From fiction as a mental escape to deep dives into leadership, health, and emerging technologies, CFOs featured on the CFO Thought Leader podcast in September shared a diverse range of book recommendations. Their selections offer valuable perspectives on balancing business demands with personal growth. ADP CFO Don McGuire recommends Getting Things Done by David Allen, […]
Transforming Financial Strategy: From Static Budgets to Dynamic Planning
Revvity CFO Max Krakowiak emphasizes three core areas of focus at Revvity: improving budgeting processes, optimizing working capital performance, and increasing internal investment. Recognizing the inefficiencies of static budgeting, he aimed to create flexibility for unexpected needs throughout the year. Additionally, he prioritized improving free cash flow conversion, which historically lagged at PerkinElmer, by addressing […]
269: Driving Profitable Growth | Alan Haughie, CFO, ServiceMaster
Few finance leaders can explain the operational and financial similarities between the manufacturing and services worlds as well as ServiceMaster's CFO Alan Haughie. And fewer still have likely retooled a services firm's business model while leveraging shop floor experience as Haughie has done these last three years, all while marching in step alongside ServiceMaster CEO…
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