The Chief Financial Officer is always concerned about what their Chief Executive Officer thinks. And too often, they believe that their CEO does not take their input as seriously as they would like them to.
Well, CFO, here is some research that shows you should have more confidence in yourself.
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According to recent research from American Express and CFO Research, “CEO-level executives in the survey tend to give more weight to their CFOs’ input than even their CFOs themselves recognize.”
To summarize, 92% of CEOs believe that you (the CFO) are either an influential or determining factor in helping them come to strategic and operational decisions, while only 77% of CFOs feel that they have that same impact on their CEOs.
As I have discussed before in this blog and in my book, the relationship between the CFO and CEO is a significant key to the success of a CFO.
You may be more successful than you think.
Informative read for the new CFO’s. Will help them in the long as well as the short run.