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. Looking ahead, many of these firms plan to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to take on a wide range of jobs.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2023

These leaders keenly have an eye for detail and can dissect complex financial information to identify trends and patterns. Additionally, effective financial leaders are excellent communicators. The financial services industry demands leaders who can strategically manage risks, drive innovation, and stay ahead of the curve.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 20, 2019

Realizing that you can gain education from both environments allows an opportunity for you to thrive as an employee and manage a successful side hustle. As a result of limited job functions in a large corporate environment, it doesn’t give you the full breadth of work involved in successfully managing an enterprise.

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CEO Insider

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Fractional Chief Financial Officers (CFO) are in high demand these days. A fractional CFO is a highly qualified business finance professional that your company can hire on a part-time basis.

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HR Digest

APRIL 6, 2020

Managers are the people that lead a team, give instruction, and see that an organization’s goals are achieved, be it production, branding, or more. In Organizational parlance, there are four types of managers, the c-suite executives, the mid-level, the frontline managers, and the team leaders. Middle managers.

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Coaching Tip

MARCH 29, 2011

Nearly 13% of chief financial officers, chief marketing officers, and other C-level executives say that having input into company decisions is their top reason to stay with a company, according to the survey. Rank-and-file employees often complain that CEOs don't understand what motivates them.

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CEO Insider

APRIL 15, 2024

Change how you manage the order-to-cash process appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine. It’s important to recognize the many points at which cash flow can be impeded, and implement better practices. One key area of particular importance is […] The post Want to boost cash flow? Copyright CEOWORLD magazine 2023.

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Process Magazine Management Globalization 119

Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 26, 2018

Keenly aware that while your title makes you manager, only your team makes you leader. They may be easier to manage, but a lot less effective. If you choose only “Indian Chiefs, you may well find the egos are more trouble than they are worth. Your people are challenged, delivering, growing and fulfilled.

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HR Digest

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

In his previous position, Boatwright had reported to the CEO directly about the specifics of managing the 125,000 employees and 3,600 restaurants. After Niccol’s exit, VP of Finance Adam Rymer was named the Chief Financial Officer, and Jack Hartung, who was initially expected to retire, was reassigned as the Chief Strategy Officer.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 7, 2020

The problem is: many hiring managers just don’t know how to evaluate external recruiters. The Common Approach – and Why it Doesn’t Really Work When evaluating external recruiters, most hiring managers start by asking: “how many placements have you made in our industry?” 4 Questions to Ask to Select the Right External Recruiter 1.

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CEO Insider

MARCH 5, 2025

Although its constitution, written after World War II, technically bans it from having a traditional military, Japan has still managed to build one of the most advanced self-defense forces in the world, placing it among the top military spenders globally. Japan has been one of the most skilled players in global security for years.

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Chart Your Course

JANUARY 13, 2017

Chief Financial Officer. You need a numbers guy to navigate your company to financial success. If the movies are true, the ideal is a tie wearing, straight arrow that lives for financial statements. They need to be tech experts, navigating your cloud contact center , social media and customer management systems.

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CEO Insider

APRIL 18, 2024

In a memo circulated on Wednesday, Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat unveiled Google’s plans to restructure its finance organization, signaling a strategic shift towards prioritizing investments in artificial intelligence (AI).

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CEO Insider

AUGUST 16, 2023

Gavel has an extensive background as Chief Financial Officer at SaskTel for a period of 9 years, and the board has expressed their strong confidence in her capabilities. SaskTel has introduced Carlene Gavel as the new CEO and President, who has assumed the role with immediate effect.

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CEO Insider

AUGUST 16, 2023

Vaibhav Taneja, aged 45, from India, will be taking on the role of Tesla’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in addition to his current position as Chief Accounting Officer.

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CFO Chief Financial Officer Magazine Finance 52

Niagara Institute

JANUARY 23, 2023

For example, the Chief Financial Officer of Goldman Sachs said the organization would likely reinstate annual performance reviews in 2023. There is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to performance reviews. What works for one team or organization may not work for another.

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CEO Insider

JULY 15, 2024

As the CEO of a leading reputation management software company, I’ve seen first-hand how a comprehensive reputation platform can enable organisations to improve operations using consumer data.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Graduates of MBA programs move into upper management roles and executive positions in nearly any industry. It can include positions such as Chief Financial Officer, Chief Executive Officer, or Operations Manager. These can include policy analyst, operations manager, and finance director positions.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 21, 2020

Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Controllers are financial officers who manage the accounting department of large organizations. They take part in financial examinations as part of the legal process, and most of the time, they have a say in defining awards from lawsuits. Cost Accountant Manager.

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CEO Insider

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

However, my view is that stemming the tide of talent defections is within relatively easy reach for we mere mortal CEOs, so long as our organisations’ values, HR policies and management styles are calibrated in the […]. The post Culture, purpose and pay will stem The Great Resignation appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 20, 2021

It’s usually the job of a bank’s chief financial officer (CFO), chief risk officer (CRO), or chief technology officer (CTO) to oversee tech implementation. This kind of resistance is possible across different levels of the enterprise, from upper management to rank-and-file banking staff.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

For instance, you can outsource a chief financial officer that can offer advice to the company on how to best improve their profitability. First, the manager should consider whether or not they were clear about their expectations. Treat them well.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Chief Financial Officer: “We should enter the Italian and German markets because we can generate $XMM in incremental profits.”. Chief Marketing Officer: “We should enter the Italian and German markets because we can increase our European market share by X%.”. Army as a combat arms officer.

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Metrics CFO Chief Financial Officer Marketing 50

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2011

This has become a favorite management insight as I advise bosses and boards. In one recent case, the chief financial officer of a small company was fired for possible expense account violations, and he was also seen as a poor strategist and weak team player. The task for everyone else is not to let them.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2012

Attracting and retaining top talent are perennial concerns among managers, in good times and in bad. With salaries frozen even as the scope of work expands, managers find it nearly impossible to lure A-players and compensate existing high performers without breaking the budget. The good news? They may not have to.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

According to ThedaCare's chief financial officer, Tim Olson , top management viewed it as a significant waste of time. With four hospitals, 22 physician locations, and over 5,000 employees, ThedaCare managers spent 10,000 hours a year to build their budget, and another 10,000 hours to explain, manage, and argue about it.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2012

Andrew Fastow, the former chief financial officer of Enron, recently completed a six-year prison sentence for his part in the scandalous deception that hid Enron's financial troubles from investors. Fastow's message, an important one for all managers and potential managers, has two key points.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2014

We pay a standard rate of $25 per hour, regardless of whether you’re applying to be an engineer or the chief financial officer. The aphorism is true: You can’t manage your way out of a bad team. To Optimize Talent Management, Question Everything. During the trials, we give the applicants actual work.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2014

It’s vital that companies manage their impact on the planet , and most are willing to invest at some level in sustainability initiatives. But with myriad choices for how to do so, and long lists of stakeholders to please, managers struggle with a basic question: How do we decide which projects to green-light?

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Virtually all leaders espouse the benefits of a strong management team. These differences in philosophy and approach frequently differentiate those who advance to and succeed at the executive level — and those who stay in the ranks of middle management. However, they use starkly different levers to build one. Don't get me wrong.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2011

AFP conducted the Cost of Capital Survey in October 2010 and received answers from 309 chief financial officers, treasurers, vice presidents-finance, and assistant treasurers. Their answers revealed that calculating the cost of capital today is an art, not a science.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

And according to a survey by Network World magazine, only about one in eight tech managers 30 years old or younger had hired anyone over 40 during the previous year. The organizational "geography" also matters — chief marketing officer versus chief financial officer.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

The title Chief Executive Officer is something of a misnomer. The task of a CEO — and for that matter of any manager — is not wholly or even primarily about execution. An effective CEO makes things happen principally through his executive colleagues, aptly called “Chiefs” too: the CFO, CCO, and COO.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2016

Commentators and researchers have focused on the crucial role of the CEO in leading effective corporate action to promote high performance, high integrity , and sound risk management. The CFO and GC determine together whether the cost of a particular voluntary global standard is amenable to hard financial analysis (e.g.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2014

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. The company was owned by management, venture capitalists, and SoftBank.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2018

So we relied on a setting where firms faced an unexpected competitive shock, one that directors could not have anticipated and selected specific CEOs to manage it, and one that forced CEOs to make complex, non-routine, and unstructured decisions — decisions where CEOs’ characteristics are likely to affect how they respond.

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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. Today, as the power of data and analytics profoundly alters the business landscape, companies once again may need more top-management muscle.

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