Bonus Episode 59: Reviewing Your Finance Leadership Goals Mid-Year

As we approach the halfway mark of the year, it's time to take stock of our progress and challenges in becoming better finance leaders. Join me in this bonus episode of the Finance Leader Podcast, where we'll discuss goal achievement, prioritization, and making the best decisions to maximize our time, energy, and resources. Send me an email about your progress and challenges, and let's work together to make 2023 a year of incredible growth and accomplishment for all of us in the finance community.

Coming up in our next full episode, we'll explore the game-changing potential of the Treasury Function for organizations. Discover how a Treasury Manager can be a key leader in executing strategy by addressing cash flow issues, credit usage, and banking relationships. Learn how this crucial role can make a significant impact on your company's financial success, and stay tuned for strategic insights to help you become a better finance leader. Thank you for choosing the Finance Leader Podcast, and I look forward to continuing our journey together.

Email me: You can email me at contact@stephenmclain.com to update me on your goal progress and challenges. I am excited to hear from you.


Please connect with me on:

1. Instagram: stephen.mclain
2. Twitter: smclainiii
3. Facebook: stephenmclainconsultant
4. LinkedIn: stephenjmclainiii

For more resources, please visit Finance Leader Academy:  financeleaderacademy.com. 

1. On the website, you can download the Become a Finance Leader Guide. You can use this guide to build your Finance Leadership skills so you can help senior leaders develop and execute the strategy.
2. I also offer a course, Advance Your Finance and Accounting Career: Developing a Promotion Strategy that Sets You Apart.

Transcript

Stephen McLain 0:00

Hi, this is Stephen McLain of the Finance Leader Podcast. This is Bonus Episode Number 59. Good day and welcome to this bonus episode. I am going into a podcast break, so I will be sharing short messages and replays over the next few weeks. So if you are new to the podcast or if you are behind in listening, this is a great time to catch up on episodes you have downloaded and may have missed. Also, this is a great reminder to set the Finance Leader Podcast to automatically download on the app you use to listen, so the newest episodes are there waiting for you. One more thing you can do as a fan of the show please submit a review on your listening app so that others can see what you are enjoying. I want to say thank you to all of you who are listening. I appreciate it. We are in this together.

Stephen McLain 0:53

This podcast continues to grow and now there are listeners in 95 countries worldwide. The goal of this podcast is to help this community to become better finance leaders, to equip you with tools and insights to help drive results and to assist senior leaders to execute the strategy. We want to make you a better finance leader. If you have not already, you can download a new free guide I have created, called Become a Finance Leader. In the guide, i discuss the Finance Insights Cycle and the Finance Leader Mindset, along with a few other concepts to help you in your Finance Leadership Development journey. The link to the guide is in the show notes or go to financeleaderacademycom. That link is also in the show notes.

Stephen McLain 1:42

We are approaching the halfway point of the year and I want to know how you are doing in your goal achievement. You can email me at contact at stevenmcleancom to tell me about your progress and even your challenges. The email address is in the show notes. I want to hear from you on how you are accomplishing your goals and also let me know if you are having trouble with your goals. This is a great time for clarity and focus. What more do you want to accomplish this year? We should be prioritizing our goals so we don't overextend ourselves. We need to decide where we want to focus our efforts and our energy, to maximize our time, review your plan and make changes. It's okay and I'll be doing the same. I always have more goals than time and energy, so I have to prioritize all the time. It's normal and it's okay.

Stephen McLain 2:35

For the next full episode, i will be talking about the Treasury Function and how it can be a game changer for the organization. If used properly, the Treasury Manager can be a key leader in the execution of the strategy. They should be out front when talking about their role, specifically, cash flow issues and opportunities, use of credit and banking relationships and related services, as they are related to finance options and strategy. Your Treasury Manager can help the CFO to review options and opportunities to make the best decisions to maximize the company's resources. We will talk more about this later. I can't wait to talk a few strategic ways. This role could help in a huge way. I hope you have a fantastic day and week, keep working on your goals and prioritize your effort. Thank you for choosing the Finance Leader Podcast. Until next time. Thank you for listening. Take care.