The CFO is a critical member of your leadership team. Today we see many financial executives moving towards retirement. The next generation requires different skills than CFOs of the past. A large portion of the next generation of CFOs’ increasing responsibilities involve them increasing their organizations’ growth and profitability.
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What Key Skills Set Senior Sales Executives Apart?
Last week, we started talking about why senior sales executives rarely get the CEO position in their organizations. Today, we discuss what you can do to increase your odds of getting that top spot, if you want it! One of the reasons senior sales executives don’t get the top job…
Continue Reading....What can entrepreneurs learn from Charlie Munger?
Who shapes the way you see the world? What makes this person someone you want to emulate in your life and career? I was lucky enough to be introduced to Charlie Munger and his business philosophy by a mutual friend many years ago. What I have learned from Charlie Munger…
Continue Reading....How Can You Become A More Strategic Doer In 2016?
How do serving leaders become more strategic leaders in 2016? This is an interesting question I ask my clients the last quarter of the year. What would you need to do to become a more strategic manager? Having spent much of my career as a senior manager in midmarket companies,…
Continue Reading....How a Great Story Can Help You Sell Your Business for More.
When I work with clients to get their businesses ready for sale, the first thing I look for is a great story. The seller must be able to tell the potential purchaser a great story about the business they are considering buying. I know a good story could take you to…
Continue Reading....Who’s the Most Interesting Investor in Silicon Valley?
How would you like to be the most influential person in one of the most interesting parts of the world? What would you do with your influence? How would you use your unique strengths to influence the world for the better? Who do you think is the most influential person…
Continue Reading....Does Your Investing Makes the World Go Round?
We talked about spotting and investing in the next big idea earlier this week. I got several calls from friends and colleagues who liked the blog, but asked me if I really thought this was all I needed to pick the next big thing. They asked me specifically if a person…
Continue Reading....Can a CFO’s Financial Agility Provide Your Business an Edge?
How creative is your CFO? What are the keys to creating a successful financial capability in your growing organization? What skills does a great CFO bring to the table? I’m reading an interesting book called Think Agile: How Smart Entrepreneurs Adapt in Order to Succeed by Taffy Williams. You can…
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