How To Be A High-Caliber CFO
“CFOs should already be demonstrating their competency level in their daily role if they want to transition seamlessly to CEO when the time comes,” says Arun Dhingra of Egon Zehnder.
“CFOs should already be demonstrating their competency level in their daily role if they want to transition seamlessly to CEO when the time comes,” says Arun Dhingra of Egon Zehnder.
“The CEO had installed SAP in the months before my hiring,” says Eric W. Neumann. “Upon my arrival, it was easy to see that the system had not been used correctly and all the figures were wildly wrong.”
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To secure young talent, many CFOs have had to adjust compensation and position accounting more thoughtfully to potential hires, says Nicholas Malone, CFO of E78 Partners.
“CFOs must balance maintaining a lean expense base and ensuring adequate resources to retain valuable employees,” says MBO Partners’ CFO Thomas Luttrell.
“Part of our job is to set the company up for future success,” says CFO Ken Jacobson. “And it’s not about the executive team, it’s about the company and how we make sure that it sustains itself even if we’re not here.”