N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2010

If your CFO handles all communications with your banking relationships, and your Chief Investment Officer handles all of your investor relations, you’re flat out missing the boat. If your CMO is making all of your brand decisions there will be h*ll to pay down the road.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Managers often think about their careers in terms of winning and losing. But what about those whose careers are sidetracked or derailed when passed over for a key assignment or big promotion? Are these “losers” out of the running for career advancement, or can they regain their footing, refocus their sights, and continue to rise?

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Career Examples Supply Chain CFO 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

It’s easy to be confused about how to grow in your career. Since the 70-20-10 ratio says that experiences best accelerate your development, you’ll want to understand which experiences will build your career and, more importantly, the few, most powerful experiences that can close your from/to gap. Build your map.

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Career Chief Financial Officer Supply Chain Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2016

Most new businesses do fail, and many women who take time off work to raise children have a hard time returning to the career track. If you’re planning to launch a startup, for instance, your colleagues might have highlighted concerns about your finance skills. The truth is, your colleagues are right to be skeptical.

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Career Hedge CFO Advice 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2017

The career question I hear most often from rising senior leaders is this: “How do I get on the C-suite shortlist?” With transparency in succession planning becoming a priority, career management for senior executives becomes easier. ” The management literature is overflowing with advice on becoming the boss.

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CFO How To CIO Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

The CIO has to know what's going on in finance and marketing, for instance, and P&L experience is important even for support functions like human resources. So, for instance, if you want a top finance job it's not enough to be the best CFO in the U.S.; you have to be the best CFO in the world.

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Execution P&L CFO Globalization 16

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

If you can't answer these questions, then getting to know this leader could advance your career. I can name several times in my own career when my manager's immediate superior was a key factor. I can name several times in my own career when my manager's immediate superior was a key factor. Here are some suggestions.

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Public Relations Human Resources CFO Career 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 8, 2013

Certainly we know that heads of finance and HR tend to move around a lot more because the skills are very transferrable, and in fact it looks better for an HR executive or CFO to show a breadth of industry. You actually get a bit disadvantaged if you''ve been in the same company or the same industry your whole career, as an HR person.

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CEO CFO COO Industry 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2018

” In finance, for example, that might mean believing — based on no evidence — that only MBA graduates from an elite university are likely to succeed at their jobs. The lessons people learn throughout their careers are often the key to uncovering their additive contribution. Small Wins, Big Payoff.

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Power Management Diversity CFO 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

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. At meetings of the corporation's finance managers, Tim makes a point to spend time with lower-level staff members to establish a personal bond.

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Execution Team Chief Financial Officer Finance 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 18, 2011

Knowing and communicating your career goals is challenging for even the most ambitious and focused person. In today's work world, careers take numerous twists and turns and the future is often murky. You have to clarify for yourself what you aspire to do with your career before you can communicate it confidently to others.

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P&L Committee Career Learning-by-Doing 19

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2011

And Mark Perry , a professor of economics and finance at the University of Michigan, puts it in perspective with a handy chart.). Another said we provide a lottery for a small number of plum jobs in consulting and finance. The doom-and-gloom scenarios always struck me as overly pessimistic. Others mentioned signaling value.

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Education Human Capital Class CFO 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Listening, Derek Melis, his friend and CFO, was relieved. They’d met at university, and although Derek had gone on to graduate school and a career in banking, while Rogier had joined his family construction business and then founded Contect, they’d never lost touch. Please don’t let that cloud your judgment as CFO.

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Case Study Decentralization CFO Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2018

In 2004, Hickox was a certified public accountant in Texas and at a crossroads in her career. “I’m not sure when I first asked if I thought it would be successful,” said Hickox, now CFO of Independent Bank in McKinney Texas. They both wanted important, but not overwhelming careers. ” None of this is easy.

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Banking Conference CEO Bottom-up 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

If you or I were the CFO of a manufacturing company, and we were in a board meeting, and the board asked, “What is your manufacture and capacity utilization?” What they realize is that they’ve always treated finance and financial management as a tier-one asset. Think about that, Angelia. Alex Shootman, Workfront.

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Content Crisis Apparel Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2016

He was the CFO of their company, a software start-up with about 75 employees. He led the finance team. But that would mean taking a step back in her career and moving away from friends and family—and she’d still have to deal with Brad and Claudia. Nothing happened that first night. Yes, Brad had flirted.

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Case Study Conference Hotels COO 8

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Bill began his career with Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Darek Lenart – Senior VP HR, Finance MasterCard. Facebook’s first HR hire, she has led global people programs, been an HR Business Partner, and CFO. His vast experience from serving on the Committees of Finance, Judiciary, Education, and Rules.

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Executive Coaching CEO Banking Magazine 70

Chartered Management Institute

OCTOBER 30, 2024

He had little in the way of job prospects, but his tenacity saw him build a successful career in accountancy, taking him all the way to CFO Harry Cassie CMgr FCMI took a huge leap of faith when he moved to Canada in 2003 with his wife and young son. He relocated from Trinidad and Tobago, seeking a better way of life.

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CFO Career Blog Finance 52