Our CFO Leadership Council Founder, Jack McCullough sat down with Mich Chandlee to recap our recent CFO Masterclass Keynote session, "Effective Leadership Under Urgency".      MIT Sloan Executive Education and the CFO Leadership Council recently hosted a fireside chat on Crisis Leadership featuring Mich Chandlee, the CFO of Fanatics.  Mich shared his five tenets of leadership with an audience of more than 500 CFOs, and they revealed valuable insights that can be utilized by any executive, regardless of title. An online retailer of licensed sportswear, equipment, and merchandise, Fanatics has continued to do well during the pandemic.  If you’ve

As the economy begins to wake up, how do you begin to rethink your business model?  What are the crucial steps you’ll need to take in order to move forward?  Jack McCullough, the President of the CFO Leadership Council recently caught up with Certent CEO Jorge Martin who shared his first-hand experience and offered expert advice on navigating the next normal. “We want our employees productive and engaged, and in this environment, that means we practice flexibility in everything we do.” Jorge Martin, CEO, Certent  Transparent, Frequent Communications As CEO, you want to show confidence and optimism, but at the

"The fact is that not a single “flex” building in Southern California charges for parking. So, what is something worth when hundreds of millions of square feet of flex buildings don’t value or charge for parking?" David Marino, EVP, Hughes Marino David Marino, Executive Vice President, Hughes Marino, recently published "Another Tax Increase on Business That You Likely Are Not Prepared For," a critical and timely piece about another impending tax increase-transportation expenses. An excerpt "The federal government has slipped in a new tax increase on businesses that is going to catch financial executives unprepared and in conflict with their auditors

"While at a macro level it’s easy to understand the motivation behind the recent policy changes, I can’t find a single CFO who has told me it would be a positive for his or her business." Jack McCullough, Founder & President, CFO Leadership Council Jack McCullough, Founder & President, CFOLC was recently interviewed by CNBC on the US-China trade deal & CNBC's recent Q3 CFO Survey results. An excerpt "If you follow the markets, there’s been recent reason for optimism about a U.S.-China trade deal. Some investors are buying it — literally — with recent gains in stocks attributed to positive signals

Jack McCullough, Founder & President, CFO Leadership Council recently connected with CFOs across our 27 chapters on their rookie mistakes starting out in their careers & the big lessons learned.  He shares his findings. Several CFOLC members recently shared their “rookie mistakes” from earlier in their careers. It’s no surprise that I received some interesting responses. You’ll find as you read through them that most are easy to relate to and may have been one of your “rookie mistakes” too. Well, except the person who wrote back, “I can honestly say I never made a rookie mistake. I was just

The best investment you can make is an investment in yourself! The more you learn, the more you'll earn!  ~ Warren Buffett The CFO Leadership Council held a program back in December in our NYC chapter on The Indispensable CFO.  This title made me think to myself, what does a CFO (or financial executive headed toward this position) have to do to be recognized as indispensable; how does one develop h/herself to be Indispensable in this current culture? While CFO’s across all organizations demonstrate strong financial acumen and functional expertise, the most successful CFO’s acknowledge the need to leverage competencies beyond financial