Your First Year as CFO
By demonstrating results early, new CFOs facilitate their longer-term strategy and transformation efforts, paving the way for growth.
By demonstrating results early, new CFOs facilitate their longer-term strategy and transformation efforts, paving the way for growth.
A successful tenure begins with getting to know the finance function and establishing a vision to guide value creation.
By combining technology and human capabilities, a finance function can orchestrate the work of other departments and help the company achieve its strategic objectives.
Only a few CFOs lead finance functions that truly outperform in both efficiency and effectiveness. Here’s what sets them apart.
Armed with foresight into how conditions will change, a company can take actions to preempt unfavorable outcomes and promote competitive advantage.
In order to emerge stronger, companies must ensure that their response to COVID-19 is not just immediate but also transformational.
Changing while things are still going well takes less time, costs less, and generates more value than reactive change. Here’s how to get it right.
You can’t entirely plan or design an ecosystem, but answering some critical questions will increase the odds of building an ecosystem that has the potential to create new industries or transform existing ones.
Companies can no longer simply focus on maximizing total shareholder returns. To win, they must hone sustainable business models.
Learn to navigate the course using this atlas, which will help identify the sirens (warning signs) to avoid and the lighthouses (best practices) to look for.
Your Strategy Needs a Strategy will help you cut through the noise and find clarity regarding which approach, or combination of approaches, is your best bet for success.
The worst question an activist can ask is the one you haven’t thought about. With activism on the rise, leaders need to put their plans to the test and be ready to defend them.
Companies’ transformation track records are mixed. Top performers unlock value quickly by focusing on changes that will improve profit margins and valuation multiples.
The rankings provide a valuable frame of reference by indicating which companies and industries entered the COVID-19 crisis with TSR momentum and which did not.
New competitors are changing how the game is played. Traditional winners must adjust by adopting key strategies of digital natives.
