I’m a huge fan of Peter Lynch. No, not the mutual fund manager, the other one – the private equity guy who thinks he’s a nerd, but he’s not. He also created the Excel-based A Simple Model which is growing by leaps and bounds. We also talk about private equity and acquisitions. He’s our guest on the CFO Bookshelf podcast.
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Are You Hyper-Learning at the Speed of Change?
One of my all-time favorite business authors is Professor Edward Hess of one of the top business schools around the world – The Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. He’s written 12 books and his newest is Hyper-Learning: How to Adapt to the Speed of Change. We’ll find out that hyper-learning is far more than applying a few tactics.
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Ron Baker Discusses Pricing, NPS, Metrics, and Much More
Not only is Ron Baker a long-time member of my mental board of mentors and experts but he’s also seated at the head of the table. When he walks into my thought process, I stand. This revolutionary thinker on value pricing for professional services firms is that good. Accordingly, you are in for a treat.
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Great But Unknown Business Books
Every year, I read the top 2-3 new business books that have been published. Beyond that, I still prefer reading obscure books, titles that fly under the radar. Accordingly, here are 20 obscure business titles ranging from management to marketing to small business.
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Connecting the Dots between Rowing and Business with Dan Boyne
I know nothing about rowing, yet I like reading books about this sport because the necessary ingredients for success are similar in business and for the leaders who steer them to never-ending finish lines. Accordingly, CFO Bookshelf was thrilled to interview author and rowing coach, Dan Boyne.
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Your CEO Wants You to Know These Fundamentals
Once upon a time, every business manager and leader in a mid-sized to large company read Charan’s and Bossidy’s classic, Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done. However, you may have missed a gem that Charan published about a decade later.
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Porter’s Five Forces on the Political Stage
When I saw the book, The Politics Industry, pop up in my LinkedIn feed authored by Katherine Gehl along with Michael Porter, I skimmed the viewable pages on Amazon. Brilliant content and creative – using Porter’s Five Forces on the political stage. More than brilliant – genius thinking. Within minutes, I was reaching out to Katherine Gehl on LinkedIn for an interview request.
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2 CFOs Break Down the Kolbe A™ Index
Bruce and I enjoyed our recent conversation with Amy Bruske, the president of Kolbe Corporation who educated us about our conative strengths. This week, Bruce and I wanted to dive deeper into this topic because it’s practical, actionable, and predictable. We also explored why many teams are stuck and can’t get projects moving along.
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Dryrun’s Blaine Bertsch Talks Cash Flow
One of the early presidents of Sun Microsystems nearly 30 years ago said enterprise servers were like teenage sex – everybody talks about it, but no one does it right. I could say the same thing for short-term cash flow forecasting. Cash flow forecasting doesn’t need to be hard, especially when using the right tool.
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2 CFOs Talk About OKRs
I enjoyed listening to last week’s podcast episode with OKR expert Ben Lamorte, the president of OKRs.com. I didn’t want the conversation to end, so I peppered my co-host with about a dozen OKR questions on this week’s show. We also hit on topics that we didn’t have time to cover last week.
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