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Crisis Management II: Inside the war room

Sep 13, 2025

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18 min read

Crisis Management II: Inside the war room

A tactical playbook for CFOs in the eye of a storm

Teams & Hiring

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📬 Legal Troubles: Managing out-of-control lawyer fees

Sep 9, 2025

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16 min read

📬 Legal Troubles: Managing out-of-control lawyer fees

And does a CFO have to be an expert in all finance areas?

Strategy

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Crisis Management I: Never Waste A Good Crisis

Sep 6, 2025

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15 min read

Crisis Management I: Never Waste A Good Crisis

How to turn a nightmare into rocket fuel

Mailbag

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📬 Mayday: Knowing when to jump ship

Aug 12, 2025

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16 min read

📬 Mayday: Knowing when to jump ship

And what do you do with risks that can't be quantified?

Mailbag

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📬 Breaking Bad News: When, who, and how to handle it

Aug 5, 2025

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16 min read

📬 Breaking Bad News: When, who, and how to handle it

And can quarterly closes work?

FP&A

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Capital Structure Design Part I: The Buffet of Funding Options

Aug 2, 2025

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15 min read

Capital Structure Design Part I: The Buffet of Funding Options

Not all money is equal. A practical guide to decode the real cost of capital

Leadership & Impact

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☠️ When Data Gets Weaponized

Jul 26, 2025

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18 min read

☠️ When Data Gets Weaponized

The next big corporate political battleground

The Board Room

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😨 Everything just changed

Jul 19, 2025

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16 min read

😨 Everything just changed

And how to survive a change in CEO...

CFO Role

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📬 Joining the dots: How to connect FP&A with capital allocation

Jul 15, 2025

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15 min read

📬 Joining the dots: How to connect FP&A with capital allocation

And why audit profession are letting investors down

The Board Room

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🤔 Who Really Runs the Business?

Jul 12, 2025

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20 min read

🤔 Who Really Runs the Business?

The Hidden Roles on the Invisible Org Chart

Leadership & Impact

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🤫 The Subtle Art of Giving A F*ck (About Politics)

Jul 5, 2025

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19 min read

🤫 The Subtle Art of Giving A F*ck (About Politics)

Kicking off a new series on the CFO’s role in organizational politics

M&A

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📬 Talking (Office) Politics: An Exercise in Influencing People

Apr 15, 2025

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13 min read

📬 Talking (Office) Politics: An Exercise in Influencing People

And credit portfolio risk management

Leadership & Impact

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🦖 The 5 questions that solved a $50m problem

Apr 15, 2023

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14 min read

🦖 The 5 questions that solved a $50m problem

... and how to deal with an angry CEO

Leadership & Impact

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🤷‍♂️ How to 10x Your Decision Making as CFO

Apr 7, 2023

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13 min read

🤷‍♂️ How to 10x Your Decision Making as CFO

A Simple 4 Part Framework

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