Samuel Dergel

Guide to CFO Success (eBook, ePUB)

Leadership Strategies for Corporate Financial Professionals

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Proven leadership strategies that will impact your career and your company Having the right CFO is a critical component for every company's success. Guide to CFO Success provides CFOs and those in the making with a strategic blueprint to benefit their companies and their careers. This book reveals how to build a strong, successful career plan with guidance on team building and management of the multiple relationships that CFOs face on a daily basis, plus how to balance one's work and personal life. * Offers strategic guidance for leadership growth for CFOs * Presents essential information for every CFO who wants to play a tactical role in their organization * Includes best practices for building and developing the most effective Finance Team * Features practical career advice for future Chief Financial Officers From balancing one's work and personal life to dealing with the CEO, Guide to CFO Success has the answers you need to plan for a strong and successful career.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. März 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118871706
• Artikelnr.: 40614237

Autorenporträt

Samuel Dergel, CPA, CA, CPC (San Francisco, CA and Montreal, Canada) has been successfully involved with executive search and consulting for over 13 years. He is an active CPA, Chartered Accountant (Canada), a Certified Personnel Consultant, and is a graduate of McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Samuel is known as "The CFO Expert" and is an active blogger, social media leader, and speaker on the topic of the role of the Chief Financial Officer.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface xi Acknowledgments xv CFO Advisors xix Chapter 1: Chief Financial
Officer 1 What Is a Chief FInancial Officer? 2 Personal Attributes of a
Successful CFO 4 Skills Required for CFO Success 6 CFOs Are Different 8
Work-Life Balance 11 The Other Important Thing to Balance 12 Career versus
Employer: A Question of Ethics? 13 Focusing on Your Career Helps Your
Employer 15 Conclusion 16 Part One Successful Career Strategies for the CFO
19 Chapter 2: Planning for Career Success 21 Playing to Your Strengths 23
Personal Brand 25 Networking 27 Social Media for the CFO 31 Skills
Development 36 Career Coaching 38 Conclusion 39 Chapter 3: Career Danger
Signs 41 Career Danger Signs 42 Conclusion 48 Chapter 4: Should a CFO
Moonlight? 51 Perception Is Reality 52 Acceptable Moonlighting Methods 52
Conclusion 58 Chapter 5: The CFO in Transition 61 The Grieving Process 62
Welcome to Your New Job 63 Ideal State 64 Catching Up From Behind 65 How
CFOs Find Their Next Opportunity 69 Accepting Your Next CFO Role 69
Negotiating Your Next Employment Contract 71 Conclusion 78 Chapter 6:
Starting Your New CFO Role 81 Onboarding 82 Onboarding Experiences of Real
CFOs 87 Conclusion 95 Part Two Successful Employment Strategies for the CFO
97 Chapter 7: Planning for Success at Your Employer 99 The Case for a
Formal Plan for Success 100 Executive Coaching for the CFO 110 Conclusion
112 Chapter 8: Relationship Management for the CFO 113 The CFO Relationship
Map 114 Elements of Relationship Management 115 Examples of Successful CFO
Relationship Management 118 Examples of Failed CFO Relationships 120 Why Do
CFO Relationships Fail? 121 Conclusion 123 Chapter 9: Relationships with
the CEO, Board, and Investors 125 The CEO Relationship 125 Relationship
with Your Board of Directors 131 Relationship with Investors 141 Other
Situations 146 Conclusion 149 Chapter 10: Relationships with Fellow
Executives 151 Human Resources 152 Information Technology 156 Marketing 160
Sales 165 Production 168 Conclusion 172 Chapter 11: Relationships with
Outsiders 175 Auditors 176 Lenders 178 Lawyers 182 Other Outside
Relationships 184 Conclusion 185 Chapter 12: Building and Developing Your
Finance Team 187 Elements of a Great Finance Team 188 The Cost of a Great
Finance Team 191 Plan for a Great Finance Team 192 Building Your Finance
Team 197 Superstars 199 Develop Your Team 201 Methods to Develop Your Team
204 CFO Succession 206 How Do I Become a CFO? 207 Your First CFO Role 208
Conclusion 209 Bibliography 211 About the Author 213 Index 215