The Traits of Today's CFO : A Handbook for Excelling in an Evolving Role

Intro -- Title page -- Copyright -- INTRODUCTION -- Advanced Critical Skills -- Specific Best Practices -- 1 STEP 1: IMPROVE YOUR LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS BY LOOKING AHEAD -- Our Future-More of the Same, at Warp Speed -- CFO and Controller's Future Roles -- The CFO and Controller Team's Responsibilities -- The Management Accounting Department's Journey Into the Future -- Value Creation Approach to Management Accounting: Insights Into Management Accounting's Future -- Universal Theme No. 1: An Emphasis on Nonaccounting Roles -- Universal Theme No. 2: Our Performance Gap -- Universal Theme No. 3: The Collaborative Partnership -- Solution No. 1-How to Overcome the Performance Gap -- Solution No. 2-How to Prepare for Tomorrow -- 2 STEP 2: BECOME AN EFFECTIVE COACH -- Coaching in a Nutshell -- Coaching at the Individual Level -- The Skill of Coaching -- Accountability Factor in Coaching -- Specific Skills of a True Coach -- Coaching Skills Defined -- Coaching at the Organisational Level -- Teaching and Training -- Counselling -- Guiding -- Learning -- Sharing -- Questioning -- Relating -- Listening -- Using Intuition -- Creativity -- Controller and CFO Best Practice: Position Description -- Elements of the Position Description -- Benefits of Using a Position Description -- Tips on Making the Position Description Effective -- Position Description for a General Accounting Assistant -- 3 STEP 3: IMPROVE THE ORGANISATION'S PERFORMANCE THROUGH COACHING -- CFO = Influencer -- Best Practice: Shape The Culture By Defining It -- Tone at the Top -- The Leader as Proactive Shaper of Culture -- CFO Tool: Cultural Ideals -- The Story You Tell -- In the End -- Best Practice: Create Balanced Risk-Taking With A Risk Programme -- Risk Is Individual to Each of Us -- Risk Is Everywhere and Never-Ending -- Why Defining Risk Is Necessary -- The Meaning of Risk Has Changed.