CFO Insights

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Article

How to prepare for the CFO role

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Finance leadership

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Article

Faster, smarter, bolder: How midtenure CFOs shift into a higher gear

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Article
Six ways CFOs find the time to unlock their full potential
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Interview
Data, analytics, and decisions: An interview with Teradata’s CFO
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Article
Gen AI: A guide for CFOs
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Report
Women in the Workplace 2023
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Finance function excellence

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Survey

Tying short-term decisions to long-term strategy

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McKinsey Direct
How finance skills are evolving in the era of artificial intelligence
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Podcast
Building a world-class digital finance function
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Article
Want more efficient finance and HR functions? Become more effective
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Barbarians at the gate?
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Capital markets and investor management

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Article

Do shareholder activists create lasting value?

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Article
Keep calm and allocate capital: Six process improvements
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Article - McKinsey Quarterly
The equity story you need for the long-term investors you want
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Article
2024 and beyond: Will it be economic stagnation or the advent of productivity-driven abundance?
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Report
An affordable, reliable, competitive path to net zero
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Planning & performance management

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Article

Advanced FP&A practices for a volatile macroeconomic and business environment

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Interview
Anaplan CEO: How decision excellence drives enterprise performance
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Article
Global Economics Intelligence executive summary, November 2023
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Article
A new paradigm for our connected world?
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Article - McKinsey Quarterly
Bias Busters: Motivations under the microscope
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Corporate and portfolio strategy

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Article

The portfolio management imperative and its M&A implications

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Article
How innovative companies leverage tech to outperform
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Article
When a transaction forges a transformation
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Survey
CEOs’ choice for growth: Building new businesses
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Article - McKinsey Quarterly
Innovative growers: A view from the top
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