CFO Bookshelf Blog

I’m a self-professed business cynic when it comes to reading management books. From my point of view, they can be extremely long in the tooth on detail, require heavy, up-front design work for the implementation stage, and can be incredibly difficult to execute for messy, and fast-growing businesses. Accordingly, I limit myself to about three such titles annually. One of those was the audio of The Amazon Way by John Rossman. Home run! Then I read it. Grand Slam!

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CFO Bookshelf’s primary aim is to provide you with great content as a financial or business leader to inspire and support your lifelong learning and growth process so that you can be better prepared to make an impact on those you serve. CFO Bookshelf delivered on its primary aim by bringing you 51 interviews with best-selling authors and business thought leaders whose voices are generally known around the world. Here are a handful of those outstanding episodes.

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CFO Bookshelf loves The Soul of Enterprise Podcast hosted by Ed Kless and Ron Baker. In this episode, we take a look behind the scenes of this highly-popular radio show that airs live each Friday through the VoiceAmerica Talk Radio Network. While the audience has a strong following from those working in accounting and other professional services firms, our visit with Ed Kless is geared for business leaders in any industry.

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One of my favorite times of the year is skimming my booklist from top to bottom several times and trying to pick my favorite ten books. The task was so hard that I cheated a bit by selecting honorable mentions and creating two other categories. In this show, my friend Shaefer Schuetz leads the discussion. If you need some book ideas for 2022, numerous business genres are covered in this conversation.

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My second-favorite accountant in the movies is Oscar Wallace in The Untouchables. While Tiffany Couch probably hasn’t ever had to deal with someone like Al Capone, she has something in common with Oscar – they both use the science of numbers accounting to detect fraudulent schemes. Tiffany is a long-time forensic account and the author of, The Thief In Your Company. Tiffany teaches us that thieves are not the only ones who rationalize. So do their victims.

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While you may not recognize the name, Steve Bailey is one of three people I would enshrine immediately into a financial modeling hall of fame if one existed. Steve is a long-time financial modeling expert and he’s the founder of Model Metrix, a firm providing modeling-as-a-service and designing integrated business plans. This conversation is not just for financial modeling practitioners but for CEOs and other business managers too.

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When you think of agile you probably think of software development. How about merger and acquisition activities? In 2012, Kison Patel happened on the idea of transforming the M&A process through an agile method supported by technology at DealRoom.net. Our guest is also the author of M&A Tactics and the M&A Tactics Handbook. Kison explains how the core four values of the Agile Manifesto apply to M&A.

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Whether you love the Beatles or don’t, the first thought that probably pops from your mind when you hear this group’s name is a famous band and one where you know all the members – Paul, John, George, and Ringo. I’m assuming you never think of the terms economics, entrepreneurship, human capital, innovation, venture capital, and management. In this episode, we hear from Sam Staley as he talks about the big ideas from his book, The Beatles and Economics.

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Have you ever come across a book title seemingly out of nowhere, and then to find that it was memorable, impactful, and inspiring. That describes the book written by a CFO and part-owner of an architectural firm, Bolanle “Bola” Williams-Olley. The title is Build Boldly: Chart Your Unique Career Path and Lead With Courage. Interviewing this talented and driven financial leader was also a treat that I’ll remember for a long time.

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