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Executive Search Firms in Finance: Unlocking Fiscal Leadership

N2Growth Blog

Finding the right leaders in an industry that demands excellence, strategic vision, and a deep understanding of financial markets can drive success and stay ahead of the competition. These leaders keenly have an eye for detail and can dissect complex financial information to identify trends and patterns.

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Digital Media and the Future of Your Leadership – Video

Modern Servant Leader

So, I’m sitting across from the Chief Financial Officer of a major organization and he’s going on about the next director he plans to fire. Yet, he’s the Chief Financial Officer of a major organization. The transcript of the full talk is below. Full Transcript. I pick up every book, I read every website.

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How U.S. Health Care Got Safer by Focusing on the Patient Experience

Harvard Business Review

There is good news for chief financial officers, too, in these analyses. The hospitals with better safety and patient experience performance also had better financial performance. For example, the financial margins for the hospitals in the top quartile of patients’ likelihood to recommend were 4.8

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The “Business in Society” Imperative for CEOs

Harvard Business Review

The contemporary CEO must not only be expert at addressing the commercial verities of products, markets, and competitors. These ethical questions arise in the whole range of corporate activity from technology and manufacturing to marketing and sales. The challenges of business-in-society issues arise in many different settings.

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A Blueprint for Digital Companies’ Financial Reporting

Harvard Business Review

On June 25, 2018, Facebook lost market capitalization of more than $100 billion in just two hours of trading after it announced its quarterly performance, despite exceeding analysts’ earnings forecasts. Based on these insights, we now propose a new blueprint for financial reporting of digital companies. What caused this slump?

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Attract and Keep A-Players with Nonfinancial Rewards

Harvard Business Review

Staggered hours and telecommuting are a huge hit in emerging markets , too. Thirty-five percent of workers and 30% of chief financial officers in an Accountemps poll cited frequent recognition of accomplishments as the most effective nonmonetary reward. Recognition resonates.

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If the Auditors Sign Off, Does That Make It Okay?

Harvard Business Review

Andrew Fastow, the former chief financial officer of Enron, recently completed a six-year prison sentence for his part in the scandalous deception that hid Enron's financial troubles from investors. Why did he commit fraud? The market must value transparency. Last month, Fastow made good on his offer.