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Webinar – May 23, 2013 | CFO Succession: The Right Way to Grow your Company’s next CFO
Join me on May 23, 2013 as I present a Webinar on the following topic: CFO Succession: The Right Way to Grow your Company’s next CFO This session is graciously hosted by Proformative, and there is no charge for attending this seminar. To sign up, please click on this link. Overview Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) … Continue reading
I’m writing a book for CFOs. You’re invited to participate.
I previously announced that I will be writing a book. I’m pleased and excited to announce that I signed a book deal with Wiley! The book I will be writing, which is tentatively titled A Guide to CFO Success: Leadership Strategies for Corporate Financial Professionals, targets CFOs (and future CFOs) who want to invest in strategies … Continue reading
Do CFOs need to master IT to succeed?
As the person responsible for all things financial in an enterprise (of any size), the Chief Financial Officer needs to combine people, process and technology to drive results across the enterprise. Solutions for organizations and finance departments that were best in class only a few years ago may well now be obsolete, and incapable of … Continue reading
CFOs: Do you want to become a Controller? This CFO did just that.
Non-CFOs might think that CFOs are people that look backwards, not forwards. I speak with Chief Financial Officers every day, and I can tell you that they look are interested in moving forward with their careers. They want to improve, grow and succeed. They want their next career opportunity to be bigger, better and have … Continue reading
CFOs are not Born. They need to Continually Transform.
There are many accountants and few CFOs. The accounting track is a popular starting point for many of today’s CFOs, but accounting is certainly not the only track to the Chief Financial Officer role. Butterflies have an easy transformation from caterpillar. CFOs, those that make it to the role and those that are successful in … Continue reading
Presentation Links: The Road to CFO
Today I am presenting at the CMA Leadership Conference in Vancouver. As part of the presentation, here are links to previous blogs referred to in the presentation. Whether you have attended the presentation or not, these blogs are key on The Road to CFO. Strengths CFO Relationship Map Team Coaching / Mentoring Starting off on … Continue reading
5 Steps to Building your Finance Dream Team (and 3 tips on how to get it done)
As CFO, you can be the best in the world (for your business), but if your team is not up to par, you and your company will suffer. A key foundation for a CFO’s success is their Finance Team (see bottom of my CFO Relationship Map). CFOs I have spoken with agree that A Strong … Continue reading
Confidence: A key to CFO Success
When identifying CFOs who are successful, you’ll notice that they are: Passionate Very good at managing relationships You’ll also notice that CFOs have another key ingredient for success: Confidence. Where does CFO Confidence come from? Experience: Having been through situations before that were tough, that looked difficult to get through and having the fortitude to make … Continue reading
On the road to CFO, there are winners, and there are losers
A recent article caught my attention on this subject from The Sydney Morning Herald by Malcolm Maiden titled “Fegan exits Telstra after CFO snub” . The article discusses Telstra’s recent appointment of their new CFO, Andy Penn. Mr. Penn, former chief executive at AXA Asia Pacific, was hired after a through CFO Search, from both inside … Continue reading
Quoted in: The Small-Firm Path to CFO
Dear Readers, I was quoted in an article that appeared in CFO World by Lisa Yoon that was released this morning. Below is the part of the article in which I was quoted. For the full article, please follow this link. As always, your comments are appreciated and valued. Wishing you all a very Happy … Continue reading
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