Yet many CFOs do not keep themselves fresh.
When I ask CFOs why they don’t find the time for conferences or training or coaching or personal development, they answer “I can’t find the time” or “I’m too busy”.
That, my
And your employer knows it too.
Think back to all the important things that happened in your
I have met a number of CFOs (who happen to be CPAs) that ‘forget’ about Continuing Education, until they ‘forget’ to file the Continuing Education report with their State Board, and get ‘reminded’, and then try to fill their dance card with useless or irrelevant PD
So why don’t CFOs make time to stay fresh?
Reasons can include (but are certainly not limited to):
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Not liking
learning - Thinking they know it all
- Being afraid of change
Combine a Stale CFO with an average CFO job tenure of 3 years (at best), the Stale CFO is a likely candidate to be unemployed for a while once the inevitable happens.