Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Welcome to the November 2016 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! As I was reviewing this month’s submissions to the Leadership Development Carnival, I was wishing we could all get together in a room to exchange these ideas more deeply and directly. Joel recaps: “Have you developed your personal brand?

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 1, 2017

Welcome to the May 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! Everyone knows the roles and responsibilities for a CEO, CFO and CTO but change the wording and a different picture emerges. Mike Hoban of Development Dimensions International (DDI) provided Could Siri Become Your Leadership Coach?

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 6, 2024

The C-Suite Executives Role in Business Strategy The C-Suite executive team comprises the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Chief Operating Officer (COO), and other high-ranking ‘chief’ executives.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Welcome to the November 2016 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! As I was reviewing this month’s submissions to the Leadership Development Carnival, I was wishing we could all get together in a room to exchange these ideas more deeply and directly. Joel recaps: “Have you developed your personal brand?

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Leading Blog

JUNE 13, 2011

To develop talent, you need to become intimate with your people; to know the essence of each individual. Talent development is not an event. Developing people simply must be a priority from the top down. Talent masters spend at least 25% of their time spotting and developing other leaders; at GE and P&G it’s closer to 40%).

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Rich Gee Group

AUGUST 31, 2015

For some positions (CFO, CIO), all their hard work to make it to the table is now useless when they need to use skills other than IQ: Communication – Communicate clearly and concisely. The post Developing The CEO Within You. EQ – Emotional Quotient (or Emotional Intelligence). This is where most C-Level executives fail.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 1, 2014

This company had a proud tradition of investing in the development of its employees. A new CFO came on board and decided that training was a luxury that could no longer be afforded. The Center for Creative Leadership is known for its “ 70-20-10 ” model of leadership development. But so is training.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 5, 2018

This is a group that consists of the CEO, the CFO, and the CHRO (Chief Human Resources Officer). Finding, recruiting, supporting and developing talent is mission-critical work in the organization. The relationship between the CFO and CHRO is vital. In fact, talent must lead strategy. People appreciate in value.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

In many organizations, individual team members—or the entire executive team—may stagnate in their development and gradually deteriorate in their performance. Some senior leaders stop developing and, therefore, over time will be more and more out of touch with the organization’s needs.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Understanding the Role of a Chief Revenue Officer The Chief Revenue Officer is a key member of the executive team, collaborating closely with the CEO, CFO, and COO to steer the organization’s overall growth strategy. For example, ask how they would develop a strategy to drive revenue growth or navigate a significant revenue downturn.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Entrepreneurs are actually not risk takers,” says X.com CFO Roelof Botha. This led him to develop what he called an “idiot index,” which calculated how much costly a finished product was than the cost of its basic materials. They’re risk mitigators. But not Musk. “He

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 9, 2017

Welcome to the January 2017 edition of the Leadership Development Carnival! In this post, Virtual CFO Jon Verbeck helps readers get back to basics—explaining that we’re in business to make a profit (which can help us do good things). One of the components of the Lead Change Group that I most appreciate is its spirit of supportiveness.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 25, 2022

The CFO candidate might get by with only a broad sector experience in manufacturing, finance, or technology. Fantasy land won’t help your new hire in the development, communication, transformation, and run of the business inside your portfolio company. And similarly, once on board, don’t set goals in a vacuum.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 30, 2023

Then prepare to be surprised: Your CEO, CFO, and COO may very well give different answers. Learn more at vertical elevation.com. * * * Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * * So, when thinking about your employees and talent strategies, that’s where you must start: at the top.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Understanding the Role of a Chief Experience Officer The Chief Experience Officer (CXO) might not have the same name recognition as a CEO or CFO, but their influence is felt across every aspect of a company’s strategy and operations. But the CXO’s influence goes beyond data. Take Amazon , for instance.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 22, 2018

From this leadership, we developed a culture of fact-based decision making. As Craig’s CFO and CAO, I always appreciated this leadership style. Build great teams In the early dark days as CFO of Footlocker, we had a struggling company that was deeply in debt. Over time, we all learned facts first, opinions second.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 24, 2020

Joel Peterson has been around the block serving as a leader in various roles—CEO, CFO, founder, investor, entrepreneur—and is currently the chairman of JetBlue Airways and a professor at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. Develop Your Leadership Around Four Activities. Throughout it all, he says, he’s been lost more than once.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 13, 2023

Productivity gains According to a survey of CEOs, the top factors for driving growth include using data, technology, and AI to improve performance and productivity (38%), recruiting and developing top talent (38%), promoting collaboration within the company (35%), and modernizing the company’s digital infrastructure (34%).

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CEO Insider

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Over the years in his career as the global research director of Deloitte LLP’s CFO Program, Ajit Kambil has seen countless examples of executives being promoted to C-Level positions without having the tools needed to communicate their visions to their stakeholders. “As

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 11, 2010

home about rich our team news our fans services executive coach business coach speaking inspire media knowledge books affiliates contact Rich Gee Group 203.500.2421 Developing The CEO Within You. You’re moving on up. EQ – Emotional Quotient (or Emotional Intelligence) This is where most C-Level executives fail.

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Modern Servant Leader

DECEMBER 13, 2011

The already overburdened technology team had no bandwidth and the CFO would not accept changing priorities of other efforts. I saw no other choice and worked furiously to develop the best plan possible. Ultimately, I was called into the CFO’s office and asked for my resignation. I was shocked by the expectation.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 21, 2020

The accounting field offers space for professional development. If you work in the field long enough, you can go from a staff accountant to an executive position such as a CFO. Chief Financial Officer (CFO). CFO is one of the end goal positions for all accountants. JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN ACCOUNTING CAREER. Bookkeeper.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 9, 2021

Test #1 Can You Develop a Simple Plan for Your Strategy? Or as former CFO of the Disney Interactive Media Group, Bruce Gordon, puts it, “Very few people are bad at their job, but many are not as good as they must be.”. They need to have a “forward radar,” says the former CEO of Aetna, Ron Williams.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 22, 2013

Guest post by Great Leadership monthly contributor Beth Armknecht Miller: I recently had the opportunity to have a conversation with the president of a privately held company as part of research for a book I am writing on talent management and development within small to mid-size companies. Develop the stories to reveal your “why”, and….

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

She is also the ex-VP and chief strategy and corporate development officer of CVS Health , another leading health solutions company in the country. Another member of the new Walgreens Boots Alliance leadership is Manmohan Mahajan, the new Executive Vice President and Global Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Power skills are long-lasting, transferable across a number of work environments and roles, and can developed. Business development. Software and app developers. Business development is the only job description based on power skills. Hire a Chief Future Officer (CFO). Digital marketing and strategy specialists.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 22, 2023

Fisher Over the past 20 years, Fisher has developed trusted relationships with a broad cross-section of global business leaders and the companies they shape. To The Top aims to close the gap by providing aspiring female leaders with the key to unlocking their own corner office.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 11, 2021

When I met James as well as the company’s CEO and CFO over Zoom, I told them that we should admit that COVID-19 seriously interrupted our world and will not disappear anytime soon. Even those who had desk jobs struggled with working from their homes due to the total absence of preparation for a remote setup.

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Center for Creative Leadership

APRIL 24, 2019

I recently spoke with the CEO of a medium-sized manufacturing company about his new CFO who was poised to attend our flagship program for senior executives, Leadership at the Peak. She was respected by colleagues and employees, and over time had become the right-hand assistant to the CFO. How to Increase Your Executive Presence.

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Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 5, 2011

During dinner with the CFO [.]. A preferred future stands on an un-preferred present. Dissatisfaction is easy, optimism is necessary. Seeing the light dimly: Things come together at the strangest times.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

C-Suite: CAO, COO, CFO, CTO, etc. We understand what it takes to identify, attract, assess, and place the world’s best leaders – and develop them throughout their professional careers. They concentrate on obtaining top talent for senior-level and executive positions. This includes: Board Directors. Vice President.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 11, 2007

Much has been written about the importance of measuring the impact of leadership development programs or systems. External perception can be measured by awards, such as CEO Magazine “Best Companies for Leaders” and hundreds of individual leadership awards (CEO of the Year, CIO of the year, CFO of the Year, etc…).

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HR Digest

MAY 2, 2024

Earlier this year, CFO Ruth Porat announced layoffs at Google’s finance department and restructuring efforts there as they moved to keep up with the shifting tech world. CRN also found that the company’s headcount as of March 31, 2024, has gone down by nearly 10,000 as compared to March 2023. Why Are Google Job Relocations Taking Place?

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Mike Cardus

AUGUST 17, 2012

I was asked by a CFO of a hospital, who attended a talk I gave on ‘ Working & Managing Across Generations ’ to contact the hospitals HR director and Workforce Education director. BUT the CFO would not be on the call. Me, “Thank you for taking your time today did CFO give you any idea into why he wanted us to talk?”.

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Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 6, 2010

A CEO asked me to coach his potential successor, the CFO. It didn't take long before I just felt that the CEO just didn't like the CFO. I brought it to his attention: "I just don't think you like the CFO." or to work on developing him as your successor, if you really don't want him to have the job?" the CEO told me. "If

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Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 13, 2017

After all, I had earned it, having just finished a 28 year run as a CPA, cable company VP of Operations, football stadium project manager, VP of Development for another cable company, and finally, a cable company SVP of Operations.

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Tanveer Naseer

MAY 9, 2017

He has observed in many companies that a C-suite team represents a balance of types , for instance, an introverted CEO who chooses an extroverted CFO to bring strengths to the table that he or she doesn’t have. “On On the senior leadership team, you need thoughtful analysis and you need passion and excitement,” adds Moore.

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