Marc Mehlman’s strategic turning point came as a Thomson Reuters general manager, where he realized numbers alone never explain a business. By pairing finance with operating context, customer understanding, and pattern recognition, he reshaped his leadership style—ultimately becoming the kind of operational CFO boards wanted to hire. Now Watch Our Complete Episode Featuring CFO Marc […]
1171: How CFOs Rise by Learning Sideways First | Marc Mehlman, CFO, Ascensus
Marc Mehlman still recalls the moment a senior leader pulled him aside and told him he was “in such a rush” and needed to “enjoy the journey,” he tells us. At the time, Mehlman was part of a leadership program filled with high achievers eager to move quickly into senior roles. Instead, he took a…
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667: Where Growth and Trust Meet | Brad Kinnish, CFO, Aryaka
The mid-December conference call was 45 minutes old, CFO Brad Kinnish says, when he began to feel edgy. One of the company’s biggest deals of the year had yet to close, and the specifics behind its commission structure (or lack thereof) had led a number of the call’s participants to begin to flag potential snags.…
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