Lead on Purpose

JULY 10, 2009

Too often we leave the worries and cares about money to the CFO’s office. Of the three P’s listed above, the one that typically receives the least focus by product managers is profits (or perhaps more clearly stated, revenue ).

Succession 133

Succession CFO Ethics Taylorism 133

Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

CEO, CMO, COO, CIO, CFO, etc.), Furthermore, of the 535 highest paid and most senior positions at those companies, only 5.8% are held by women (down from 6.9% in the prior year). One more disheartening statistic shows that only 26% of those companies have at least one woman in an executive officer’s position (e.g.,

Press Release 113

Press Release Discount PR Directory 113

Women on Business

JANUARY 8, 2011

She’s taking over the seat formerly occupied by Apple’s former CFO, John Anderson, who resigned amidst a stock options backdating scandal. Andrea Jung was an executive vice president at Neiman-Marcus before she joined Avon in 1996. Avon’s stock price was up 15% in 2007.Â

Press Release 124

Press Release CEO Discount PR 124

Women on Business

JANUARY 25, 2011

It’s not rocket science, but it is surprising how many CFO’s and managers don’t stop to evaluate the effectiveness of their meetings. Assign tasks and ask if there are questions. Wrap up the meeting with a summary of accomplishments and next steps action items.

Press Release 140

Press Release Discount PR Magazine 140

HR Digest

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Another member of the new Walgreens Boots Alliance leadership is Manmohan Mahajan, the new Executive Vice President and Global Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mahajan’s appointment isn’t necessarily a new occurrence considering he has been serving as interim CFO since July 2023.

Execution 52

Execution Chief Financial Officer Team CFO 52

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

Let me give you the good news, and the sales news… There are several strategies you can employ to get around the bidding process, or legally and ethically change the bidding process. Make an appointment with the CFO. That’s the bad news. Here are some ideas you can begin to use immediately: 1. They just buy.

Proposal 58

Proposal Price Long-term Customer Loyalty 58

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2016

What receives far less attention is that, more and more in our increasingly complex, volatile, and fully-globalized business world, the effectiveness of such action depends on a powerful partnership between the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and the General Counsel (GC). Compliance.

CFO 8

CFO Chief Financial Officer Compliance Due Diligence 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Half are C-Suite level executives, meaning that they serve as CEO, CFO, COO or the board of directors at a company. The executive women also put a premium on the discipline honed by sports, which they see translating to a person’s determination and work ethic. Only 3% did not participate in sports at any point in their lives.

Sports 21

Sports COO CFO Participative 21

Miles Anthony Smith

MAY 2, 2018

Great leaders often align their leadership values with personal beliefs and ethics of their own. Graham Keen "Inspirational CEO/CFO turned positive-psychologist resiliently transforming businesses & financial performance." ​ ​1.

Brand 68

Brand Examples Career Godin 68

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Second, they don’t consider at a human level how their stated strategic intents shape the acceptable ethical boundaries for those who must turn those intents into reality. He didn’t set ethical boundaries in a scoop-focused media market, and he hired executives who didn’t set policies and procedures to preclude such acts.

Ethics 15

Ethics CFO Learning-by-Doing Technology 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2017

Employees and other constituents should expect HR to hold leaders accountable for fiduciary and strategic risks, just as a CFO would be expected to hold leaders accountable for a risky pattern of using corporate funds or resources. Are these acceptable growing pains? In one word: No.

Compliance 18

Compliance Hedge Human Capital Finance 18

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

We all make pitches every day — for that highly-prized account; to a client who's reluctant to accept your scary proposal; for a skeptical CFO to loosen the purse strings; or for a wary new team to believe in you. Here's what I've learned about winning pitches like these: 1.

Belief Systems 20

Belief Systems Tips Audience CFO 20

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Every CEO, CMO, CFO, and business unit leader should ask themselves these questions: If I decided to launch a hedge fund based solely on the data our business generates, what kind of financial opportunities immediately suggest themselves? Marry the Buffett and the Brin to get a glimpse of an alternate future.

Hedge 15

Hedge Core Competence CFO ROI 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2016

Remember the public shaming – and heavy sentences — heaped on Enron and Worldcom for their accounting (and more importantly, ethical) failures? If your strategy relies heavily on aggressive M&A, for example, do you really want a CFO who doesn’t command a salary higher than the norm? It’s not surprising.

Benchmarking 14

Benchmarking Company Short-term Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2013

How about this, the boardroom version of Sophie''s Choice: "Who would you rather fire, the CFO or the CSO?". It may end up someplace where laws, regulations, and ethics are highly questionable. A question that could tell you a lot about the company''s potential under this leader. it doesn''t mean that the data is going to stay there.

CEO 11

CEO CFO Offshoring Cost 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2015

As the CFO of a well-funded IPO-bound company, Dan had many years of experience and he had the results to show that he had outworked and out-delivered many of his internal and external counterparts. He was well known in their industry for his tenacity, work ethic, and sheer brilliance when it came to numbers. He let him take the stage.

Execution 8

Execution IPO CFO Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2015

As the CFO of a well-funded IPO-bound company, Dan had many years of experience and he had the results to show that he had outworked and out-delivered many of his internal and external counterparts. He was well known in their industry for his tenacity, work ethic, and sheer brilliance when it came to numbers. He let him take the stage.

Execution 8

Execution IPO CFO Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2017

Yan Wang, the former CFO of VitalSmarts, didn’t survive Mao’s China by taking outlandish risks such as questioning those in positions of authority. As our CFO, she did impeccable work with the highest ethical standards.

Planning 8

Planning CFO Learning Curve Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

If a company wanted to use astrology to pick a Scorpio instead of a Libra as the new CFO, there wouldn’t be any legal risks to doing so (as long as there wasn’t any correlation between astrological sign and candidates’ membership in “protected” classes of people).

Pre-Employment Screening 9

Pre-Employment Screening Human Resources How To CFO 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2015

She and Bernhard had been chatting with a few of his colleagues at the party when Dirksen-Hall’s CFO, Harold van der Linde, approached. She’s the finance manager for Project Samen—” but someone tapped the CFO on the shoulder, and Van der Linde made a polite exit before he could hear anything more about her.

Case Study 8

Case Study CFO Finance Project 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

If a company wanted to use astrology to pick a Scorpio instead of a Libra as the new CFO, there wouldn''t be any legal risks to doing so (as long as there wasn''t any correlation between astrological sign and candidates'' membership in "protected" classes of people).

Pre-Employment Screening 9

Pre-Employment Screening Human Resources How To CFO 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

A study of CFO surveys shows that corporate financial professionals are way too sure of their ability to predict the future. Over the course of a decade, the CFOs were asked to state the range of one-year stock-market forecasts that they thought would lead them to be right 80% of the time. But do they?

CFO 8

CFO Survey Globalization Document 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 21, 2016

In several survey studies, we demonstrated that when employees perceive their leaders as too ethically driven, they demonstrated the same negative behaviors that were shown when leaders were perceived as very unethical. Only leaders perceived as moderate in their ethical requests were effective in promoting positive employee behavior.

How To 8

How To Ethics Supply Chain Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2017

Andrew Fastow, the former CFO, was sentenced to six years in prison. A more authentic CSR program and a more public commitment to ethical leadership by the controlling Lee family would signal to the government and the public that Samsung is taking change to heart. financial crisis.

Reputation 9

Reputation Crisis Loyalty Banking 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2015

A seasoned CFO with a sharp mind and an abrasive style, Arthur had lost his job over a disagreement with his company’s new CEO. ” They shape people’s identities and work ethics, influencing working cultures, and casting their shadow long past people’s membership in them.

Long-term 8

Long-term Loyalty Uncertainty Banking 8

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Sanyin Siang – Executive Director of the Duke University Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics (COLE). Facebook’s first HR hire, she has led global people programs, been an HR Business Partner, and CFO. Provides groundbreaking university-wide coaching. Led Leadership Department at West Point. Author: The Launch Book.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Banking Magazine 70