| 30 Nov–03 Dec 2022 | HBS CAMPUS | |
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| Become a strategic chief financial officer by developing advanced skills in finance, strategy, leadership, and communication. | | As capital markets and organizational strategies have evolved, so has the role of the chief financial officer (CFO). Today's CFOs are not just gatekeepers of a company's financial information; they serve as key strategic partners who must fulfill a broad set of responsibilities. In the Succeeding as a Strategic CFO program, you'll build a robust set of strategy and communication skills—and learn what it takes to drive innovation and lead organizational change. | |
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| | | ARTICLE | A Better Way to Assess Managerial Performance | |
| Total shareholder return (TSR) has become the definitive metric for gauging performance. Despite its claim to capture investor expectations, TSR conflates performance associated with strategy and operations with that arising from cash distributions (dividends and buybacks). In this Harvard Business Review article, the authors discuss the distortions embedded in TSR and propose a new metric that emphasizes operational performance, while also providing a comprehensive assessment of the buyback revolution—and the verdict is quite damning. | |
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