CFO Skills Project
Credits, Links and Book Ideas
Video Editing
Paul Kinsella
Marketing by Video
http://marketingbyvideo.com
White Board Animation
Brenda Agency
http://doodlypro.com/
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Twin city CFO Work Group
The Collaborative
https://www.collaborative.net
The CFO WorkGroup provides the most valuable development and real life work place insights that I have ever experienced.
It was a highlight of my month.
Script and Research
Dan Kinsella
Past CFO
Voice Over
Heidi Housh
Moore Creative Talent, Inc.
http://www.mooretalent.com/
To my soul mate (Karen), and my daughters (Karri, Stacey and Erin) my eternal thanks for your love and support.
No CFO is effective without a great team. Special thanks to all my finance and operations teammates for their skill and dedication. You made many peoples lives better.
Dan
Contributions from CEO’s and Founders:
Glen Bolander
Zach Halmstad
Franz Hofmeister
Justin Kaufenberg
Carson Kipfer
Todd Krautkremer
Greg Meland
Mark Shavlik
Chip Pearson
Charlie Westling
Thanks to each of you for giving me the opportunity to work with you.
Recommended Books
One way for CFO’s to continually improve is to read/listen to others. If you are a CFO, you probably are inquisitive and a continual learner. I found that at the end of a long day, listening to an audio book on my commute, or reading while working out cleared my head. Here are several of my favorites:
Book Name/Author/Why it is Important
Philip B. Crosby
Quality is Free
Changed me forever on how I look at customer service and improving.
Gino Wickman
Traction
Best of the many books I have read on strategy; great tools for actually executing a plan and getting your team on the same page.
Stephen M.R. Covey
Speed of Trust
Organizational speed is an absolute necessity for success; I finally came to understand that trust requires both character and competence.
Clayton M. Christenson
The Innovator’s Dilemma
Unforgettable presentation of why companies get stuck after success and fail to innovate.
Stephen R. Covey
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
I have come to love the word “effective”; Covey has a way of taking common sense and communicating it in a way that becomes wisdom.
Ben Horowitz
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Want to get inside the head of both a founder and a PE guy? This explained so much about how they are wired..
James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras
Built to Last
Professional life changer; taught me the importance of core purpose. Incorporating into strategic planning kept many of my companies grounded in our cause.
Geoffrey A. Moore
Crossing the Chasm
Provided a common language to debate how our markets/products were maturing.
Books for Your Personal Side
William J. Bernstein
The Intelligent Asset Allocator
I know….sounds like a super boring book. It is not boring, and it is not nerdy. This book changed my whole approach to personal financial management. When I first read it (I read it twice because I liked it so much), my wife and I had a relatively small amount of investments. By following Bernstein’s approach, we discovered a risk appropriate way to invest with low stress and outcomes we could live with.
Gregory A. Boyd
Letters From a Skeptic
If you are a person of faith, or if you could use a boost on your Christian knowledge, this book about a father and son and their correspondence over several years was informative, touching and centering. I have read/listened to this book three times.