Tag Archives: CFO

The Replaceable CFO

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Cindy Kraft, the CFO-Coach

I’m guessing the CFO of Yahoo isn’t feeling all that secure these days. In reality, no Finance Chief should be. Yesterday I spoke at the CFO Roundtable in Boston. In one of my comments, well at least one, I reminded … Continue reading →

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The 2013 CFO

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Cindy Kraft, the CFO-Coach

A friend of mine (thanks John) pointed me to the CFO Trend Talk newsletter issue that talks about the “new breed of CFO.” It corroborates what I’ve been seeing – and writing about – over the last few months. Recently, … Continue reading →

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CFOs Really Can Move On and Up!

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Cindy Kraft, the CFO-Coach

Business Finance Magazine recently published an article about the many choices open to CFOs, once they’ve made the decision to move on to bigger and maybe better options. The author included 8 keys he felt would provide career attractiveness to … Continue reading →

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CFO “What and How” Linkedin Primer

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Cindy Kraft, the CFO-Coach

As a follow-up to my last blog, CFOs and Linkedin, the Evolution, let’s look more closely at the questions I posed from the perspective of making a conscious decision to use Linkedin to proactively guide your executive career. – How … Continue reading →

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What is a CFO?

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Cindy Kraft, the CFO-Coach

This was a recent question on a Proformative discussion board. Maybe the question – and the answers – actually raise a more important question. When someone asks you “what do you do,” how do you respond? If it is with … Continue reading →

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The Non-apologetic Apology

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Cindy Kraft, the CFO-Coach

I honestly didn’t think the “Adam Smith brand” could sink any lower than it was following his verbal attack of a Chick-fil-A employee and subsequent firing. I guess I was wrong. Apparently, his arrogance knows no bounds. Smith recently posted … Continue reading →

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A Costly Cup of Free Water

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Cindy Kraft, the CFO-Coach

Has anyone NOT seen the Youtube video of the Vante (well, now former) CFO/Treasurer boasting about how he was going to abuse the drive-thru window clerk at Chick-fil-A upon picking up his FREE water? He did abuse and berate her … Continue reading →

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The 5 Worst Things You Can Do in Your Career

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Cindy Kraft, the CFO-Coach

Oh there are many more than five things you could do – or refuse to do – that can damage your career. But here are five that in today’s economy, I believe are critically important to every Finance Executive. 1. … Continue reading →

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CFOs and CMOs Trump CIOs

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Cindy Kraft, the CFO-Coach

This is a controversy that just might give the CPA vs. non-CPA controversy a run for its money. First it was the Chief Financial Officer driving COOs out of their jobs. We’ve seen that evolving for about 5 years now. … Continue reading →

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Culture Fit & Hiring

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Cindy Kraft, the CFO-Coach

There was a lively round table discussion at the recent CFO Corporate Finance Excellence conference in Dallas last week about hiring and retaining top talent. It’s a big issue. It’s an expensive issue. And it’s an area many companies get … Continue reading →

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