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. Have they been fudging their research for years? I Think Not.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

If we observe an organization in the transformation process as an airplane flight: The CEO is the pilot, COO/CFO & other executives are co-pilots, and the Chief Transformation Officer is the air traffic control in charge of the safe, orderly, and expeditious flight.

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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. It is a mindset that is even more critical in today’s unstable world and is the sine qua non of crisis leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 29, 2010

Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? I Think Not. Whos Reading N2growth Twitter Updates mikemyatt: Poor work requries a lot of explanation beca.

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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. That’s where we come in.

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Lead on Purpose

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

The leading candidate is the scheming CFO played by Frederic March, a passionless, colorless bean counter groping for power, but with no vision beyond increasing dividend payouts to stockholders. Andrew Cravenho is the CEO of CBAC Funding, an innovative invoice finance company. That is why unemotional leadership is an oxymoron.

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Chart Your Course

JANUARY 13, 2017

Business leadership researchers tell us that the best traits for your CFO are emotional stability and global ethics. In the days after the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX), a chief executive cannot hide behind the acts of the CFO. If your CFO is doing something financially shady, SOX says that he is either doing it with you or to you.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

In this post, Virtual CFO Jon Verbeck explains the important parts of a financial dashboard for your company. Paul summarizes, “Striking a balance between cultural and operational parameters that allows your employees room to innovate is always a challenge. ” Follow Jon on Twitter at @thindifference.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

With creativity’s ties to innovation and the global economy experiencing a significant growth mode, this personal ability was transferable across a range of organizational needs. Hire a Chief Future Officer (CFO). To accommodate the escalating speed of change and plans for the future, hire a new type of CFO. For Organizations.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Bob''s blog entries Accountability versus Ownership “Be yourself [period] Everyone else is taken” Bibliomotion CIO Career Path Corporate Board Cost versus Innovation David C.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 24, 2015

You cannot dare do the same thing as an entrepreneur when you are still the HR manager, marketing guru, office manager, janitor, tech guy, sales staff, CFO and CEO. It is an opportunity to create and be innovative. With some of these other jobs, you can leave behind the workload and take some time out. You can stop working at 3 p.m.

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Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Was struggling with sales representatives and project managers turning in expense and budget reports on-time…They told me “We have tried everything and our CFO is tired to putting out fires for us.”. The finance team in a Health Care Company. started by asking: What do you want the people in sales and the project managers to do?

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Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 7, 2010

What shared interests can you learn about that you can combine to catalyze innovation for your organization? The CFO owns a couple. Learn more and understand more about others: What can you ask others that will provide you with a deeper understanding of individual motivations?

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 18, 2022

Whereas historically, the bulk of corporate innovation would be via in-house R&D programs, or mergers and acquisitions, the last decade has seen a considerable rise in corporate venturing. Indeed, during 2020, around $70 billion was invested by corporates in startups, which represented around 25% of all VC deals.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Smart product managers know the value of having allies in the CFO’s office. When the PM makes a concerted effort to have a strong relationship with sales, their product success will increase. Accounting/Finance: This group is often completely ignored by product management.

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LDRLB

APRIL 21, 2020

Something about unjustified criticism not only leads to greater motivation and innovation, but leads to greater satisfaction with the organization that you are working for. But when the time came to talk about purchasing the company, the CFO still asked Hastings for a number. It was a non-starter for the CFO.

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Chart Your Course

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Why Your CEO and CFO Should Care About Employee Engagement TLNT, 2013. The Innovation Catalysts Harvard Business Review, June 2011. Three Ways to Actually Engage Your Employees HBR Blog Network, June 2014. Thirteen Signs of a Disengaged Employee (Infographic) Entrepreneur, June 2014.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Some of the participants were told the person was to be CFO, while others that they would head up EDI. The finding emerged after several hundred recruiters and HR managers were shown a press release that announced the new senior leader in a fictitious firm.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 13, 2023

The study found that CHROs with strong abilities and relationships, and who work in a supportive environment, are almost twice as likely to successfully integrate data, technology, and people, and four times more likely to have effective relationships and influence with other C-suite executives, including the CEO, CFO, CTO, and COO. “As

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N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Maybe your CFO is a family friend. He is graduate of the Stanford University Graduate School of Business’s LEAD program in Corporate Innovation. Their organizational culture happens by default. Leaders know that building a culture by design is critical to business success. You’re avoiding some tough calls. Here’s an example.

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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 ).

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

In this post, Virtual CFO Jon Verbeck explains the important parts of a financial dashboard for your company. Paul summarizes, “Striking a balance between cultural and operational parameters that allows your employees room to innovate is always a challenge. ” Follow Jon on Twitter at @thindifference.

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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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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

In the business world today, nearly two-thirds of Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) say their companies are focused on automating tasks that employees usually handle. This insight comes from The CFO Survey, a collaboration between Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and the Federal Reserve Banks of Richmond and Atlanta.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 9, 2017

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). On election day we need to show our good side, our good character, and do some good in our communities.” ” Follow Jon on Twitter at @thindifference.

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LDRLB

APRIL 21, 2020

Something about unjustified criticism not only leads to greater motivation and innovation, but leads to greater satisfaction with the organization that you are working for. But when the time came to talk about purchasing the company, the CFO still asked Hastings for a number. It was a non-starter for the CFO.

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Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Special guest blog post by Don Esch, President of Bettcher Industries of his story at BW-Center For Innovation & Growth 's Innovation Summit. The Change: Was It Innovation, Serendipity or Providence? This is the tie that binds us and we live it every day. Will it work?

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 12, 2016

The hubris displayed by Skilling, along with founder Kenneth Lay and CFO Andrew Fastow, didn’t just destroy Enron. The trust of many in a system that has been the most spectacular generator of innovation in history was damaged by the unbridled greed of a few.

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The Empowered Buisness

JULY 14, 2015

Orientation toward innovation and creativity. Decision making style. Requirements for change and variety. Dominant motivation driver. Levels of strategic and visionary thinking. Relationship to norms/rules. And much more.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 15, 2020

Who would be CFO or COO? Assigning roles. Another study , from researchers at Imperial College London, explores how the distribution of roles among the founding team is undertaken. Who would be CEO? This may sound obvious, but in situations where equity stakes are equal, who becomes the ‘boss’ can often be a sensitive matter.

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HR Digest

MAY 2, 2024

CRN received a statement from a spokesperson from the company stating that it was “simplifying structures to give employees more opportunity to work on our most innovative and important advances and our biggest company priorities while reducing bureaucracy and layers.” Why Are Google Job Relocations Taking Place?

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LDRLB

APRIL 21, 2014

We all understand that these days it’s really not so much the number of cars or assembly line or factories that a company has, but really its ability to keep up, to be competitive, to be innovative and what gives the company its competitive edge is really the people who make it. Orly, thank you so much for joining us inside the LDRLB.

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CO2

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

With the PEAK model, leaders can learn just how much they are inclined to seek Perspectives (Innovators), Evaluate information at hand (Judges), take Action (Directors), and increase Knowledge (Professors). Their PEAK number suggests not only how they typically make decisions, but also how they communicate with others.

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CO2

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

With the PEAK model, leaders can learn just how much they are inclined to seek Perspectives (Innovators), Evaluate information at hand (Judges), take Action (Directors), and increase Knowledge (Professors). Their PEAK number suggests not only how they typically make decisions, but also how they communicate with others.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Booking working on reorganization In the company’s Q3 earnings call last month, CFO Ewout Steenbergen said: “We continue to be very focused on carefully managing the growth of our fixed expenses. It is likely that Booking may try to reorganization and reset priorities in tech investments to stay competitive.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2011

That book is The Innovator's Dilemma by HBS Professor Clay Christensen. But what's most interesting to me isn't that The Innovator's Dilemma was on that list. Anyone familiar with Professor Christensen's work will quickly recognize the same causal mechanism at the heart of the Innovator's Dilemma: the pursuit of profit.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2012

This ongoing struggle raises an issue that is endemic in such acquisitions: In search of innovation, big companies often buy other companies whose most innovative days are almost at an end. An acquirer looking for innovation would have been likelier to try to buy Gateway, a company that is almost an after-thought now.

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