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General Leadership Articles
- CFO Talk: What it Takes to Build Winning Teams with Dan Crumb
- The Golden Age of the Finance Business Partner
- The Expanding Role of the CFO: Aligning Poll Results with Job Creep Trends
- The CFO Success Framework: The Pillars of Excellence
- CFO Talk: The Golden Age of the Finance Business Partner with Aliyyah Abdullah
- Rapid Fire with Prashanth Southekal: Data Strategy and Analytics Insights
- Boards and CEOs Rely On These 4 Activities For Sound Financial Management
- The KPI Playbook: Strategies for Winning in Business Analytics
- Rapid Fire with Joe Connors - Banking
- CFO Talk: The Perils of Ignoring the Income Trap
- The Tragedy of the CFO Staying in Their Own Lane
- CFO Talkx - 2024 Data, Analytics and AI Predictions and Prescriptions for CFOs - Arun Marar
- CFO Talkx - 2024 Data, Analytics and AI Predictions and Prescriptions for CFOs - Sanjeev Chib
- CFO Talkx - 2024 Data, Analytics and AI Predictions and Prescriptions for CFOs - Prashanth Southekal
- CFO Talkw - 2024 Data, Analytics and AI Predictions and Prescriptions for CFOs - Full Production
- CFO Talk - Leading Teams While Improving Self with Victor Ojeleye
- CFO Talk: Secrets for CFOs in Managing Their Boards with Anand Soni
- Crafting Your Professional Reputation: A Strategic Guide for Success
- For CFO.University Members
- CFO Talk: The CFO Pricing Pyramid with Anne Warren
- CFO Talk: The 8 Superpowers CFOs Use to Scale - with Michelle Kvello
- Driving Customer Intimacy with Data and Analytics
- Finance Innovation and Excellence Part IV
- The Impact of Data, Analytics and AI on Enterprise Performance Management
- Leadership is All About Asking the Right Questions
- Finance Innovation and Excellence Part I
- CFO Talk: Five CFO Learnings From 10X Growth in ARR with Mark Khavkin
- CFO Talk: The Key Elements for Enterprise Risk Management with John Thackeray
- CFO Talk: Pricing Excellence and the CFO with Lynn Guinn
- Prepare to be the best CFO you can be.
- Data Centered KPIs for Operations, Finance, and HR
- Using The Impact Equation to Grow
- CFO TALK - The Role of Finance in Pricing with Paul Barnhurst
- CFO TALK: The Business Focused Finance Leader with Andy Burrows
- CFO Talk: The Power of Strategic Influence with Gary Laney
- CFO Talk: Analytics Based EPM with Gary Cokins
- CFO TALK - The Evolution of the Finance Business Partner - Anders Liu-Lindberg
- CFO TALK - Talent: Don’t Be Left Without It with Greg Hodge
- CFO TALK - Evaluating Our Most Valuable Resource with Dave Bookbinder
- CFO TALK - AVM & Enterprise Performance Management with Brian Higgins
- CFO TALK - Managing Transformational Change with Nilly Essaides
- CFO TALK - The Analytics Business Partner - with Jesper Hybholt Sorensen
- CFO Talk: Human Capital and Its impact on Business Valuation - Transcript
- CFO Talk: Human Capital and Its impact on Business Valuation
- CFO Talk: Human Capital and Its impact on Business Valuation - Transcript
- CFO Talk: Accelerating Finance Transformation with Andrew Codd
- The Four “I … You” Statements That Can Change Your Life
- The CFO Playbook: 11 Metrics Leaders Should Use to Measure the Effectiveness of Their People Strategy
- CFO Talk: The CEO/CFO Relationship with Tom Burke - Transcript
- Taming Your Dragon – Solving the Challenges Faced by Today’s CFOs
- CFO Talk: The CEO/CFO Relationship with Tom Burke
- CFO Talk: Designing Better Higher Education with Elliot Felix
- One of the Defining Attributes of a Successful CFO: Leadership
- Team INEOS – Lessons from the Tour de France – Lessons for our Teams
- Victor’s 10 Reflections on Leadership - Bonus: What does tough leadership mean
- Victor’s 10 Reflections on Leadership - 10 Your team needs you to be their champion
- Victor’s 10 Reflections on Leadership - 9 Know your boundaries and honor them fully
- Victor’s 10 Reflections on Leadership - 8 Be a better listener
- What Area of the Cash Flow Statement is Top of Mind for You in 2022?
- Victor’s 10 Reflections on Leadership - 7. Celebrate the Victories
- What Area of the Income Statement is Top of Mind for You in 2022?
- Victor’s 10 Reflections on Leadership - 6. Give your team opportunities to rise to the occasion
- Victor’s 10 Reflections on Leadership - 5. The team goes as I go: high energy -> high engagement
- Victor’s 10 Reflections on Leadership - 4. Raise intensity and clarity to drive accountability
- Victor’s 10 Reflections on Leadership - 3. You will miss some interdependencies in complex work - plan for them next time
- CFO Talk: Data, Talent and the Chief Financial Officer with Sophia Matveeva
- Victor’s 10 Reflections on Leadership - 2. Invest the time in individual growth that adds to team success
- CFO Talk: The Evolution of the Chief Financial Officer with Glenn Hopper
- Victor’s 10 Reflections on Leadership - 1. Lead with your heart (3:41)
- CFO Talk: Reflections on Leadership with Victor Ojeleye - Part I (15:34)
- Leadership Tops the List
- CFO.University - Disproving Misconceptions in Higher Education
- Leading and Developing Your People
- How to Jump-Start Improvement
- Getting Results: The 4 Dimensions of Executive Thought
- Are You Postponing Profit?
- Why Failure Is Not About Losing
- The Key to Collaboration is….
- 3 Way Thinking For The Finance Professional And Its Role In Creating Value
- The 3 Disciplines You Need To Become A Fantastic Finance Professional
- Losing an Employee is Hard on a Team (and a Business)
- The State of Finance Transformation
- Tips for Receiving Feedback—and Putting It to Use
- Building Our Business
- Change – The Great Elixir for Solving Problems
- CFO - Post Crisis Planning
- Closing the Books in a Work from Home Environment.
- The Levers of Change
- CFO Talk: Crossing the Chasm in Times of Chaos with Lynn Sheehan
- The CFO’s Role in Times of Crisis
- CFO Lessons Learned And Benefits From Being An Outside Board Director
- CFO Talk: A Story of Financial Transformation with Hiten Keshave
- Entrepreneurs – Start thinking Bottom-Up Leadership!
- A Story of Financial Transformation
- 5 Tips for Better Board Reporting
- Is CFO.University a Fit for Me? - (01:48)
- The Challenge a Consultant Has Building the Team - (01:21)
- Get Help Marketing to Enhance your Growth - (01:46)
- The Importance of Building Your Network and Finding Your Niche - (01:09)
- Professional Development Tool: The CFO Readiness Assessment
Self-Awareness
- CFO Talk - Leading Teams While Improving Self with Victor Ojeleye
- CFO Success Series: Financial Leadership Isn’t Optional
- 6 Mindsets for Corporate Success
- The New Generation of Financial Talent – Where Do You Fit?
- Accounting & Finance Professionals: One Simple Tip To Get Better Results
- The Changing Role Of A CFO – New Competences And Skills Are Necessary To Face New Challenges
- One Big Thing Finance Professionals Need To Deliver Value
- Tips for Receiving Feedback—and Putting It to Use
- Professional Development for Accounting and Finance Leaders
- How to say sorry when you mess up
- How to Inspire Success and Meaning at Work
- Must Good Accountants Be Good At Math?
- Finance Leaders, Don’t be Caught in “The Emperor’s New Clothes”
- 5 Tips for Better Board Reporting
- The role of a CFO in a High Performing Business Model
- How to be Comfortable Out of Your Comfort Zone
- Follow-up Is the Power in Leadership
- You are the Steward of Your Legacy
- How to Prioritize What is Most Important – Create Your Own Life Wheel
- Finance: The Foundation of All Economies
- Is Your Competitive Philosophy Building or Killing Your Culture?
- CFOs – What Language Do You Teach In?
- Learn to Dance in the Rain
- Mirror Mirror on the Wall
- Developing Greater Self-Awareness
- The High Impact Potential of Informal Influence
- Four Things Successful Leaders Have in Common
- Finance: The Foundation of All Economies
- Is Your Competitive Philosophy Building or Killing Your Culture?
Team Building
- CFO Talk - Leading Teams While Improving Self with Victor Ojeleye
- Using The Impact Equation to Grow
- Ways to Jump-Start Improvement in Your Accounting and Finance Team
- CFO Talk: The CEO/CFO Relationship with Tom Burke - Transcript
- Team INEOS – Lessons from the Tour de France – Lessons for our Teams
- Over 50% of Finance Leaders Save an Hour or More Per Day by Working From Home
- CFOs can be an Agent for Change in the Supply Chain
- Coaching for Senior Finance Leaders: Invest In Yourself and Your Company
- The Five Essential Types of Communication – A Lesson for Finance Leaders From Ops and Supply Chain
- 5 Ways Finance & Accounting Make a Difference
- The Key to Collaboration is….
- Does Your CFO View You As An Asset Or An Expense?
- One Big Thing Finance Professionals Need To Deliver Value
- Losing an Employee is Hard on a Team (and a Business)
- Collaboration. Additional Horsepower to Our Finance Engines
- Are CFOs from Mars, and CMOs from Venus? Part III - Developing Marketing Budget and Metrics
- Are CFOs from Mars, and CMOs from Venus? Part II - Mastering Marketing Fundamentals
- Are CFOs from Mars, and CMOs from Venus? Part I - CFOs and CMOs both Benefit by Developing a Partnership
- Team Alignment: A Proven Method to Drive Bigger, Better and Bolder Results
- Why Your KPIs Are Mush
- CFO Success Series: Managing Key Resources
- High Performance Teams - fact or fantasy?
- Collaboration Is What Makes 1 + 1 = 3
- Are soft skills the elephant in the room?
- The Bonus Myth - It’s Really About the Culture
- A Great Lesson for CFOs from the Sporting World
- Problem Solving in a Complex Organization Requires Two-Way Communication
- The Link Between Leadership and Sustainable Success
- Why Your Procurement Staff and Sales Department Must Work Together
Strategy and Culture
- The Importance of Training and Coaching Your Financial Officers
- CFO Talk: The Perils of Ignoring the Income Trap
- CFO Talkx - 2024 Data, Analytics and AI Predictions and Prescriptions for CFOs - Tobias Zwingmann
- CFO Talkx - 2024 Data, Analytics and AI Predictions and Prescriptions for CFOs - Prashanth Southekal
- In a Volatile Economy, Purchasing Practices Need to Change
- CFO Talk: Secrets for CFOs in Managing Their Boards with Anand Soni
- CFO Talk: The CFO Pricing Pyramid with Anne Warren
- CFO Talk: The 8 Superpowers CFOs Use to Scale - with Michelle Kvello
- CFO Talk: Five CFO Learnings From 10X Growth in ARR with Mark Khavkin
- CFO Talk: Pricing Excellence and the CFO with Lynn Guinn
- Why Give More than We Take?
- Using The Impact Equation to Grow
- CFOs and Digital Leadership – Automation for Transformative Change
- CFO TALK: The Business Focused Finance Leader with Andy Burrows
- CFO Talk: The Power of Strategic Influence with Gary Laney
- Supply Chain Management: Corporate Vision: Part IV – The 6 Key Elements of an Integrated Supply Chain
- Supply Chain Management: Corporate Vision: Part III – Supply Chain Integration and Decision Making
- Supply Chain Management: Corporate Vision: Part II – Supply Chain Management Today
- Supply Chain Management: Corporate Vision: Part I – SCM, VCM and EPM defined
- CFO TALK - Talent: Don’t Be Left Without It with Greg Hodge
- CFO TALK - Managing Transformational Change with Nilly Essaides
- CFO Talk: Human Capital and Its impact on Business Valuation - Transcript
- CFO Talk: Human Capital and Its impact on Business Valuation
- The CFO Playbook: 11 Metrics Leaders Should Use to Measure the Effectiveness of Their People Strategy
- CFO Talk: The CEO/CFO Relationship with Tom Burke - Transcript
- CFO Talk: The CEO/CFO Relationship with Tom Burke
- Turning Strategy into Action: The Logical Framework
- CFO Talk: Finance and the Supply Chain with Bram Desmet
- The 6 Paths To Innovation Every CFO Needs To Know
- Over 50% of Finance Leaders Save an Hour or More Per Day by Working From Home
- Do You Want to Be Your Own Boss? Here’s What You Need to Think About
- What is the Human Capital Net Worth of Your Business?
- Reputational Risk
- 9 Tips to Keep You Operating at a Strategic Level
- Leadership and Strategy in a Lean Environment
- The First 101 Days of a Successful CFO
- 5 Ways Finance & Accounting Make a Difference
- The Key to Collaboration is….
- CFO Talk: Next Generation Finance
- Does Your CFO View You As An Asset Or An Expense?
- Selling to a SPAC. A primer for CFOs.
- The Value of Our Reputation
- Building Our Business
- Collaboration. Additional Horsepower to Our Finance Engines
- Workplace & HR Trends
- RealWear – Seeing the World
- CFO Talk: The “Business CFO” with Anand Soni
- Avoiding Festive Season Culture Clashes
- Vacasa - A Lesson in Growth
- How to Inspire Success and Meaning at Work
- “What is the value of our company’s reputation?” – Con’t
- Why We Need ‘Psychological Safety’ to Do Our Best Work
- The Changing Role of a CFO
- Nonfinancial Performance Measures – Why They Matter.
- Strategies for Building Accountability
- A Process for Disrupting Your Own Business Model
- Disruption – A Key Ingredient in a Successful Startup
- Why We Still Can’t Get Career Development Right
- CFO Foundation - People Process System Assessment Tool
- How to Create a Collaborative Culture
- CFOs Must Build a Solid Foundation First
- CFO Success Series: Managing Key Resources
- Put a Pivot in Your Step
- Straight Talk is Tough…but the Only Way
- Communication That Can Change a Culture
- Is Strategy Drowning Your Tactics?
- Managing Margin, Risk, Financial Transparency in the Ethanol Industry
- Why Your Business Needs A Strategic CFO