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On the Road to CFO
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
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
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
Ask Samuel: How can I accomplish more and firefight less?
Dear Samuel, I have been reading your blogs and been following your advice. I have laid out my Vision as to what I want to accomplish as CFO, identified the relationships I need to build, and prepared an action plan to accomplish my objectives. I have also started delegating more of my work to my … Continue reading
“Get a CFO on board when you are ready to take on the world”
The title is a quote from Fred Wilson, a VC and Principal at Union Square Ventures, who recently wrote a blog titled “VP Finance vs CFO”. It’s an interesting blog – you should read it. It certainly got a lot of attention in the social media space (CFO, Tech and VC subsector) in the time since … Continue reading
7 Steps to Climb to Become CFO
Just because you have the skills to be a solid Controller, this does not mean you have the right stuff to become a Great CFO…. but it doesn’t mean you can’t become a Great CFO. To become a Great CFO, one needs to be able to move beyond the technical of accounting and finance. Having … Continue reading
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