CFOs and finance professionals have been thrust into the center of attention as they are called on to help businesses "survive and thrive" in these extraordinary times. The starting point is generally to address the cost-effectiveness of our finance teams by using digital tools to spend more time on value-creating activities using greater analytics to become strategic partners to the business.
While the focus starts with this technology, the key is developing capability, skills, and mindsets to maximize the change. Yet as we do that, we stretch the skills and capacity of overloaded finance teams. 90% of CFOs say that their teams lack the skills needed for this new environment we find ourselves in. The result is a growing talent-performance gap—the difference between sufficient staff capable of value partnering and well versed in leadership, sense-making, collaboration, and story-telling and staff lacking these skills.
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EVP Business Growth & Engagement, AICPA-CIMA and the Business Learning Institute
tom.hood@aicpa-cima.com
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Tom Hood, CPA, CITP, CGMA is currently the EVP Business Growth & Engagement for AICPA-CIMA and the Business Learning Institute. Tom just stepped onto the global stage after 23 years as the CEO of the Maryland Association of CPAs. He was named the second most influential person in accounting by Accounting Today Magazine for the ninth year! LinkedIn recruited Tom as one of their Top 100 Influencers with a following of over 750,000. He is a member of Forbes Finance Council and was inducted into the Accounting Hall of Fame.
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