Additional Resources
and Templates
Additional Resources
and Templates
Introduction
This section is all about helping you understand and articulate where you're at with your CFO journey, the challenges you're currently facing and the vision you have for your career. It's also designed to get you to start thinking about which of the 4 Quadrants of CFO Leadership you should focus on first, and how you might structure your approach. This section also includes a 1-pager to help capture your key insights and learnings for each chapter - it's definitely one to download and have handy as you read the book.
Click here to see a list of the resources for this section.
VALUE
This is about creating and adding value to your organisation which means you need to intimately understand what the business... values! It's about how you think strategically and delivering in a way that enables you to say: "The business values the outcomes I deliver".
Click here or on the Value quadrant below to have access to the resources.
Click here to have access to the resources.
IMPACT
This quadrant is about how you lead yourself. If you want to make a change, to elevate your career or drive improvements within your organisation, it start with you. This is about being able to confidently state, "I am performing at my best and delivering immense value".
Click here or on the Impact quadrant below to have access to the resources.
Click here or to have access to the resources.
INTEGRITY
This quadrant is about being able to say "We've nailed the basics". It's about staying on top of the fundamentals of a finance so that your business can achieve its growth from solid foundations.
Click here or on the Integrity quadrant above to have access to the resources.
Click here to have access to the resources.
LEVERAGE
This is about leveraging your capability, time and expertise. It's about team leadership - how you lead your team so you can say "I can focus on value and impact because I know my A-team is firing on all cylinders".
Click here or on the Leverage quadrant above to have access to the resources.
Click here to have access to the resources.
What the CFOs are saying about the
"CFO of the future"
Santiago Spada CA
CFO, Pirelli Tyres
CFO, Pirelli Tyres
❝ This book is not just a 'story' narrative, but a real toolbox. The 'four quadrants' is an excellent compass that guides us to the endless additional resources to leverage from, to ensure we are well equipped for the various challenges and circumstances we will face in this never-ending journey as finance leaders.
This book leaves us inspired and empowered on what is possible for us and our future. So let's buckle up and enjoy the journey, leveraging from this amazing toolbox! ❞
❝ This is a must-have little read that sits at hand in the tool kit for any CFO – whether you're experienced or aspiring! The down to earth style of Alena's writing makes this book practical and usable. Whether it's refining and building those critical skills or using the chapters as a refresher for content that's entrenched somewhere in the brain, you'll find it invaluable. ❞
Heidi Duncan
Finance Director, BAT
Finance Director, BAT
Michael Meyer
CFO, URC Oceania
CFO, URC Oceania
❝ Alena has written, what I believe to be, an accurate reflection of the evolving role of the CFO in business. The challenges we all face in a world with no 'off button', dealing with an unpredictable future and operating a business in an environment of "shocks" has meant that CEOs and Boards are relying more heavily on CFOs than ever before. Alena's 4 Quadrants of Leadership framework serves to remind us, as CFOs, how important it is to stay grounded, remain focused on the basic elements of Controllership while at the same time having the agility to driving business performance and Commercial and Strategic value.
This book will not only be useful for current CFOs but will also be useful to finance professionals who are aspiring to be CFOs in the future. I recommend this book to anyone with CFO aspirations and more importantly CFOs who never stop learning in that continued drive towards self-improvement and personal development. This book will help you, your team and your organisation achieve your goals. Alena, you are a genius and congratulations on a great piece of work. ❞
What the CFOs are saying about the
"CFO of the future"
Santiago Spada CA
CFO, Pirelli Tyres
CFO, Pirelli Tyres
❝ This book is not just a 'story' narrative, but a real toolbox. The 'four quadrants' is an excellent compass that guides us to the endless additional resources to leverage from, to ensure we are well equipped for the various challenges and circumstances we will face in this never-ending journey as finance leaders.
This book leaves us inspired and empowered on what is possible for us and our future. So let's buckle up and enjoy the journey, leveraging from this amazing toolbox! ❞
Heidi Duncan
Finance Director, BAT
Finance Director, BAT
❝ This is a must-have little read that sits at hand in the tool kit for any CFO – whether you're experienced or aspiring! The down to earth style of Alena's writing makes this book practical and usable. Whether it's refining and building those critical skills or using the chapters as a refresher for content that's entrenched somewhere in the brain, you'll find it invaluable. ❞
Michael Meyer
CFO, URC Oceania
CFO, URC Oceania
❝ Alena has written, what I believe to be, an accurate reflection of the evolving role of the CFO in business. The challenges we all face in a world with no 'off button', dealing with an unpredictable future and operating a business in an environment of "shocks" has meant that CEOs and Boards are relying more heavily on CFOs than ever before. Alena's 4 Quadrants of Leadership framework serves to remind us, as CFOs, how important it is to stay grounded, remain focused on the basic elements of Controllership while at the same time having the agility to driving business performance and Commercial and Strategic value.
This book will not only be useful for current CFOs but will also be useful to finance professionals who are aspiring to be CFOs in the future. I recommend this book to anyone with CFO aspirations and more importantly CFOs who never stop learning in that continued drive towards self-improvement and personal development. This book will help you, your team and your organisation achieve your goals. Alena, you are a genius and congratulations on a great piece of work. ❞
If you have any questions about any of these tools or have an idea of a tool you'd find really useful, please email me at [email protected] or I'd be happy to jump on a call - here is a link to my calendar.
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