The CFO Show Soft Skills for the Modern Office of Finance
Jul 30, 2024
Meg Baer, the Controller at Turner Enterprises, brings over two decades of finance expertise to the conversation. She discusses how new technologies are reshaping finance roles, allowing for deeper analysis and storytelling. Meg emphasizes the importance of soft skills, noting that empowerment and meaningful tasks foster a productive environment. She shares strategies to dismantle silos and enhance interdepartmental collaboration, while also highlighting the significance of transparent hiring processes and cultivating trust within teams for successful transformations.
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Break Silos With A Shared Platform
- Use a common platform and shared workflow to break down silos.
- Meg Baer recommends visibility end-to-end so teams speak a common language and collaborate.
Training Forced Hidden Teams To Talk
- Vena trainings brought people together who rarely spoke despite proximity.
- That face-to-face interaction revealed shared tasks and improved collaboration, Meg Baer recalls.
Automation Enables Higher-Value Finance Work
- Automating repetitive tasks frees finance to do analysis and storytelling.
- Meg Baer says freed time reveals where to add resources or stop overworking areas.