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September 6, 2011 By Samuel Dergel Leave a Comment

New Survey: CFOs and their relationship with Sales

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

Filed Under: Real CFO, Sales Department, Survey

September 1, 2011 By Samuel Dergel Leave a Comment

The Jedi CFO

“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.

    1. Jedi are the guardians of the galaxy.
    2. Jedi use their powers to defend and protect, never to attack others.
    3. Jedi respect all life in any form.
    4. Jedi serve others rather than ruling over them for the good of the galaxy.
    5. 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.

Filed Under: LinkedIn, Speaking and Training

August 29, 2011 By Samuel Dergel 9 Comments

CFOs: 5 Reasons why you need an Executive Coach.

You want to be a Successful CFO. You’ve worked hard to get where you are, and you want to continue being the best CFO you can be.

If you are like most CFOs, you have never had a Coach before. Most likely, you’ve felt that you’ve never had a reason to. Your career success to date has been because of you have been good at applying and improving your knowledge, strengths and abilities.

Except…

The world is changing.

The business world is changing in front of your eyes faster than it has in your entire career. Markets and the economy are changing. Technology is changing. Customers and Suppliers are changing. The demands of your owners, board members, investors and regulators are changing.

Are you staying the same?

Now is the time to step up your game.

The good news is – most of your fellow CFOs are not stepping up their game. They are getting comfortable. They have finally achieved their career goal of becoming CFO and they feel it is time to coast.

They are coasting their way out of the CFO chair.

You, on the other hand, want to make sure that you become the most Successful CFO possible.

If you are ready to step up your game, get yourself an Executive Coach.

Why do you need a CFO Coach? Let’s take a look at the reasons why.

    1. Plan – Do you go into the office every day and just fight fires? Or do you have a plan with long-term, medium-term and short-term objectives that will help you accomplish more with less fire-fighting. Failing to plan is planning to fail. (See our Blog – From CFO Vision to Action Plan)
    2. It’s Lonely being a CFO – You need someone that will listen to you, provide you with advice, guide you, challenge you, and keep you at the top of your game. (See our Blog – The Lonely CFO)
    3. Relationships – you are no longer an accountant. It’s no longer just about being technical. You need to manage your relationships. (See our Blog – Roadmap to Successful CFO Relationships)
    4. Feedback – Now that you are at the top of the Finance Group in your company, do you really expect the people that work for you to provide you with objective feedback? You want someone candid and practical to give you the feedback you need.
    5. Stress – remember the days when you left work at the office? If you do remember those days, I’m sure it is a long time ago. Managing the stress of being CFO is difficult, yet critical to your company as well as to yourself and your family. Expressing yourself and talking about what stresses you can go a long way to actively managing your stress, ensuring you get a better job done in less time.

Wouldn’t you love to…

    • have a plan?
    • be less lonely?
    • manage your relationships better?
    • get constructive feedback? and
    • be under less stress?

Email me to arrange your first Coaching session – FREE.

You have nothing to lose.

Let’s talk!

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