Have you ever wondered what it’s like to work for a start-up? I get asked the question all the time. I suppose it’s because I’ve had an opportunity to work in different types of organizations throughout my career: a large multinational, a regional mid-sized, and a couple start-ups
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So, you are trying to make it to the top accounting and finance job, CFO, and you’ve been told repeatedly that you need to operate in a different way than you have in the past. After speaking with CEO’s of several different companies and asking them what they want from their CFO’s we wanted to communicate the following three expectations
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It is Friday at 4pm and your Sr. Financial Analyst just resigned. Normally you wouldn't be panicking but Monday marks the be beginning of quarter end at your company located in the west end of the Greater Toronto Area. To make the situation even worse your team is already overloaded as you didn't receive approval to replace a team member who was promoted. You need to focus on 3 things to make this a painless process.
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Learn the challenges, measurements for success and mentors that helped Linda build a finance career in mining. In Part 2 of Linda's story, this CMA and MBA tells you not to sweat the small stuff and gives you the steps you need to take at the beginning of your career.
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In the interview below, Linda Irrsak, CMA/MBA discusses how to be flexible, adaptable and roll with the punches. She outlines how the conscious choices she made to take a lesser role, be true to herself and to learn as much as she could from every finance position she accepted enabled her achieve the success that she has.
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Several of my posts have spoken about the importance of mentorship in advancing your finance career. The type of mentoring I have spoken of is a formal, established relationship where a mentor works with a mentee to develop his/her skills and abilities. There is, however, another type of mentorship, one of a more observational nature, and it can also be quite effective in shaping your skill set.
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ikesh Shah, CA, is the Director of Finance for the Canadian Olympic Committee, the organization dedicated to fostering excellence in our exceptional Canadian Olympic athletes. As a not for profit finance professional, Rikesh speaks about how his journey to becoming Director of Finance was made possible by his focus on growing his skillset, and heeding some important advice from a friend.
Read MoreRikesh Shah, CA, is the Director of Finance for the Canadian Olympic Committee, the organization dedicated to fostering excellence in our exceptional Canadian Olympic athletes. As a not for profit finance professional, Rikesh speaks about how his journey to becoming Director of Finance was made possible by his focus on growing his skillset, and heeding some important advice from a friend.
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In this second instalment, Ashley Dafel explains how to build an exceptional team. He explores how understanding the seven levels of thinking can improve morale and remove the barriers that thwart creativity. He talks about the gains that can be made once you start matching people with the right job
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Ashley Dafel, MBA, has done many impressive things, the least of which is to help deliver babies and resuscitate people on the brink of death. What fascinates me about him more than anything though is how he blends a strong technical background with a keen awareness of how to unblock performance.
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