The Source for CFO Thought Leadership

leadership

878: When the Path Rises to Meet You | Don Bassell, CFO, ARKO Corp.

As we have been interviewing CFOs from different industries, many finance leaders have told us that they had bracketed the CFO office as their preferred career destination beginning from Day One of their professional lives. Still others have reported that it was only due to the intervention of a determined mentor that they were able…
Listen to the Episode Below (00:57:52)
Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotifyWhere to ListenSurveyLinkedInLinkedIn

877: The Transformative Transaction | Gary Zyla, CFO, AssetMark

It was the type of CFO position that Gary Zyla probably would not have been able to find outside of Genworth Financial, a financial services company that he had first joined in 2004. Not that his resume didn’t already have some solid CFO prerequisites, but the leadership challenge that Zyla was about to take on…
Listen to the Episode Below (00:49:14)
Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotifyWhere to ListenSurveyLinkedInLinkedIn

60 Sec Stories (February)

| Episode #876 Jim Young, CFO, Coalition | Eliron Glazer, CFO, Monday (Episode 875) | Wailun Chan, CFO, Grafana Labs (Episode #874) | Michael Kopelman, CFO, Meow Wolf (Episode #873) | Dan Fletcher, CFO, Planful (Episode # 872) | Jared Poff, CFO, Designer Brands (Episode #871) | John McCauley, CFO, Calendly (Episode 870) |

876: Exposing Where Business Value Resides | Jim Young, CFO, Coalition

Looking back on their career-building years, few finance leaders ever forget the first time that they presented to a board of directors. For many, the stares of the individual directors around the table remain locked in time, forever evergreen. For Jim Young, the gazes that stay ever-present are some that were cast not from across…
Listen to the Episode Below (00:37:09)
Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotifyWhere to ListenSurveyLinkedInLinkedIn

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…
Listen to the Episode Below (00:53:21)
Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotifyWhere to ListenSurveyLinkedInLinkedIn

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…
Listen to the Episode Below (00:55:34)
Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotifyWhere to ListenSurveyLinkedInLinkedIn

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…
Listen to the Episode Below (00:42:47)
Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsPlayer EmbedShare Leave a ReviewListen in a New WindowDownloadSoundCloudStitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe via RSSSpotifyWhere to ListenSurveyLinkedInLinkedIn