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107: Confessions of a C-suite Mentor, Bruce Gordon, Mentor, Merryck & Co

107: Confessions of a C-suite Mentor, Bruce Gordon, Mentor, Merryck & Co

Are mentors valuable to those who inhabit the C-suite? Join us as Bruce Gordon – the former CFO of Disney Interactive Media Group – explains how top executives often find themselves isolated and more than ever in need of the services only a mentor can provide.

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How to make yourself accessible beyond finance

“My basic approach had two components. The first was to try and say “yes,” but know how to say  “no”. By this I mean people would come to me because they knew I would at least try to make things happen. The other was to try and keep track of competitive forces and disruptions in the marketplace and expose them in a way that people (outside of finance) may not have (considered).”

How Bruce was able to broaden his role at Disney

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