Strategic Financial Leadership
In the Strategic Financial Leadership podcast, finance expert and former CFO, Steve Coughran, covers the latest in business strategy, corporate finance, and economics. This weekly podcast is a forum for candid conversations with leading voices to discuss the trends, approaches, and innovations shaping the future of business and the finance function. Increasingly, CFOs are mired in detail and complexity at the risk of neglecting true value creation activities – analysis and strategic improvement. Irrelevant data, complex planning and budgeting systems, and impertinent measures keep finance and operation managers from focusing on the true levers of value. As the engine of an organization, the strategic financial leader is called to shift the organizational mindset, moving a company and its employees towards a culture founded on growth, innovation, and resilience. Through interviews with CFOs, entrepreneurs, and top business executives, Steve takes listeners inside the world of corporate finance to uncover the essential strategies that business leaders can follow to drive successful business transformation and profitability. In this podcast, Steve and guests share stories and steps to help companies shift from transactional to strategic, responsive to proactive, and from setting goals to exceeding them.
Episodes
53 episodes
52: Leveraging AI to Drive Better and Faster Decisions at Scale
In this episode of the Strategic Financial Leadership Podcast, host Steve Coughran sits down with Kurt Stein, President of DCT Strategy, Inc, to explore the power of leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) in driving better and faster decisions...
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Episode 52
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51: Leveraging Alternative Assets Like the Ultrawealthy With Ben Fraser
Get ready for an insightful conversation on the latest episode of Strategic Financial Leadership, as host Steve Coughran sits down with Ben Fraser, Chief Investing Officer at Aspen Funds, to explore how alternative assets can benefit investors,...
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Episode 51
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54:25
50: Using Data to Transform the CFO Role With Aneal Vallurupalli
Tune in to the latest episode of Strategic Financial Leadership, where host Steve Coughran talks with Aneal Vallurupalli, CFO of Airbase, to discuss how technology and data analytics are empowering CFOs an...
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Episode 50
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49: The False Economic Narrative of Youth With Vadim Verkhoglyad
Welcome to the Strategic Financial Leadership podcast! In this episode, host Steve Coughran chats with Vadim Verkhoglyad, Vice President and Head of Research Publication at dv01. Together, they dive into a thought-provoking summary that challen...
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Episode 49
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50:18
48: Communicating Data in Three-Acts With Nancy Duarte
We’ve all been there, listening to a presentation that just doesn’t drive your interest, or seem to deliver the tools that you need in order to take action. What’s even worse is when you are the person giving that presentation. Our guest today,...
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Episode 48
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47: Diary of a Black Man on Wall St. With J. Derek Penn
When you come from a hard-working family, your ambitions are expected to be high. Though many obstacles and struggles will present themselves, you have to remember that where there is determination, there is hope. We must keep persevering and s...
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Episode 47
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54:52
46: Starting Early Financial Literacy at Home With Chad Willardson
Kids soak up information like sponges. With most schools not teaching financial literacy, our young generations are left to their own devices to filter through all they see and hear, with the majority of it stemming from what they witness at ho...
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Episode 46
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45:34
45: The Private Equity Playbook With Adam Coffey
Globally, there is currently about a half of trillion dollars in dry powder, or capital that has been committed by investors but has not been invested or allocated, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. This means there is a tr...
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Episode 45
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44: Separating Marketing Fact from Fiction With Atul Minocha
When it comes to shaking old habits, we quickly remember the reasons why they became habits in the first place. Whether it’s always been done this way or the risk is low and it leads to a shortcut, marketing is truly it’s own dimension of truth...
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Episode 44
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43: Investing in Yourself With Yusef Alexander
Taking risks, especially when it involves money, is not for the faint of heart. As a society, we are taught to save up our money dollar by dollar until we need it for a rainy day or retirement. However, our guest today, Yusef Alexander, disprov...
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Episode 43
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42: Making Life Less Hard and More Essential With Greg McKeown
In this day and age, we are bombarded with to do’s, to haves, and a ton of noise that distracts us from what truly matters most. In life, it's not that we don't know what's good for us to pursue, rather it’s knowing what to cut in order to focu...
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Episode 42
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41: Creating the World You Want to Live In With Bryan Cressey
We hear it time and time again: having the right attitude will take you far. Definitely an easy lesson to roll your eyes at when times get tough, but when you find yourself starting a new business or looking for a new career or job, having the ...
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Episode 41
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53:29
40: Trust Through Transparency With Jeff Cobourn
Unlike 30 years ago, business today doesn’t take place behind closed doors. Or at least it shouldn’t. As the workplace becomes more of a community rather than a monetized entity, your team and customers are becoming your most important attribut...
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Episode 40
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39: Reinventing the Spreadsheet With Taimur Abdaal
Life is becoming a lot less predictable, meaning businesses need to start evolving their preparation for the future by turning unforeseen circumstances into something they already saw coming. However, with Excel spreadsheets really requiring a ...
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Episode 39
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44:49
38: Building Bridges Towards Innovation With Vinay Nair
Technology and business over the past 20 years have seen such a quantum leap in innovation, that it’s about time we changed our strategies to match the present and future. No longer can we just focus on mastering one discipline, but rather find...
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Episode 38
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43:55
37: Navigating the Odds of Your Startup Venture With Tom Eisenmann
One could argue that entrepreneurship is the purest form of business: Building the idea, team and strategy from the ground up, all while having the freedom of being your own boss and setting your own expectations. But this freedom doesn’t come ...
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Episode 37
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56:16
36: Setting Your Priorities Straight With Aaron Sallade
We are all given 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. But when it comes to leadership, how we prioritize that time is what separates the innovative from the disoriented. With each decision triggering a domino effect, everyone, from your team behind y...
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Episode 36
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49:00
35: Tackling Personal Finance With Alok Deshpande
Be it the cost of living continuing to climb while salaries remain stagnant, or the hope of owning a house and retiring becoming more far fetched, managing our personal finances feels like an incredibly daunting task. We are told we need to pre...
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Episode 35
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50:58
34: Becoming Strategically Optimistic With Ragu Bhargava
Nothing in life is strictly black and white, and the same goes for the world of business. No more are profits just ‘good’ and loss is ‘bad’, or does higher salary equal a happy employee. Our guest today, Ragu Bhargava, explains how success can ...
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Episode 34
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41:40
33: Making Leadership Accountable With Vince Molinaro
In the past 10 years, the work place and expected ‘work ethic’ has seen many alterations from what our parents had ingrained in them. No more is it the norm to grin and bear it in an unhealthy work environment in order to rack up the years, nor...
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Episode 33
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53:01
32: Hitting Your Brand's Sweet Spot With Kyle Duford
Brand isn't just a catchy name and a pretty looking logo. In fact, those two aspects should be positioned at the back of the list when coming up with a brand strategy. Going deeper than just aesthetics, your brand needs to be defined both inter...
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Episode 32
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31: Innovation Despite Rogue Waves With Jonathan Brill
When it comes to building a strategy for our organization, we tend to base it off of the fact that history repeats itself. But stopping there can still leave many of us blindsided. Because let’s face it, if we’ve learned anything from this past...
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Episode 31
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32:00
30: Socially Responsible Entrepreneurship With Jessica Jackley
I think it’s safe to say that a lot of us, when asked about our ideal career, would say it is one where our efforts play into a grander cause, giving back to society while also paying the bills. Seeing the news roll in everyday with reports and...
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Episode 30
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44:27
29: Existential Exploration With Clay Routledge
If there was ever a year that had us asking those overarching, existential questions at an accelerated rate, it was 2020. But over the past 20 years, the answers to those questions have seemingly become more complicated. As the paradigm of mode...
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Episode 29
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45:21
28: Controlling Your Narrative With Lida Citroën
Reputation is everything, seemingly now more than ever. With cancel culture in full swing, your brand, personal and professional, needs constant care and direction. Be it fact or even just speculation, one wrong turn can have you backed up agai...
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Episode 28
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