Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2011

Cranky people can drag everyone else down by spreading negativity and sowing seeds of doubt just when leaders need commitment. In one recent case, the chief financial officer of a small company was fired for possible expense account violations, and he was also seen as a poor strategist and weak team player.

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CFO Chief Financial Officer Cooper Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

It needs to change the critical selection process by assuring that leadership development includes major experience on broad integrity, risk, and public issues—and then choosing a CEO with the requisite breadth and commitment. In most major U.S. This is the essence of corporate citizenship.

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CEO Ethics Chief Financial Officer Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

High-profile cyberattacks — ranging from the one suffered by Sony Pictures in 2014 to the global ransomware attacks that occurred last May and June — highlight the huge financial and reputational stakes. The chief risk officer (CRO) looks at the problem in terms of risk transfer and cyber insurance purchased.

Metrics 8

Metrics CIO Chief Financial Officer Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2013

The chief financial officer (CFO) role rose to prominence in the mid -1980’s as pressures for value management and more transparent investor relations gained traction. The possibility of failure is high when companies don’t commit senior leadership. Putting leadership capacity where it’s needed.

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Chief Financial Officer Information Technology Metrics CFO 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2018

In a recent HBR article , we claimed that modern digital companies such as Uber, Facebook, and Alphabet play an increasingly important role in the economy, but their financial statements fail to capture company’s main value drivers. Based on these insights, we now propose a new blueprint for financial reporting of digital companies.

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Report GAAP Company Proposal 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2012

The Wall Street Journal reported this week that chief financial officers are getting chucked off their companies' boards right and left as part of the push for more independent directors. At least, that's my reading of the voluminous academic research on the topic. Yet the anti-insider movement rolls on unchecked.

Chief Financial Officer 8

Chief Financial Officer Banking Long-term Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

But perhaps an even more accurate title would be Chief Decision Officer as this is the task that rests most fully on the shoulders of the boss. Chief Framing Officer probably won’t work (because of the acronym confusion with Chief Financial Officer) but perhaps Chief Evaluation Officer would (at least it shares the acronym).

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Chief Financial Officer Chief Executive Officer COO CFO 8