How To Anticipate And Adapt To The Unforeseeable
At a time of rapid change, the CFO can help the CEO see what may be around the corner and, as a result, improve agility and the company’s ability to manage risk.
At a time of rapid change, the CFO can help the CEO see what may be around the corner and, as a result, improve agility and the company’s ability to manage risk.
For Pirtek USA CEO Kim Gubera, ascending to the corner office from the finance function meant a significant learning curve—but also, some unique advantages.
The findings also revealed greater confidence among CFOs than CEOs we recently polled in the wake of the presidential election.
The CFO’s “native language of digits and ledgers and models is, in fact, the language of risk,” says Tantillo, who argues that finance leaders should also be teaching that language to others.
China and its neighbors have a leg up because they’ve gotten the virus under control and their economies are booming again. The U.S. will have to do the same.
What if we never go back to pre-Covid reality? If that’s true, then the leaders who are able to accept that, and embrace the future, will be way ahead of those attempting to return to the past.