Deming Institute

JANUARY 9, 2017

Many large investments at our railroad and utility operations are also made with an eye to payoffs well down the road. …. Almost 80 percent of chief financial officers at 400 of America’s largest public companies say they would sacrifice a firm’s economic value to meet the quarter’s earnings expectations.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 5, 2019

Brian Paradis was the Chief Financial Officer for Florida Hospital when he was tasked with leading the troubled organization in 2006. It is how successful leaders in business, in all walks of life, in fact, operate: by keeping their eyes on today and on the vision— always moving forward. Leadership is hard work.

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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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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Learning to communicate well and to influence other people are essential skills in business. At the start of my leadership development programs, I ask people for examples of "negotiating with yourself." To help people develop in their leadership and in their lives, I honed in on a small set of those hundreds of faces.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

In addition they operate from a plan — however confidential it may be — to strengthen the team year over year. For example, Tim Sheahan, Chief Financial Officer for a large division of a multi-national corporation, aspires to become CFO of a Fortune 100 company in the future.

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