CFO Bookshelf

When I read a biography, I want the words to jump out by telling me something I never knew about the person that's both memorable and interesting. I want to read about the subject's impact they had on...

26 Aug 20221h 2min

Should professionals like you and I be reading fiction and if so, why? Dr. Christine Seifert is the author of a 2020 HBR article, The Case for Reading Fiction. While professionals typically read for ...

24 Aug 202248min

Who is Bill Gross? Who is the guy who learned to take risks in college while scalping basketball tickets at Duke? Or who was the risk-taker who counted cards in Las Vegas? Who exactly is the man onc...

19 Aug 202240min

One of my favorite CFOs is Bob Lung. For the past 33 years, he's been chauffeuring players and dignitaries at the NFL's annual Hall of Fame weekend activities in Canton, Ohio. In this fast-paced inte...

12 Aug 202222min

With the passing of the 20th anniversary of WorldCom filing bankruptcy in the aftermath of the whistle being blown on its reporting of fraudulent financial statements, I wanted to revisit Cynthia Coop...

12 Aug 202247min

What is the best book on negotiation you've ever read? Many business readers who have read Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss would probably pick that title. What if I said there is another ...

5 Aug 202254min

The legendary Bill Campbell is called the trillion dollar coach by his biographers. Campbell coached and mentored larger-than-life business leaders Larry Page, Eric Schmidt, Steve Jobs, Marissa Mayer,...

29 Juli 20221h 3min

Can you name any recent descendants of Cornelius Vanderbilt who didn't build one but two massive fortunes during the Gilded Age? After the third and fourth generations, the money started evaporating q...

22 Juli 202229min