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🌟 From Blank Canvases to Superstars: The Power of Potential 🌟 In my experience, hiring individuals with no experience can be a game-changer. Over the years, I’ve turned several blank canvases into top performers by focusing on three key qualities: positive mindset, passion, and willingness to work hard. Few years ago, I took a chance on someone who have shown these traits. Today, they’ve been promoted to a senior level, excelling beyond expectations. This success came from their eagerness to take on extra work, learn, and grow without hesitation. Recently, I made a similar decision, and I encourage my fellow CFOs and financial professionals: don’t shy away from taking a risk on someone without experience. If they have the right qualities, the results can be phenomenal. I also provided opportunities for individuals to work voluntarily and gain experience. Many have leveraged this experience to secure jobs elsewhere, proving that dedication and passion can turn potential into performance. For those seeking to gain experience and secure a job, embrace opportunities to work hard and learn. Your dedication and passion can make a significant difference. From a CFO, who was also given a chance................. #Leadership #TalentDevelopment #Hiring #Finance #CareerGrowth

Stop applying to CFO jobs. Start applying to companies that need a CFO's skills but haven't listed the job yet. Big difference. Bigger opportunity. → Research companies experiencing growth or restructuring. They may need financial leadership. → Reach out to decision-makers directly. Show them the value you can bring. #CFOJobs

If you are fortunate enough to have a team helping you achieve your goals, then you should make sure you are dedicating sufficient time to hiring. My advice to CFOs or other finance leaders - or anyone who is hiring - is to be personally involved in all your searches. You'll get significantly better results, especially over time and so the investment will be worth it. You'll get better at spotting talent and your unique perspective will help you find great people who might not hit the radar otherwise. You don't need to do it all yourself - leverage your talent team and recruiters as you need to - but don't let others be the sole gatekeepers for the important decision as to who to hire for your team. If you actively participate and care enough to find and share people you've found, it should help the recruiters you are working with to find better, perhaps less 'obvious' candidates. #CFO #hiring #finance #leadership #careerdevelopment

Even as some of the challenges of the last couple of years start to subside, the skills-short market is still placing pressure on business leaders. Make sure your hiring strategy is ready to help your business thrive 👇 https://lnkd.in/eGvvfga6 #hiringstrategy #recruitment #finance

The right CFO is crucial for your company's financial success. Finding someone who can seamlessly blend leadership, financial management, strategic planning, and analytics, all while maintaining strong governance is key. The perfect candidate will excel in balancing these critical areas to steer your company towards growth and stability. Here are the essential skills to consider when hiring your next financial leader. 👆 Looking to elevate your finance team? Connect with us today and let us help you find the ideal fit! #FinanceLeadership #CFO #Recruitment #TalentWeb #BusinessSuccess

CFO candidates and our mid-market private company clients are not that far apart in terms of needs and wants…   Agreed? Here’s what our clients want from CFO candidates:   ✅ Ability to remove frustration / add clarity  ✅ Ability to influence/drive change ✅ Ability to drive growth (multifaceted) ✅ Strategic capability ✅ Diversity of experience ✅ Industry experience or comparable ✅ Expertise in execution   CFO candidates are driven by...   ✅ Partnership with the CEO ✅ Impact on the business ✅ Growth or challenge ✅ Strategic input ✅ Compensation ✅ Team ✅ Title   Follow us for more insights on #leadership as well as #strategies for retaining top #talent!

Insecurity has a negative connotation. In leadership and management, some managers and leaders would feel insecured in their positions despite the seniority of the positions occupied. The sense of insecurity would stem from lack of qualifications, knowledge, skills and experiences. It's more intimidating when a direct report in the team stands out as a high potential management material given the quilifications, knowledge, skills and experience. Rather then leveraging on this talent for the greater good of the team, department and organisation overall, an insecured manager would tend to abuse their position and authority to suppress such subordinates. In the context of CFO, I'm in a leadership role and position. The height and speed of my operating environment required team members to deliver quality, timely. So top talent is key to success. I'm always excited about young bright accountants and finance professionals on my team. I need these talents to compliment me and the gaps that I may have. These are the talents that I invest company resources for their professional development and certification as well as countless hours of conversations one on one to share my experience as well as mentoring. It's a blessing to have the best come your way. Be grateful and humbled by these blessings. Bless them in turn where you are and where you can, using your position and authority. And when it's time to exit and move on, do so. But reward your most loyal, committed and top performing staff with a promotion or salary increase and benefits before you leave the organisation. Don't hold on for the money, perks and previliges of the position. Walk out with your value. Power and Authority remains with the position and organisation. Its theirs, not yours. Take what's yours and move on. Life is too short. #leadership #management #cfo #talent #blessings #generosity

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜. My Best Clients ask this ONE Question when hiring a strategic Finance Leader... 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? This allows for the hiring company to assess the strategic mindset and business acumen that is REQUIRED to hold a critical Finance Leadership position. Take it a step further and ask for a reference that is related to the instance they mentioned. Confidence level becomes greater now to extend an Offer! #recruiting #talent #Financetalent #highperformers #success

Even as some of the challenges of the last couple of years start to subside, the skills-short market is still placing pressure on business leaders. Make sure your hiring strategy is ready to help your business thrive 👇 https://lnkd.in/ejgaZJDe #hiringstrategy #recruitment #finance

Are you wanting to take that next step in your career? Maybe you’re an FD and you want to become a CFO. Maybe you’re a Financial Controller and you want to become a Finance Director. You tell yourself you really want to step up, but you have self doubt. You have not done the job before. You are not sure what it takes. You are not sure whether you can do it. You look at your CV and think about the experience you have and compare that to what is required in the job description. You think about conversations with recruiters and how you need to convince them to consider you for the role. All of these thoughts hold you back. They impact your #confidence. You tell yourself you are an FD, you look at the job description and tell yourself that these tasks require a CFO to do them. Of which you are not. So what you can you do about it? Start being that CFO. When situations arise, ask yourself what would I do if I was being the CFO? What would I say? What actions would I take? How would I be thinking? The more you can start being that CFO. You will start to act more like a CFO. Others will start to view you more of a CFO. And most importantly you will start to see yourself more like a #CFO, the result of which will be, that you are more likely to take the actions required to take that next step up in your career. #mindset #coaching #leadershipdevelopment #leadership #finance