Brett and Jack discuss the social application Workplace by Meta, and how social media continues to play an important role in human capital communications. Meanwhile, the different finance leaders share their insights on talent recruitment, retention strategies, and the increasing use of AI in various industries. Knowles emphasizes the importance of clear communication and the […]
873: Pages from a Silver Lining Playbook | Michael Kopelman, CFO, Meow Wolf
Back in 2022, only three years after its acquisition of Warner Media, AT&T decided to leave the entertainment business and announced plans to relinquish its ownership of the giant media company. Just like many of his peers, Michael Kopelman has found that the business headlines of the past have everything and nothing to do with…
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Gearing Up with Predictive Analytics | Dan Fletcher, CFO, Planful
CFO GUEST: Dan Fletcher of Planful EPISODE: 872: Opportunities Along the xP&A Frontier
872: Opportunities Along the xP&A Frontier | Dan Fletcher, CFO, Planful
During the early years of his finance career Dan Fletcher was accustomed to being the executive from somewhere else. When he first joined the asset management team at Allstate Investments, he was “the auditor from Price Waterhouse”, and when he landed inside an interim management role as a private equity advisor he was the former…
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It’s the Story that Matters | Jared Poff, CFO, Designer Brands
CFO GUEST: Jared Poff of Designer Brands EPISODE: 871: Keeping in Stride in a High-Pressure Economy
871: Keeping in Stride in a High-Pressure Economy | Jared Poff, CFO, Designer Brands
One of the unspoken truths about interim CFO roles is that they sometimes don’t lead to an actual CFO role—a fact that has turned more than a few seasoned finance executives into chronic nail-biters. For Jared Poff, who ultimately cleared all hurdles as an interim chief to land inside the CFO office at Designer…
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Gleaning Insights Along Calendly’s Up Market Climb | John McCauley, CFO Calendly
CFO GUEST: John McCauley of Calendly EPISODE: #870: When Preparation Matters
870: When Preparation Matters | John McCauley, CFO, Calendly
John McCauley is the first finance leader to tell us that his path to the CFO office began in a pool. Back in high school, McCauley relates, he was a rebellious student with less than impressive grades when a stubborn and no-excuses-allowed water polo coach knocked him from his wayward track. According to McCauley, the…
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869: Sharpening its Customer Focus | Ravi Narula, CFO, FinancialForce
Looking back, CFO Ravi Narula tells us that he wishes that he had become a “servant leader” sooner, as he references the familiar leadership tag signaling a mind-set focused on serving others. “If you asked me 15 years ago, ‘Do you have a servant leader mind-set?,’ unfortunately, I would have said ‘No,’” comments Narula, who…
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868: Armed and Sheltered From the Storm | Tom Fennimore, CFO, Luminar Technologies
The Goldman Sachs “anti-raid” team was between conference calls with an embattled client company when word came that a senior member of the target company’s management team had unexpectedly died. Looking back, Tom Fennimore says that the next few months of his early career years at Goldman then became a transition point—or period of accelerated…
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A Pioneering CFO Takes a Look Back at His Dot Com Days | Don Alvarez, CFO, Cyngn
CFO GUEST: Donald Alvarez of Cyngn EPISODE: 867: Energizing Your Data Relations
Making Numbers Matter Across the Organization | Jeremy Klaperman, CFO, Rho
CFO GUEST: Jeremy Klaperman of Rho EPISODE: #866 Metrics for the Masses