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These Are the People You Need on Your Startup Team

Chart Your Course

Business leadership researchers tell us that the best traits for your CFO are emotional stability and global ethics. In the days after the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX), a chief executive cannot hide behind the acts of the CFO. If your CFO is doing something financially shady, SOX says that he is either doing it with you or to you.

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Company Strategic Planning Agenda

Mike Cardus

Teams gather specifics steps that lead to success. Teams create a chart (pie, bar, spider, ven, etc) to graphically illustrate result. 4 mixed teams. CFO $$ talk: Comparison of past to present financial Profit & Revenue. Interested in Strategic Planning facilitation with your Organization and Team?

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Cooperation and Outward Spiraling Success Loops

Mike Cardus

The finance team in a Health Care Company. Was struggling with sales representatives and project managers turning in expense and budget reports on-time…They told me “We have tried everything and our CFO is tired to putting out fires for us.”. started by asking: What do you want the people in sales and the project managers to do?

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May 2017 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Everyone knows the roles and responsibilities for a CEO, CFO and CTO but change the wording and a different picture emerges. Joel Garfinkle of the Career Advancement Blog submitted Six Team-Building Phrases Used by Great Leaders. Joel recaps: “To become a better leader, it’s essential to build team morale.

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How Charismatic and Incompetent Managerial-Leaders are Destructive

Mike Cardus

Contact Create-Learning Team Building & Leadership to fix this before it happens. Below is a story from a company I consulted & coached the management team. Consulting and examining this with the company CEO, CFO, COO and Sr. If they are “Charismatic” it adds an irritant that only makes things worse.

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You Can't Argue With Crazy | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Creating a framework for decisioning, using a published delegation of authority statement, encouraging sound business practices in collaboration, team building, leadership development, and talent management will all help even out the uneven. Where there is disagreement there is an inherent potential for growth and development.

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Leadership and Product Management

Lead on Purpose

Smart product managers know the value of having allies in the CFO’s office. When the PM makes a concerted effort to have a strong relationship with sales, their product success will increase. Accounting/Finance: This group is often completely ignored by product management. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.