Building Our Business
During a recent call with a friend,?Andrew Codd, a light came for me. As we described to each other what we were up to, he helped me create a picture of CFO.University I had not imagined before.
Let me back up before I dive in. My father is a carpenter by trade. His skills ranged from crafting cradles, rocking horses, wooden bowls and grandfather clocks for my siblings and our children; to building homes and cabins in Minnesota and Wisconsin; to erecting fertilizer plants and feed mills from Wisconsin to Washington; to constructing a 6 story, 362,000 square foot office building for Cenex, a farm cooperative he worked for, in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota.
By heredity and osmosis, I should be a great carpenter. Sadly, I am not. I can hammer a 16d nail to frame up a house but that about covers my carpentry resume.
Now, back to my call with Andrew. As he was inquiring about how things were going at CFO.University and what I was working on, an image began to form in my mind. It was an image of the plans Dad used to lay out on his drawing board to convert his imagination to a tangible, utility-filled product.
This made me ponder, “Where are we in the building process at CFO.University?” Dad always made certain the structures he created had strong foundations, from the rockers on the rocking hourses to the footings of his largest projects. I am proud that our foundation at CFO.University is solid. Our platform is robust with firm footings that support all?The Four Pillars of CFO success.?Our on demand courses and tools are providing insight and professional development opportunities to finance leaders across the globe.
As Andrew kept quizzing me, I realized this was a pretty good start, but we’ve only finished the foundation. We have so much more to add on and offer to our community.
In my mind I was picturing CFO.University as one of Dad’s projects that was still in the construction phase. Whence, the image that I used for this post.
Whether it is developing coaches who are interested in delivering our Member Scholar PLUS program; amending our curriculum to fit into a corporate learning model; or cracking the code to collaborate with interim and part time CFO/Controller services companies, we have significant expansion yet to be erected at CFO.University.
Thanks to Andrew for reminding me to keep my drawing table busy and my tool belt strapped on.
If you are in professional development mode; or at a point in your career where coaching inspires you; or a finance/development leader searching for the curriculum and tools to create the best CFO suite your company has ever seen; or you run an interim/part time CFO services company searching for collaborative development opportunities, I would love to share tool kits with you.
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Make an appointment to Talk with Steve here or email me at [email protected] to explore our possibilities.
I must go now. I need to get back to the drawing board and my 16d nails.
Enjoy these often used quotes from my Dad, Harlan Rosvold.
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As described in the article above, I am excited about using our foundation and framework to expand the scope of value we deliver to the global finance community.
Today, CFO.University provides learning-hungry financial professionals with the skills, technology and leadership qualities needed to accelerate their careers. CFO.University is about you - but there is more to it than that. By helping our Member-Scholars grow we are increasing the capabilities of our global finance community. In today’s world, the future success of our economies is dependent upon sound financial principles. The same principles the foundation of a CFO.University education is built upon.
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