While examining why some collaboration is wonderfully successful while other collaboration fails, I came to one big realization. The key to successful collaboration is alignment. This article explores what alignment means in terms of two or more parties working together.
On Dave Bookbinder’s show, Behind the Numbers, Steve responds to Dave’s question, “Why did you develop CFO.University?”
Steve: “We felt there wasn’t a professional development community that global finance leaders could call home ....”
I came across a joke today that asked “What’s the definition of an accountant?”
Answer: Someone who solves a problem you didn’t know you had in a way you don’t understand.
I found myself conflicted, part of me wants to defend the accounting & finance profession and part of me actually wants to agree with the joke. So I’ll start with the latter.
Real World Case Study
A financial services organization was facing a $25M profit shortfall and to mitigate this challenge they embarked on a number of responses:
Dave Bookbinder hosted Steve on Behind the Numbers to talk all things CFO. The program covers Finance Leadership; Human Capital Management; The 4 Pillars of CFO success; The 3-A’s - Analytics Automation and AI; Moving from Controller to CFO; The Why Behind CFO.University; and more.
