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From back-office accountant to front-line executive, the rapid rise of the chief financial officer is unrivalled by any...
From back-office accountant to front-line executive, the rapid rise of the chief financial officer is unrivalled by any other corporate role. With access to every facet of the business, CFOs now wield a level of influence matched only by chief executives. This book explains how CFOs earned their privileged position, and what the future may hold for them. It describes their ever-expanding role, and how they are transforming their departments to help them deal with it. With insights from current and former CFOs, it benefits from a first-hand perspective on finance leaders' aspirations and doubts. It is a useful reference for finance chiefs to learn from peers and benchmark their own performance; those looking to build a career in corporate finance; managers seeking to improve their relationship with the finance department; and service providers - banks, accountancies and consulting firms - and anyone who wants to get on the good side of the keeper of the corporate chequebook. Author: Jason Karaian ISBN:9781781250983
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Drawing on a data-base of over 17,000 leaders, as well as thousands of hours of interviews with CEO candidates, business...
Drawing on a data-base of over 17,000 leaders, as well as thousands of hours of interviews with CEO candidates, business consultants Elena Botelho and Kim Powell overturn the myths about what it takes to achieve the corner office, and reveal the common attributes and hidden insights to success that have helped over 6 million CEOs land their jobs --and what we can apply to our own careers. Everything we thought we knew about what it takes to get to the top is wrong. You must graduate from an elite college or business school. In fact, only 7% of the CEOs of today's companies went to a top school -- and 8% didn't graduate college at all. Given how cuthroat the competition to get to the corner office, you can never suffer a career detour or make a major mistake. In fact, on average, people who have become CEO's have had five to seven career setbacks on their way to the top. When most of us think of a CEO, we tend to think of companies in the Fortune 100, or 500, or if we're being particularly generous, the Fortune 1000. In fact, however, there are over 6 million CEO's of companies in America today with under 500 employees. And the overwhelming majority of those CEO's did not go to Harvard, attend Wharton or Stanford Business School, or the University of Chicago. Some are immigrants; many worked their way up through the ranks from entry-level positions. They DO however, share certain attributes, as Botelho and Powell have discoverd over the years from their work with CEOs and by mining their company's research and data banks. The people who become CEO's are decisive -- they may not always make the best decision, but they make the best decision they can based on the information they have at the time; they are reliable -- they deliver exactly what they promised to deliver, on time, without exception. Author: Elena L. Botelho,Kim R. Powell, Tahl RaZ ISBN:9780753552193
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This updated, useful book on business strategy, with The Economist brand, shows today's manager how to create and sustai...
This updated, useful book on business strategy, with The Economist brand, shows today's manager how to create and sustain a dynamic, profitable business with techniques to support effective decisions. Kourdi evaluates the tools, tactics, and techniques for making profit-boosting decisions. Author: Jeremy Kourdi ISBN:9781846681240
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Choose to be the best version of yourself—and keep on choosing it! For the first time, the world's leading mentor David...
Choose to be the best version of yourself—and keep on choosing it! For the first time, the world's leading mentor David C.M. Carter shares his most effective "breakthrough" secrets in this practical guide to becoming the best you can be. Previously only accessible to his handful of exclusive international clients, these strategies are the key to a more successful and happier you. By following them, you will learn how to identify and clarify your goals—and then achieve them in every area of your life. With simple easy-to-action "breakthroughs" outlined in each chapter, complete with how-to tools, you'll have no excuse to live anything less than the life you were destined to live. Author: David C.M. Carter ISBN:9780749959555
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