(Credit to John Maxwell via Minute with Maxwell 3/4/22) “Max Dupree, famed businessman and writer, says the first responsibility of a Leader is to define Reality. What I tell people is that if they really want to achieve a great dream and a great cause, the first thing they must achieve is Reality. Reality is the foundation for your dream.…
A large portion of your success as a CFO depends upon your colleagues and how you interact with them. It all starts with connection. Home Depot CEO and former CFO, Carol Tome, told her story that emphasizes this point. “During my first presentation to investors as Home Depot’s CFO, an investor in the front row fell asleep. He wasn’t fighting…
There is someone out there that does not want you to succeed. That person lives within you and today is the day that we terminate that person. Forever. He/she works for you. We call this person the Head of the Success Prevention Department for You, Inc. They try to keep your life stagnant, predictable, unsuccessful, and awake throughout the night. …
Research tells us it typically takes 30 days to form a new habit. Apply this narrative from space travel, which requires early momentum (Escape Velocity) to get the rocket (Change) off the ground and moving in the right direction. Apply two valuable traits to your habit formation that rockets lack: Awareness and Will Power. AWARENESS is when we remember that…
Is your mind overloaded with your Get Done List where many items are perpetually carried forward into the next day? Week? Month? We must confront the things in our lives that are incomplete and burden us. We need to get closure and free up time/energy. These are robbing us of critical emotional vitality. Typically, if we are hanging onto to…
Let’s be honest: every CFO must manage and succeed with a CEO. Navigating this relationship is one of your biggest keys to success, and a skill that no CFO can live without. CEOs can be very difficult to deal with – high expectations on earnings, month-end closes, personality conflicts, financial results, etc. Knowing and accepting that you are responsible for…
Most of us – most of the time – mix different activities that we are doing and never completely focus in one specific area. We take pride in the fact that we can read and answer our outstanding 27 emails during a Zoom call without really letting others know that we’ve haven’t really heard what they said. Ever heard someone…
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Trust is derived mostly by your actions in your relationships with the people in your firm, especially within your department. To be a high-level Leader, here are five R’s to consider in order to solidify and build trust in your relationships: 1. Role Model: we’ve all heard it – a person whose behavior, example or success is looked up upon…