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Victor’s 10 Reflections on Leadership - 1. Lead with your heart (3:41)

Joining us from Wichita, Kansas today is Victor Ojeleye to discuss one of his 10 Reflections on Leadership. The first of your Leadership reflections marries the rigor of FP&A with a key leadership quality, empathy. You profess it’s not all about the number crunching and analysis - it’s all about Leading With Your Heart. Tell us more about that.

Victor Ojeleye
Business Group FP&A Planning & Reporting Manager at Cargill Protein North America

Steve Rosvold
Founder and Chief Learning Officer at CFO.University

Four Things Successful Leaders Have in Common: Moving into a leadership position changes your professional priorities. Success is no longer about your accomplishments; instead, you must create the kind of environment where others can achieve their success. Here are four traits that successful leaders share.
Contributed by John Cochran
President - Executive Forum

Spreadsheets – The Good The Bad And The Ugly: Spreadsheets serve a wide range of utility which is evident from their ubiquitous presence in any organisation. Given their general purpose nature, they are used in different departments ranging from sales, marketing, HR, finance and operations. However, lately with the advent of multiple payment options, payment gateways and associated infrastructure, spreadsheets are falling short in serving the needs of finance operations.
Ravi Bhardwaj

David Safeer

David Safeer is a globally recognized expert in cash flow optimization and the founder of David Safeer International, which educates and advises accountants and CFOs on cash flow and profit maximization strategies for their clients. His work has impacted hundreds of businesses with revenues from $1 million - $20 million in 40 countries.

As vice president and general manager of Kodak Latin America, he transformed his division from years of loss to profitability in 18 months. As president of Iomega Latin America, Inc., David grew revenue by 404% in 5 years and profits by 181%. David has a master’s degree in International Management and 20 years of working with Fortune 100 companies such as Morgan Stanley and Dell.

David teaches accountants how to grow their revenue with cash flow advisory services through his cash flow advisory certification program and mastermind groups. He has been quoted in hundreds of news stories, spoken to audiences internationally, and appeared on dozens of podcasts and various television outlets.

Jeanne Enders
endersgroup

Jeanne is on the management faculty at Portland State University. She uses her expertise to help students and leaders explore the relationship between their roles as business people and their hopes to live meaningful and happy lives.

Jeanne also teaches in the healthcare MBA, a joint project between OHSU and PSU, to grow leadership in the healthcare industry.

Jeanne completed her doctoral degree in social and organizational psychology from the University of Chicago.

Jeanne’s past research has shown the effects of high quality relationships between managers and their work teams in the food industry.

In one consulting project, Jeanne worked with the retail grocery industry on mindset shift to change behavior in energy conservation.

The result was a Better Bricks Award for the local grocery chain.

She has provided strategic planning services for clients like Clark County Health Services and the regional group of the National Association of College Bookstores and serves on various non-profit boards.

Governance & Controls – structure and controls.

Transaction Recording – systems, transaction processing and closing the books.

Reporting - efficient, timely and accurate information for decision making and meeting compliance requirements.

Business Planning - provide the financial roadmap for the company with supporting analytics.

Financial Forecasting - integrate the company’s current performance relative to budget with the real-time business environment.

Investment Analysis - the framework to analyze new opportunities as they present themselves.

Cash Management - the discipline to ensure cash is available to operate the business normally.

Funding - Planning for and raising funds to meet the needs of the business.

Risk Management – Identification and mitigation of key business risks.

Self-Awareness - Internal.

Team Building - External.

Strategy & Culture – Motivate people to follow you.

Four Pillars of Executive Expertise

CFO.University is built around the Four Pillars of CFO Success. These Pillars are supported with Core Competencies. Our framework allows you to master your role as a senior financial officer. The Four Pillars are made up of:

Accounting – Governance & Controls, Transaction Recording and Reporting

Finance – Business Planning, Financial Forecasting and Investment Analysis

Treasury – Cash Management, Funding (Capital Raising) and Risk Management

Leadership – Self Awareness, Team Building and Strategy & Culture

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