“Yet while he was universally admired throughout the company, and known as a truly wise person, most managers wanted as little to do with him as possible. They simply could not understand a word he was saying. He was dependent on the CEO to translate him.”1 It was with these words and others like them […]
120: How Workforce Training is Getting Its Groove Back, Jason Shore, CFO, True Office
Ever wonder how game mechanics are changing the rules of workforce training . Join us as Jason shares his CFO mind-set and reveals how his career as a start-up CFO has placed him inside the vanguard of a workforce training movement. Sponsor BlackLine Does your finance department remain bogged down in the trenches using spreadsheets…
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119: At Ingredion, Food Ingredients Became a Recipe For Global Growth
What types of financial approaches and processes are required to generate more than $6 billion in food ingredient sales annually? Join us as Jack Fortnum, CFO, Ingredion shares his CFO mind-set and reveals a world of innovation behind the food industry's ingredients label. Sponsor BlackLine Does your finance department remain bogged down in the trenches…
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The Management Narrative Makes Room for Finance
In an earlier column titled “The Drucker Curse,” I argued that Peter Drucker, the much acclaimed 20th-century management thinker, could be found guilty of drawing an “iron curtain” across the corporation, a barrier designed to segregate a fledgling but maturing management narrative from a robust and authoritative finance function. I wrote that his influential writings […]
117: The Data-Empowered CFO, Bhadresh Sutaria, CFO, Arcserve
What's it like to be a data-centric CFO? Join us as Bhadresh shares his CFO mind-set and reveals how access to data along with a keen understanding of how it can impact performance shaped his mission as a CFO. Sponsor BlackLine Does your finance department remain bogged down in the trenches using spreadsheets to accomplish…
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116: Catching the Online Lending Wave, Ryan Randall, CFO, Upstart
What's it like to be a pioneering CFO? Join us as Ryan shares his CFO mind-set and reveals how his career caught not one, but two of the online world's most formidable financial waves. Sponsor BlackLine Does your finance department remain bogged down in the trenches using spreadsheets to accomplish complex accounting and finance tasks?…
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115: Advancing an Organizational Rhythm with a Monthly Review Process, Ethan Carlson, CEO, Carlson Management Consulting
Is a monthly review process part of your organizational rhythm? Join us as Ethan Carlson, CEO of Carlson Management Consulting, once more tackles our questions to supply you with answers and a new mindset designed to help empower your finance organization to look ahead. Sponsor BlackLine Does your finance department remain bogged down in the…
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114: How to Measure M&A Success, Richard Antoneck, CFO, Veritext
What's it like to complete nine acquisitions in a single year? Join us as Rich shares his CFO mind-set and reveals how after a busy year of M&A activity Veritext 's finance team is keeping a keen eye on performance measures across a quickly expanding enterprise. Acquiring a Taste for Business: A CPA with an…
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Special Offer For CFO Thought Leaders From CFO Rising East
We’re pleased to hear that a number of our CFO Thought Leaders will be participating in the Annual CFO Rising East Summit, taking place in Miami on March 11 & 12. Counted among this year’s CFO Rising presenters are CFOTL’s recent guests CFO Vince Burchianti of Firehouse Subs (Episode 72) and CFO Mathew Novick of Place […]
113: The Return of the Small IPO, Doug Jamison, Chairman and CEO, Harris & Harris
Ever wonder how otherwise guarded investors are drawn to the high-risk frontier of scientific discovery? Join us as Doug Jamison, Chairman & CEO of Harris & Harris, takes us on a wild ride down an impressive portfolio of early stage opportunities far removed from the main stream of VC investment. Sponsor BlackLine Does your finance department…
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112: Adopting a Rolling Forecast, Ethan Carlson, CEO, Carlson Management Consulting
Is your rolling forecast delivering all of what it promised? Join us as Ethan Carlson, CEO of Carlson Management Consulting, once more tackles our questions to supply you with answers and a new mindset designed to help empower your finance organization to look ahead. Sponsor BlackLine Does your finance department remain bogged down in the…
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111: Inside the Marijuana Business Model, Mike James, CFO, Terra Tech
It’s been compared to the end of America's prohibition era — a $50 billion industry that will someday soon be legalized. Join us as Mike James, CFO of Terra Tech, shares his CFO mind-set and reveals how the legalization of cannabis, commonly known as marijuana, has given rise to a robust new business model hungry for…
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