821: When Leaders Want More | Michael Sumruld, CFO, Parker Wellbore
Michael Sumruld recalls that after investing 10 of his finance career–building years in oil field services giant Baker Hughes, he found a deep fog settling on the career path before him. Unlike the ca...
3 Aug 202256min
Keeping Leadership in Step with Workforce Priorities | A Workplace Champions Episode
Brett & Jack discuss how the economy's is sending the hiring environment mixed signals and how the inefficiencies of the recruitment function continue to be a drag on industry aspirations for building...
31 Jul 202237min
820: Establishing Milestones for the Stakeholder Ecosystem | Adam Swiecicki, CFO, Brex
As the 32-year-old CFO of Brex, Adam Swiecicki has a professional narrative unpopulated by the tales of economic and business hijinks that many of our CFO guests share. Instead, Swiecicki’s forward-lo...
27 Jul 202240min
819: Set Your Data Free | Glenn Hopper, CFO, Sandline Global
Just where and how Glenn Hopper came to acquire his finance skillset exposes an organizational dysfunction to which no small number of finance leaders have likely contributed. As a product manager for...
24 Jul 20221h 4min
From Euphoria to ‘Uh-oh!' | A Planning Aces Episode
Steve and Jack discuss how pricing strategy has increasingly become top of mind for finance leaders as businesses become more responsive to customer behaviors, and Steve reflects on the virtues of tim...
20 Jul 202241min
818: Breaking Finance’s "Glass Wall" | David Bedell, CFO, Lendio
Looking back at the early years of his finance career, David Bedell recalls being frustrated when a business unit leader remained leery about the merits of a potential deal. “I had done all of the ana...
17 Jul 202243min
817: Fit to Compete, Fit to Grow | Kabir Ahmed Shakir, CFO, Tata Communications
When Kabir Ahmed Shakir first arrived inside the CFO office at Tata Communications, the former Microsoft India CFO quickly determined that there was one person above all others who held sway over the ...
13 Jul 20221h
816: Moving to a Multiyear Mind-set | Mike Milotich, CFO, Marqeta
It was the type of assignment that Mike Milotich had been awaiting for most of his career. An innovative product team at American Express had just launched a promising new offering, and Milotich had b...
10 Jul 202251min
