Newsletter – Can a CFO be a Good CEO?
CFOs don’t often get to be CEOs. However they can do it if they can achieve the necessary self-awareness.
“Do You Train Your Executives in Counter-Factual Leadership Strategy?” – Leadership Solutions Newsletter July–Sept 2013
So now we are going to talk about counter-factual leadership. As in, what would happen if you adopted a different leadership style? Or what wouldn’t happen? What leadership style would be necessary to achieve a new type of target, or how to lead in certain, new circumstances?
Executive Coaching and the Uncanny Valley in Leadership – March 2014 Newsletter
See what they don’t teach you in business school about body language and leadership See article here.
Select Leaders Based on Business Acumen and Business Impact – Perth Newsletter April–July 2014
Isn’t that what companies really want? See article here
Newsletters
Towards a Financial Outcome-Based Leadership Model
Towards a Financial Outcome-Based Leadership Model [Aug 2006] Executive SummaryThis White Paper shows that current leadership assessment approaches have not kept pace with modern theories of the firm and modern financial approaches. It argues that any leadership assessment approach that does not directly show how an executive’s or manager’s behavior is linked to the creation […]
Innovator Financial Styles and Financial Performance
Innovator Financial Styles and Financial Performance [Jan 2007] Executive SummaryInnovation is a vital task for companies and countries. The current focus for improving innovation is to find and implement better organizational processes. The current approach assumes that if the processes are correct and effective, then essentially any manager can be put into an innovation task […]
Succession Planning and Business Acumen
Succession Planning and Business Acumen [Apr 2007] Executive SummarySuccession planning has become a key competitive weapon in its own right through its impact in building a strong culture where new leaders are constantly identified and developed. But succession planning programs as currently practiced focus on competencies that are mainly social, professional and personal in nature […]
The Role of the CFO in Organizational Transformation
The Role of the CFO in Organizational Transformation [June 2007] The CFO Organizational Transformation Organizational transformation can only occur through changing behavior. CFOs need to become key drivers and shapers of the financial culture of the organization to make it more profitable. To achieve this they should aim to become key influencers of talent management […]
How Leadership Development Can Address Financial and Credit Crises using business acumen
How Leadership Development Can Address Financial and Credit Crises [Dec 2007] Executive SummaryThe current credit market crisis reveals a basic problem in leadership development, that is, the lack of programs to develop business acumen, particularly for the executives who are charged with the responsibility for risk, and especially the quants. It is highlighting the vulnerabilities […]