Guest: Michael Sumruld Episode: 821: When Leaders Want More | Michael Sumruld, CFO, Parker Wellbore
Ep 15: Employee Engagement & the Less Social World
Brett & Jack discuss how learning and development is one of five key elements of employee engagement – and explore reasons why L&D too often gets overlooked. Featuring the commentary and insights of workplace champions CFO Dave Bernhardt of SentinelOne, CFO Joan Hilson of Signet Jewelers and CFO Herald Chen of Applovin. The following is a machine-generated transcript produced […]
760: Transitioning from Platform-Led to Product-Driven | David Brolsma, CFO, WP Engine
"Be a customer-inspired leader who values and fosters positive relationships. A key to success is devoting time and effort to influencing all stakeholders—peers, employees, board members, investors, customers—through building trust, as well as by being an empathetic and humble leader." –David Brolsma, CFO, WP Engine When it comes to FP&A data, WP Engine CFO David…
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759: The Making of a Milestone Year | Dave Bernhardt, CFO, SentinelOne
"Success is certain if you surround yourself with great leaders, operators, and teammates … and work harder than them." –Dave Bernhardt, CFO, SentinelOne How should a textbook rental company respond when it discovers that Amazon has just introduced offerings that will make the giant retailer its newest and biggest competitor? If it’s 2013 and…
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756: Start-Ups, SPACs, and Street Fights | Michael Levine, CFO, Payoneer
"The key to success is to build your team with people who have equal amounts of experience, intelligence, and passion, and the rest will take care of itself." –Michael Levine, CFO, Payoneer Start early, stay late, be prepared, and don’t shy away from the street-fight environments surrounding start-up companies. These methods have helped Michael Levine…
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700: The Rewards of Adding Structure | Alex Amezquita, CFO, Herbalife Nutrition
Space is not typically the realm that CFOs point to when we ask about experiences that prepared them for a finance leadership role. However, the first 10 years of Alex Amezquita’s professional life frequently involved celestial spaces. "I was an engineer and chip designer, and some of those chips are floating around space on satellites…
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The Mentoring Round
What Do You Wish Someone Had Told You at the Start of Your CFO Career? No one knows the industry and financial profession quite like the CFO thought leaders in this eBook. Get insight from 25 CFOs about what they think future thought leaders need to know to succeed in a changing marketplace. Download the […]
370: A CFO’s Strategic Instinct | Kurt Abkemeier, CFO, Fidelis Cybersecurity
Join us when career CFO Kurt Abkemeier reveals the past experiences that helped to shape his CFO mind-set and the opportunity that led him to join industry's everyday battle for network security as CFO of Fidelis Cybersecurity. “The biggest priority is making sure that the company is on the right trajectory that we want moving…
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The Afterpod | Steve Love, CFO, Dialpad
CFOTL: What piece of advice do you wish someone had given you when you entered the CFO office for the first time? Love: I'd say that it's don't let the urgent overtake the important. I'm a to-do list guy like I think a lot of finance people are. You've got stuff at the top of…
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332: Five CFOs Share Their Ah-Hah! Moments
Join us when Carrie McIntyre, CFO, Interstate Hotels & Resorts; Bill Korn, CFO, MTBC; Andrew Eisele, CFO, JW Player; Barak Ben-Gal, CFO, Symphony Talent; and Michael Picchi, CFO, Allconnect, share moments of strategic insight.
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The Afterpod | Steffen Parratt, CFO, KCG Holdings, Inc.
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The Afterpod | Mark Buthman, CFO (Emeritus), Kimberly Clark
“I had somebody ask me what my leadership philosophy was at one time, and it boils down to working hard and being nice. I have a sign in my office that says, ‘Work Hard and Be Nice.’ This doesn’t mean, necessarily, adding more hours to your day. But I think the two elements are, You’ve…
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