September, 2011 - Samuel's CFO Website

The Roadmap to Successful CFO Relationships shows the relationships that a CFO needs to manage well to ensure their success.

One relationship that CFOs have that has the potential for differences and difficulties is the relationship between Finance and Sales.

The Sales Department is the lifeblood of a company (no Revenue = no business) and Finance is a support function (albeit an important one). A Strong and Successful company needs to have Finance and Sales working together well.

With this context in mind, our new survey for CFOs: Your Relationship with the Sales Department is now ready for your input.

Go ahead, answer our survey and share your point of view on the subject.

I’m looking forward to sharing insights from these results with you soon.

Samuel

“Do, or do not. There is no try.” – Yoda

Following an excellent exchange on a previous blog (The Lonely CFO) in a LinkedIn Group Discussion, the concept of the Jedi CFO was brought up by Joseph Duran.

And it got me thinking…

People who deal with the CFO (see Road Map to Successful CFO Relationships) expect the CFO to have Jedi-like qualities.

Let’s see if the Jedi Code applies to CFOs.

Jedi are the guardians of the galaxy.
Jedi use their powers to defend and protect, never to attack others.
Jedi respect all life in any form.
Jedi serve others rather than ruling over them for the good of the galaxy.
Jedi seek to improve themselves through knowledge and training.

Replace “Jedi” with “CFO” and “galaxy” with “organization” and you too can be a Jedi.

Do you want to be a Jedi CFO? Coaching can help.

New Survey: CFOs and their relationship with Sales

The Jedi CFO

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