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THE BALANCED DIGEST:
NEWS FOR ACCOUNTING, FINANCE & TREASURY LEADERS
LEADERSHIP
Why Failure Isn’t About Losing (Steve Rosvold)
The word “failure” has a stigma attached to it I believe should be challenged.
Team INEOS – Lessons from the Tour de France –  Lessons for our Teams (CFO.University)
Although cycling may look like an individual event, team tactics, drafting and teammate support play a huge role in the outcome of a stage race, especially a race that is 3329 kilometers long.
VIDEO ROOM

CFO Talk: Leading and Developing Your People (Katharine Halpin and CFO.University)
Katharine, a former CPA who uses simple and practical methods to bring out the best in other people, teaches how accountability and alignment are the keys to creating a great culture in this episode of CFO Talk. She shares the 9 habits required to be a strategic leader in addition to other valuable stories during this 18 minute episode.

CFO Talk: A Story of Financial Transformation (CFO.University and Hiten Keshave)
​Hiten Keshave, CFO at PRP Solution in Johannesburg, talks with CFO.University about the challenges he faced and triumphs he realized in an amazing finance transformation journey he undertook at PRP over the last two years. 
OTHER

Vacasa - A Lesson in Growth (CFO.University)
At this month’s Association for Corporate Growth Fall Premier program Eric Breon, Founder and CEO of Vacasa, kept the 130 business leaders attending the event on the edge of our seats. 
Brad Gevurtz, Managing Director, Investment Banking at D.A.Davidson & Co. interviewed Eric and invited questions from the audience. Here is an assorted recap of Eric’s answers, comments and remarks.

2020 Travel Industry Outlook for CFOs (Upside Business Travel)
What CFOs at small to medium size businesses should know about corporate travel in the new year.
From oil price fluctuations to global supply chain challenges, here are the keytrends small or medium-sized businesses (SMBs) should know about to better understand how their corporate travel will be impacted in 2020.

ACCOUNTING

CFO Ed Talk: What Every CFO Needs to Know About Tax (Craig Vagt)
In many ways, the CFO is responsible for the tax function of your company. Listen in for helpful tips on how to ensure this function’s success.

4 Steps to Improve Your Business Reporting Process (Adaptive Insights)
Late nights. Working over the weekend. Learning the names of every barista within a quarter-mile radius of the office. If you’re in charge of creating financial reports, you don’t need me to tell you how much work it takes to keep information updated and accurate.
FINANCE

Thinking About Selling Your Company? Here Are 5 Things You Need And 1 You Don’t (Surprisingly) (Dave Bookbinder)

“I’m thinking about selling my company - I need a valuation.” That’s how many conversations begin. This one started in a conference room with the President of a privately held company. The business was growing quickly and was very profitable. 

CFOs & Supply Chain Success: Five Steps to Delivering Success with CFO Involvement (Jason Lockard)
Steve Rosvold, CEO and Founder of CFO.University, teamed up with BlueGrace for a message you won’t want to miss on  CFOs & Supply Chain Success.

When Searching for Merger Candidates - Substitutes and Complements Make All the Difference (CFO.University)

When 1 plus 1 equals 3 its time to consider a merger. 
What’s driving your main initiatives? If you’re like many executives, it’s competitive pressure. To ensure short-term survival or profitable growth, leaders are searching for ways to reduce costs and increase distribution channels. How?
CONTRIBUTOR HIGHLIGHT
Dave Bookbinder - Senior Director, CFGI
Known as a collaborative consultant, Dave serves client companies of all sizes and industries in the area of valuation advisory. Working closely with business owners, CFOs, Controllers, CEOs and their trusted advisers, Dave strives to build relationships that add value for the long term.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EXERCISE
For Next week: Ask each member on your team to seek guidance from one or more of their customers (internal or external) to learn how they can improve an important service/product they are delivering to that customer.   
Bring the team together next Friday to share what they learned and begin your service/product improvement journey.  
Here is a good article for your team to review before they set out on this quest: How to Create a Collaborative Culture 
"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
Winston Churchill
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