Is Strategy Drowning Your Tactics?

Enjoy this series of shorts on Strategy from Jim.

By now most effective leaders know that strategy is about the “What,” and tactics are about the “How.” I’m finding a strange conflation of the two, which shows up like this: “We’re planning to improve our gross margin this year by two basis points, increase sales by 5 percent, and increase our pre-tax profit margin by 25 basis points.” (An increase of 25 basis points means that profitability moves from 3.5 percent to 3.75 percent).

FInEx AmeriEuro - Panel 5 Finance on the Fly - Agility as a Competitive Edge

Andrew Lee Jesper Hybholt Sorensen Paul Barnhurst Steve Rosvold

Don’t miss this transformative session from the FinEx AmeriEuro Summit 2025!

Our panel, ” Finance on the Fly - Agility as a Competitive Edge,” brought together some stellar finance leaders to explore how agility is reshaping the role of the CFO.

Innovating Your CFO Activities

Albrecht Enders and Steve Rosvold

Innovating the Accounting, Finance and Treasury (AFT) Functions

Double entry bookkeeping is a concept that is over 500 years old. You might ask, “What can we learn about innovation from an industry that old?”

A seminar conducted by KRM and the endersgroup at a Vancouver company focused on innovating AFT activities. The seminar provided a great example of an AFT team that is taking the lead in building an innovative culture at their company. They are doing this by making step function improvements in their AFT processes.

FInEx AmeriEuro - Panel 4 - From Talent to Triumph – Driving Success Through People

Dave Bookbinder Julie Winkle Giulioni Solange Charas

Excited to share this Panel, From Talent to Triumph – Driving Success Through People from the FinEx AmeriEuro Summit where we embarked on an exhilarating journey into the world of talent leadership.

Featuring expert panelists

Julie Winkle Giulioni - Best-selling author and leadership expert

Dr. Solange Charas - CEO of HC Moneyball and human capital guru

Dave Bookbinder - Human capital valuation authority

Stacy Colbert - CFO and strategic bridge-builder