The Art of Creating Glossy Annual Reports
Many in the magazine industry will tell you on the mountaintops that print is not dead. Try telling that to the writers who used to produce those beautiful glossy annual reports that are now published...
17 Aug 202545min
Valuation 8.0
Every financial executive should either have the book Valuation or have it on their physical or digital copy in their antilibrary. CFO Bookshelf is thrilled and honored to have the lead author of all ...
10 Aug 202557min
Lead by Greatness
In CFO Bookshelf's 250th episode, we feature a book that embodies the heart and soul of what this show stands for. The book is Lead by Greatness by our guest, David Lapin. During this conversation, Da...
2 Aug 202554min
You Are an IP Company
Why has Taylor Swift trademarked her and her cats' names? And how does she protect the approximately three hundred trademarks she owns? As Kary Oberbrunner tells us, we're just like Taylor in that we'...
12 Jul 20251h
It's Not About the Coffee
We have read many stories about the magical growth of Starbucks. However, did you know that one of its first presidents had a background in furniture sales and did not hold a college degree? Our guest...
29 Jun 202553min
What Are Visual Thinking Tools?
As my consulting practice started taking off about twenty years ago, I started reading everything I could by Fred Nickols, who blogged regularly for the software vendor, SmartDraw. Fred's articles wer...
12 Apr 202546min
Beyond the Boxes and Lines with a Chief People Officer
We live in a small business world where the Chief Fractional Officer is becoming indispensable. Before even considering hiring the Fractional Sales Manager, the Fractional Marketing Officer, or even t...
5 Apr 202541min
My Favorite John Wooden Coaching Basketball Story
I'm betting that over half the CFO Bookshelf listenership participate in an NCAA tournament basketball pool at the office. Accordingly, I thought I'd share a story from a basketball legend I don't thi...
29 Mar 20259min
