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July 8, 2011 By Samuel Dergel 29 Comments

Road Map to Successful CFO Relationships

Successful CFOs are not the best technicians – they keep (most of) the people they work with happy (most of the time).

How do CFOs become Successful CFOs? First, they need to identify and clearly understand the relationships they have. Then they need to have a plan of action to properly manage these relationships.

In this blog you will notice our CFO Relationship Map. This map is a key tool we use when working with CFOs, helping them identify the relationships they have and working to develop a personalized plan for our CFO client to get the best out of these relationships.

This Map is also the tool we use to identify topics for discussion that are relevant to our CFO audience. You will notice that many of the themes discussed in my blogs are based on the relationships identified on this map.

If you want to improve your relationships, look at this map, identify which relationships work well, which don’t, and develop your own plan of action to improve your relationships. Go ahead, use this tool and start yourself on the road to becoming a (more) Successful CFO.

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Comments

  1. Isaac A. osaghae says

    July 11, 2011 at 6:19 AM

    Great.

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  2. Maureen O'Connell says

    June 13, 2014 at 8:12 AM

    Well written and summarized.

    Reply

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