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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 […]
Realizing the Strategic Advantage of “Remote” | John Cappadona, CFO, School of Rock
The way John Cappadona sees it, School of Rock—the company that he joined as CFO back in March 2019—just became another business. “We are deriving 100 percent of our revenue right now from something that did not exist 2 months ago. We were an in-person education business. We had to pivot immediately to deliver a […]
363: Achieving a Global Alignment | Alejandro Scannapieco, CFO, Globant
Join us when CFO Alejandro Scannapieco of Globant looks back on his firm’s IPO and recalls the priorities and challenges that helped to shape the technology services firm’s global growth path. On Metrics "An important metric that we watch closely is the number of 'releases'—these are people who are being released from projects. We need to quickly understand what…
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332: Five CFOs Share Their Ah-Hah! Moments
Join us when Carrie McIntyre, CFO, Interstate Hotels & Resorts; Bill Korn, CFO, MTBC; Andrew Eisele, CFO, JW Player; Barak Ben-Gal, CFO, Symphony Talent; and Michael Picchi, CFO, Allconnect, share moments of strategic insight.
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326: The Road Less Taken: CFO to CEO | Roger Varin, CEO, Stäubli N.A.
Being fluent in French may not rank high among the desired qualifications for most industry CFOs, but for Stäubli of Switzerland, few proficiencies could add more luster to a finance leader's resume than the words "French-speaking." Or so recalls Roger Varin, whose fluency in French helped to swing open the door to Stäubli North America's…
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The Afterpod | Mark Buthman, CFO (Emeritus), Kimberly Clark
“I had somebody ask me what my leadership philosophy was at one time, and it boils down to working hard and being nice. I have a sign in my office that says, ‘Work Hard and Be Nice.’ This doesn’t mean, necessarily, adding more hours to your day. But I think the two elements are, You’ve…
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305: The Leader’s Resolve (Part 2), Talita Ferreira, CFO (emerita), BMW
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When Making Difficult Decisions | Anthony Scaglione, CFO, ABM Industries
What do you wish someone had told you at the start of your CFO career? “One of the principal things I’ve observed has been that if you’re not able to make a difficult decision, then you shouldn’t be surprised if someone else makes it for you. I know that sounds pretty draconian. But, in essence, we […]
Don’t Limit Yourself | Steffen Parratt, CFO, KCG Holdings, Inc.
What do you wish someone had told you at the start of your CFO career? “It just seems to me that there’s so much opportunity in the world now. And what I mean by that is that technology has advanced so quickly. This is maybe a technology-centric view, but young people, and you know their names, […]
The Power of the CFO Voice | James Tholen, CFO, Broadsoft
What do you wish someone had told you at the start of your CFO career? “When you take on a leadership role in finance, whether you’re controller or CFO, finding and utilizing your voice is very important. There is an authority built into the position and there’s an authority that you create out of your […]
256: A Will to Lead | Mark Buthman, CFO, Kimberly Clark
Inside the impatient age of the millennial workforce - Mark Buthman's 33-year career at Kimberly Clark might appear to some as a throwback - a stubborn artifact from an earlier era. However, the leadership lessons Buthman gleaned along the way are as relevant and insightful today as ever. Join us when Mark reflects on his…
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