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386: The Hiring Triangle: CEO, CFO, and the Board | Samuel Dergel
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379: The C-Suite’s Quiet Leader | Tom Kolditz, Doerr Institute for New Leaders, Rice University
When a crisis occurs, leaders who exude competence often advance to the front of the room, while the actions associated with motivational leadership become less warranted. "Competence" is a word that few other professions apply with the care and precision that is routinely administered by those who dwell in the realm of finance and accounting.…
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378: Advancing Transformative Transactions | Rob Gagnon, CFO, Harvard Bioscience
Join us when CFO Rob Gagnon explains how three recent transactions are helping Harvard Bioscience transform its business and open a new chapter of growth. "My priorities involve these transactions and helping to integrate the great company that we just acquired. We are now focused on organic growth as well and on driving top line…
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377: The SaaS CFO Reprise & Two CFO Tales of Collaboration
The tribe of finance leaders commonly identified as “SaaS CFOs” is busily developing the tools and management practices destined to reshape the finance function. It was not quite 100 years ago that Donaldson Brown arrived inside the offices of General Motors Corp.’s finance department. The future GM CFO had distinguished himself years earlier by developing…
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376: Making Social Media Your Organization’s Collaboration Catalyst | Jody Padar, The Radical CPA
The Social Mandate "At the end of the day, people do business with people. And if you don't show them who you are and if you don't show them authentically who you are using social—and by "them," I mean your external and internal stakeholders—you will miss opportunities. We used to only have to network or…
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375: Four Results-Oriented CFOs
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374: Created to Interact with One Another (Part 2) | Bruce Hartman, CFO & Author
"Surround yourself with people who develop other people because in every organization there are invariably openings and it’s very disruptive if you have to go to the outside to hire people. So if you have managers working for you who develop other people, you can quickly fill any of the openings that would pop up…
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373: The Five Traits of Effective Finance Executives (Part I) | Bruce Hartman, CFO (emeritus), Foot Locker, Inc.
Join us when Bruce Hartman revisits Foot Locker, Inc.'s turnaround chapter and identifies the priorities that allowed his finance team to stay focused and committed to the company's return to profitability. Learn how Bruce's detail orientation allowed him to glean insights into the business and develop his skills as a visionary leader. Five Traits of…
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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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368: Making Management an Open Book
More finance leaders are discovering how greater numeric transparency across the organization can have a positive impact on employee engagement and morale. However, just which numbers should be shared and how they should be shared is what may distinguish one CFO's brand of leadership from another's. Featuring CFO Thought Leaders Few names are better known…
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366: Adopting a Subscription Model | John Orlando, CFO, Centage
The Journey to the Cloud “At first, your P&L will very likely take a hit because when you operate as an on-premises software business, what you sell becomes recognized as net sales immediately—as opposed to when you're selling a three-year contract or a four- or five-year deal, when the revenue is going to be recognized…
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365: A Purveyor of Eminent Domains | David Rostov, CFO, Donuts, Inc.
Join us when career CFO David Rostov explains the unique opportunity that at first glance escaped his view but later led him to join domains heavyweight Donuts, Inc. of Kirkland Washington. Learn what lessons David believes the dot-com implosion offers business leaders today and how a turn as a CEO informed his finance leadership. “Probably…
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