3 Storytelling Pointers For CFOs
At the CFO Leadership Conference in Dallas, prominent finance chiefs offered their views on how to connect with stakeholders using narrative.
At the CFO Leadership Conference in Dallas, prominent finance chiefs offered their views on how to connect with stakeholders using narrative.
Delve deep into your new employer’s operations, follow the customer journey and establish genuine connections with new colleagues, says Arthur Carrier of Ziplines Education.
“We need the right chemistry and diversity in teams to determine what will help the client grow their business the best and to have those teams work in a way that will ignite ideas,” says the ad agency’s global CFO.
As a CFO, you may have focused on risk management and cost control; as a CEO, you’ll have to balance those priorities with the demand for innovation and growth.
“If you’re talking about generating belief and followership as a leader, presenting people with clear logic isn’t how you get them excited about a strategy,” says Sam Kemp, CFO of Built Technologies.
Bolanle Williams-Olley shares her journey to leadership as CFO of NYC’s Mancini Duffy and founder of non-profit SheBuildsLives.