CFO Bookshelf

Updated: 02 Aug 2025 • 250 episodes
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The CFO Bookshelf weekly podcast is geared toward global financial leaders who are serious about lifelong learning and reading widely. The show's 200-plus podcast catalog features well-known authors who are experts in finance, pricing, marketing, sales, operations, organizational health, and leadership. Episodes are released weekly, and the host responds to every message he gets about the shows on LinkedIn.

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02 Aug 2025 • EN

Lead by Greatness

In CFO Bookshelf"s 250th episode, we feature a book that embodies the heart and soul of what this show stands for. The book is Lead by Greatness by our guest, David Lapin. During this conversation, David addresses eight vital leadership traits, defining a spiritual fingerprint and why it matters, the reason the Siberia

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12 Jul 2025 • EN

You Are an IP Company

Why has Taylor Swift trademarked her and her cats" names? And how does she protect the approximately three hundred trademarks she owns? As Kary Oberbrunner tells us, we"re just like Taylor in that we"re all IP companies. In this engaging conversation about IP, we learn about Instant IPᴵᴾ, the role blockchain plays in I

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29 Jun 2025 • EN

It's Not About the Coffee

We have read many stories about the magical growth of Starbucks. However, did you know that one of its first presidents had a background in furniture sales and did not hold a college degree? Our guest is the author of It"s Not About the Coffee, and Howard Behar saw store units grow from a small handful to more than 15,

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As my consulting practice started taking off about twenty years ago, I started reading everything I could by Fred Nickols, who blogged regularly for the software vendor, SmartDraw. Fred"s articles were short, to the point, and always included a simple visual framework that was easy to comprehend. I ultimately read ever

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We live in a small business world where the Chief Fractional Officer is becoming indispensable. Before even considering hiring the Fractional Sales Manager, the Fractional Marketing Officer, or even the Fractional CFO, I"d start one hundred percent of the time with the Fractional Chief People Officer. Susannah Robinson

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I"m betting that over half the CFO Bookshelf listenership participate in an NCAA tournament basketball pool at the office. Accordingly, I thought I"d share a story from a basketball legend I don"t think I"ve ever heard retold from a leadership expert during a speaking event. I end this special episode on my three favor

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