Inside the Mentoring Round, CFO Zhi Li shares a lesson he learned within the first 60 days of becoming a CFO – the importance of delivering bad news promptly and transparently. He confessed that he initially focused more on the positives, but with time, he realized the significance of owning up to the negatives. This, […]
935: Why People Are Finance’s X Factor | Derrek Gafford, CFO, TrueBlue
Not unlike that of many of his CFO peers, Derrek Gafford’s career path has been shaped in part by geography—specifically, by having its origins in a city that was at once home to a state college, the corporate headquarters of a marquee company, and a Big Four accounting office populated with new college grads. In…
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908: Back to School | John Rex, CFO (emeritus), Microsoft NA
As John Rex tells it, when he first arrived inside the finance function at Microsoft Corp. in 2007, one executive greeted him with “Hey, welcome to Microsoft—if you’re still here a year from now, let’s reconnect.” A senior finance hire with experience in manufacturing and consumer products at such companies as Novartis (3 years) and…
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The Best Remedy for Volatility | Keith Taylor CFO, Equinix
Machine Generated Transcript Taylor: And so one of the things for me, and it’s, in some ways, it’s a criticism from the from the outside markets. And that’s why, again, being a CFO, you have to realize you have different constituents who have different points of view, but you have to do what you think […]
780: Punching Above Your Weight Class with ESG | Gina Mastantuono, ServiceNow
Back in early 2020, Gina Mastantuono had only recently stepped into the CFO role at ServiceNow when the subject of intangible assets surfaced during a company board meeting. For months, growing numbers of the company’s investors had been signaling their advocacy for the company to amplify its collective conscientiousness when it came to social and…
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How Finance is Unlocking the Secrets to Customer Loyalty, Lois Martin, CFO, Ceridian
191: Unlocking the Secrets to Customer Loyalty, Lois Martin, CFO, Ceridian
It's no secret that more companies are seeking to apply their finance team's analytical rigor to growing pools of customer data. Join us when Lois Martin, CFO, Ceridian, reflects on what a growing customer focus means for the finance function and the professionals building their careers within it. ¤
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189: Why Less Is More When It Comes to Metrics, Niclas Rosenlew, CFO, Basware
How is the customer experience influencing the role of finance leadership inside a firm specializing in e-invoicing solutions? Join us when Niclas Rosenlew, CFO, Basware, reveals how repeat customers and customer loyalty have increasingly become his finance team's metric of choice. ¤
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188: Fielding Your Front-Office Finance Team, Jim Benson, CFO, Akamai Technologies
What happens when a $2 billion firm changes its talent mix and modifies its organization to extend its lines of sight? Join us when Jim Benson, CFO, Akamai Technologies, reveals his CFO mind-set and shares the steps taken to build and deploy Akamai's front-office finance team. ¤
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New Social Code: Why What Others Tweet About You Matters Most
187: Meeting the Challenge to Measure Sustainable Growth, Bruce Felt, CFO, Domo
When it comes to growth inside a high-tech firm - one question more than any other demands the attention of finance leadership: Is it sustainable? Join us when Bruce Felt, CFO, Domo, shares his CFO mindset and explores the challenge of measuring and revealing sustainable growth.
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186: ASK ETHAN: Managing Growth Inside a High-Growth Firm
When Carlson Management Consulting last month landed on Inc. Magazine's Inc. 5000 ranking of fast growth firms, we quickly knew what our topic for discussion must be for this episode of ASK ETHAN. Join us as Ethan Carlson, CEO of Carlson Management Consulting, discusses the role finance must play when it comes to managing growth inside…
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