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906: When Strategy and Profits Meet | Taryn Aronson, CFO, Tovala

Back in 2011, the buzz surrounding the launch of Redbox’s Blu-ray disc rental business was getting increasingly dour. For Taryn Aronson, who had been hired to help to execute the firm's digital content strategy, the performance woes of physical discs were not anything to lose sleep over. However, the negative notions surrounding Blu-ray’s lackluster performance…
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899: Democratizing Workforce Opportunities | Simone Nardi, CFO, Globalization Partners

Gray-haired late-night fans may remember when David Letterman sought to ingratiate himself with his network’s new owner, General Electric Corp., by hand-delivering a bowl of fruit to GE’s executive brass. Nearly 20 years later, Simone Nardi became a benefactor of GE’s media aspirations when he traded a senior manager position on GE’s audit team for…
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880: When Success Begets Risk | Teodora Gouneva, CFO, NEXT Insurance

Teodora Gouneva was enjoying one of the more satisfying chapters of a 25-year finance career when she began hearing voices again. She tells us that although for most of her work trajectory she had been able to ignore them, on this occasion the contentment that she had so carefully guarded began to give way. The…
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Ep 25: The Chatbot Chill: Why Business Will Be Anything But Usual

Our resident thought leader Brett Knowles explains how artificial intelligence is already being used to predict employee turnover, job satisfaction, and other key metrics, allowing managers to take proactive steps to improve employee engagement and retention. Brett & Jack discuss how AI-powered performance management systems are already tracking employee performance and are providing feedback and […]

863: A Career’s Continental Span | Keith Stauffer, CFO, TerrAscend

When Keith Stauffer’s youngest son learned in grade school that his family would be moving to Singapore, he likely breathed a sigh of relief.   After all, his older brothers had already lived in Spain and the United Kingdom, and it would have been only natural for the youngest Stauffer to feel that he had…
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862: The Numbers Don’t Lie | Patrick McClymont, CFO, Hagerty

August is very likely Patrick McClymont’s preferred month when it comes to entering the CFO office.  “September is great, but you may want to show up a little before in order to get your feet wet,” comments McClymont, who last September became CFO of Hagerty, a once–stand-alone insurance agency for classic automobiles that has now…
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849: Adding Value to an Academic City | Brett Powell, CFO, Baylor University

When Brett Powell is asked what distinguishes his day-to-day role as a finance leader inside the world of academia from that of his CFO peers residing within industry, Powell without hesitation says, “Complexity.” Aware that such a one-word answer would likely summon only more questions, Powell continues: “Essentially, when you think about it, we’re running…
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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 […]

405: Finding Purpose to Fuel Your Finance Ambitions | Jennifer Templeman, COO, Jumpstart for Young Children

How does having a greater purpose influence your decision-making as a finance leader? Join us when Jennifer Templeman, COO of Jumpstart for Young Children, reveals her CFO mind-set and explains how building a career inside the not-for-profit sector has helped her to unlock the motivational secrets of organizational culture. Over the next 12 months, what…
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