CFO Bookshelf

If you think Netflix was the cause of Blockbuster's failure, you'll change your mind after you hear Alan Payne explain the reasons for this company's demise. Alan was a longtime owner of a chain of s...

24 Juni 20221h 2min

If I could only pick one book for any financial leader to read about company culture, it would be Patty McCord's book, Powerful. In this episode, two CFOs break down the big ideas in Patty's book whi...

20 Juni 202253min

Have you ever worked with a software vendor who said their solution would save you as much as $1 million annually? Or how about the big data warehousing project where the lead consultant says this pro...

11 Juni 202237min

Glenn Hopper is the author of Deep Finance: Corporate Finance for the Information Age. Glenn is a likable expert who helps the rest of us better understand artificial intelligence, data science, and...

4 Juni 20221h 10min

For too many years than I can count, I've been listening to the audio version of How to Become a CEO by Jeffrey Fox annually. The book is a simple, to-the-point book discussion that applies to any pos...

28 Maj 202253min

Professor Jim Shein of the Kellogg School of Management is one of my favorite turnaround experts, and he's the author of my favorite book in this space, Reversing the Slide. Some of the big ideas we ...

20 Maj 202253min

Financial writers have been telling CFOs that they need to become storytellers in their businesses. How? John Pollack is a former presidential speechwriter and he's an expert in analogies. He's deliv...

14 Maj 202238min

I'm going to make the bold statement that Roger Martin is this era's Peter Drucker as a prolific business writer. Roger has co-authored my favorite book on strategy, Playing to Win which is simple, c...

6 Maj 202243min