Our societal and personal narratives on our aging are at odds. Are we bored or content, selfish or stewards, irrelevant or essential? The societal message is that midlife represents the start of a death march full of disease, decrepitude, and desolation. But, as these graphs show, the reality is a different story (except in Russia, […]
Continue readingPeople seem stressed lately and I think itâs because they feel like things have gotten out of control.  The reality is that things were never really as under control as we thought they were.  We often live our lives under the âIllusion of Controlâ  that create unrealistic expectations that lead to stress and worry. Many of […]
Continue readingDo you often feel overwhelmed or burned out? Â It is most likely because you do not have enough Margin in your life. Margin is the space between our load and our limits, it’s the gap between rest and exhaustion, breathing freely and suffocating, and it’s what we all need more of. Â Having margin allows you […]
Continue readingUnder the framework of International Womenâs Day, Kim Hibler, REF North America CEO, shares her thoughts about empowered women in leadership and her experience as a business leader. 1. Who inspired you to be a leader and why? Iâve had a few inspirational women in my life and some very good men too. There […]
Continue readingIt has been a rough time for our Members over the last year. Â In most of our monthly meetings we hear of another challenge that seems impossible to fix. Â Inventory shortages and delays, dramatic cash flow issues, employees lured away by crazy salary offers and the frustrating search for great new employees. Â Often I hear […]
Continue readingKey #9: Send the Elevator Down When we are standing on top of a mountain and can look down to see how far weâve come, I hope itâs with an overwhelming sense of pride and deep achievement. Because for women to make it to the top on their own terms, and not by trying to […]
Continue readingWhen I was a CEO, I knew I needed co-pilots around my executive table. Piloting a business in an environment of increasingly fast-paced turbulence, with such high stakes decision making and so many strategy, execution, and leadership challenges, requires Collective Intelligence in the cockpit. I was running high technology aerospace hardware and software companies, serving […]
Continue readingI have to confess, it was only in the latter part of my 25-year âCFO lifeâ (career) I came to this realization. I wasnât always 100% clear on what I was supposed to focus on in any given situation because there were so many things in need of my attention. I know a lot of […]
Continue readingThere is a (relatively) universal view of CFOs and Finance & Accounting folks in general as pure OVERHEAD â part of the necessary costs of running a business. In my 25 years as a CFO, this was the assumption that others had about my role that I liked the least â BY FAR! So much […]
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