO.

Career 15

Career CFO Sample Execution 15

Women on Business

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Take a quick scan of the managers and company leaders. Perhaps your manager had your job title a few years or months back, or your new CFO recently transitioned into the role from heading the accounting department. Stewart was a talent management practitioner for over 7 years at Aetna, Inc.,

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Access to finance , designing operational processes and systems , and building strong, talented management teams are just a few obstacles that many cite. At Allianz, the program was initiated and supported by the company CFO. However, the core skills they need are different.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2013

This bias also explains why a CFO may be perceived as cheap by disposition or why a team might attribute its internal conflicts to incompatible personalities instead of resulting from organizational incentives to compete rather than collaborate with one another. Talent management'

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Later that day Guy Renou, BrainGame’s CFO, sat down in Lena’s office. Last I checked, movements didn’t have a CEO or CFO.”. Strategy Talent management' “I agree that the all-volunteer ethos makes a great story for the press, Andrew. But does it make a great company?”. Too Many Headaches? First things first,” he said.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2017

After working with a coach, a CFO realized that she was not particularly good at, nor did she much enjoy, managing people in a large, globally dispersed finance team. She did, however, have a strong track record in driving business results through superior client relationship management.

360-Degree Feedback 8

360-Degree Feedback Execution Real Estate Executive Coaching 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 19, 2018

There was a need to refocus the management team on reducing costs, targeting opportunities based on their profit rather than their growth potential, and systematically reviewing all parts of the business for any other opportunities to improve profitability. Like Wilson, Anderson was able to lead the senior team.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Good Shepherd’s CFO, Greghan Fischer, for example, saw strong potential in Yan Li, a quietly competent member of her finance team. Fischer had Li practice leading budget meetings and provided feedback.

Development 8

Development Mentor COO CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

To investigate this effect further, we interviewed top women executives about their experiences in recruitment processes and found a common complaint: dissatisfaction and frustration with how those processes were managed. For example, the CFO of a biotech company recalled that she had been considered for a CEO position.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2011

Chinese women in powerful business positions include Wei Sun Christianson , CEO of Morgan Stanley, China ; Mei Yan , Managing Director of MTV Networks, China; and Mary Ma , former CFO of Lenovo and managing director in global equity giant TPG, who recently started her own investment fund.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2014

Retooling HR makes organization leaders smarter by applying their existing sophistication about finance, engineering, operations and marketing to HR and talent decisions. It does require that leaders reach across functional boundaries, but thats different than simply placing compensation and benefits under the CFO.

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Charan Finance Human Resources Supply Chain 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2017

Some of those searches, like the one, three years ago, for our CFO, took twice as long as normal. Our CFO is now a great asset to the company, in many aspects.” I was absolutely determined. I took a lot of heat, both from the search firms and my own colleagues.

Diversity 8

Diversity CFO Globalization Video 8

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. One veteran executive I know accepted a job reporting to the CEO only to find that her functional area had been mismanaged and was in serious financial disarray.

Henderson 13

Henderson Career CEO Execution 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2016

How talent management is changing. robotics for package loading on and off the truck, the disaggregation of an accounting job, the transition to free agents on a talent platform), the mechanism through which we engage with all our stakeholders (e.g., Insight Center. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders. Sponsored by Korn Ferry.

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