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“They need to have their voices heard and include them in the company’s decision making process and the future of the organization.” A useful tip from our today’s guest mentor, Agnes Hugot on developing younger finance talent and together on this week’s episode we also deconstruct: • FTT as a new business model • 3 ways to best position your services in any market • The importance of resilience and sports in your career If you enjoyed this episode, check out our time-stamped show notes, key quotes, resources and ways to connect with our guest mentor and more at sitnshow.com/podcast/168. #FinancialMentor #SITN #Finance #Digitalization

Do you take the same care over your Finance processes as Hospitals Do? Processes at hospitals are there to protect the health of patients, and similarly in Finance our processes should be there to not only safeguard the health of our organisations but also help it become even fitter and stronger. In this bite-sized episode I share what we can learn from processes in hospitals when staying there caring for my son. #FinancialMentor #SITN #ValueCreation #Finance #AccountingAndAccountants

You may have heard the expression that Culture eats Strategy for lunch, but why should finance professionals care. This week’s guest mentor Talita Ferreira and I over a fireside chat discuss why it’s important as well as some practical advice around: • How to overcome the challenges of culture change. • What to do if for leaders and individual contributors alike you find yourself in a non-collaborative toxic culture. • The concept of psychological safety so that teams can become high performing. If you enjoyed this episode, check out our time-stamped show notes, key quotes, resources and ways to connect with our guest mentor and more at sitnshow.com/podcast/166. #FinancialMentor #SITN #ModernFinance #Finance #Culture

Bought any IKEA furniture recently? Perhaps your looking at or near one now? The chances are good that you might also have a piece of IKEA furniture in your home. In this bite-sized episode I share what the world’s largest furniture retailer can teach finance professionals about how to become more influential with their stakeholders? #FinancialMentor #SITN #Finance #ModernFinance

“Generally, women in our society are identified as primary care giver to their parents or to their children but they have the skill set that useful in the workplace.” A real life experience from today’s guest mentor, Lindsay Stevenson and together on this week’s episode we also deconstruct: • The challenges of being a Mom at work • Key competitive advantages of working Moms’ • Our ability to micro-prioritize • 4 ways to find success and happiness at work If you enjoyed this episode, check out our time-stamped show notes, key quotes, resources and ways to connect with our guest mentor and more at sitnshow.com/podcast/164. #FinancialMentor #SITN #ModernFinance #Finance #WorkingMoms

There’s so much talent around the world how can we get the most out of it? In this bite-sized episode I share 7 tips I leverage but what do you think? #FinancialMentor #SITN #ValueCreation #Finance #ModernFinance

“As children we are not taught to manage our mental well-being, we don’t know how to do it” A key thought from today’s guest mentor, Rob Stephenson, chartered accountant and founder of InsideOut is a social enterprise with a mission of ending the stigma of mental ill-health in the workplace. Together on this week’s episode we also deconstruct: • The stigma of talking mental ill health at the workplace. • The possible signs of potential mental-ill health • 3 things to do to recover from stress at work • How mental ill health might be affecting the company’s bottom line If you enjoyed this episode, check out our time-stamped show notes, key quotes, resources and ways to connect with our guest mentor and more at sitnshow.com/podcast/162. YouTube link: [insert link from YouTube] #FinancialMentor #SITN #ValueCreation #Finance #MentalHealth

"Traditional Financial Reporting & Analysis just doesn't cut it anymore." Are Finance teams stuck in a cave? Or have some figured out how to venture outside and unlock value in their organisations, and how have they done this? I'll be sharing some thoughts on this topic and a DIFY (Do It For Yourself) approach for finance professionals and teams looking to to unlock more value so register at this link: https://lnkd.in/dX4smZ2 #finance #modernfinance #aicpa In this bite-sized episode I do my best to describe why this is such a headache and how we can do something about it. #FinancialMentor #SITN

“Have that fortitude to go forward, try something different and conquer it. It is not outside the realm of finance to be creative and innovative” Serious thoughts from our today’s guest mentor, Nevine White and together on this week’s episode we also deconstruct: • How finance people becomes part of the business instead of being revenue prevention or budget police. • How to move away from traditional budgeting to beyond budgeting.. • How transformation impact the organization and being the advocate of change. • 3 ways on how to be an asset to the business. If you enjoyed this episode, check out our time-stamped show notes, key quotes, resources and ways to connect with our guest mentor and more at sitnshow.com/podcast/160. #FinancialMentor #SITN #ValueCreation #Finance #BusinessTransformation

How do you scale the impact of your passion? Hopefully your answer revolves around getting a little help from your friends, and on this episode we get to briefly meet Wei Chien Yoong who is joining our #SITN team and shall be bringing you guest mentor interviews and podcasts. https://youtu.be/jAEXoE37YFA #FinancialMentor #SITN #ValueCreation #Finance #modernfinance

How do you get a ‘real’ sense of what are the main challenges facing finance leaders, how practically we can best deal with these and share these insights for free to thousands of finance professionals? Well how about you arrange a Virtual Worldwide Finance Summit and get 12 thought leaders from around the globe to contribute over two weeks to helping move our profession forward. Well that’s what today’s guest mentor, Brad Eisenhuth, founder & CEO of the multi-award winning The Outperformer did. Together on this week’s episode we deconstruct: • What’s on the minds of finance leaders following the success of his profession’s first world virtual finance summit; • Navigating the challenge of being busy and under pressure, while attempting to innovate and raise the performance of your function; • The misconception of the ‘band-aid’ education solutions that leaders are used to using, but not working in the modern and ever-changing business context; • Enablement vs Value Creation (where many accounting and financ

What is it that finance professionals can do to become remarkable? When you’ve a product achieving at a remarkable level like the iPhone has, people tell their friends and colleagues about it, and those friends and colleagues tell their friends and colleagues and so on. You might also challenge that despite the everyday technological advances the newer iPhones aren’t radical evolutions of the last one, but they are generally still highly successful products, you could say remarkable. In fact, a lot of the successful things that have gone into the iPhone remarkable are also being done remarkable finance professionals. In this bite-sized episode I do my best to describe a number of things finance professionals can do to become remarkable. #FinancialMentor #SITN #ValueCreation #Finance #modernfinance

“Like what you do, do it well and good things will follow” The best advice today’s guest mentor, Ashish Arora, got from his boss. Together on this week’s episode we also deconstruct: • The three main qualities of modern FP&A professionals that companies are looking for nowadays. • How to build a team that is strategic in nature and from a low-cost and far away location • Managing & leading diversity in the global finance workplace while maintaining the profitability of the business. • The benefits of having flexible and finance team members willing to travel to build cohesive teams. If you enjoyed this episode, check out our time-stamped show notes, key quotes, resources and ways to connect with our guest mentor and more at sitnshow.com/podcast/156. #FinancialMentor #SITN #ValueCreation #Finance #modernfinance

So what techniques do you use to be more entrepreneurial in Finance & Accounting? Recently I talked about the importance of the Entrepreneurial mindset and the 3 Finance personality types. So what if you want to move from a Technician or Controller to become more Entrepreneurial? In this bite-sized episode I do my best to describe 3 building blocks we can all leverage to become more entrepreneurial. #FinancialMentor #SITN #ValueCreation #Finance #modernfinance

We all know business process audits are important, but why aren’t we doing more of them? Particularly given business models are rapidly changing with advances in processes & technology you’d think we’d be doing more of them, so why not? So Howard Cosby helps us deconstruct together: • How Forensic accounting does the ground work that will identify areas worthy to be investigated by finance professionals. • Why Business Process Audits aren’t being prioritised or done effectively as they could be and how go about beginning to leverage them for the benefit of our businesses. • The importance and value of having a fresh perspective of an independent 3rd party professional to audit, review and work on the process improvement to sustain the business. If you enjoyed this episode, check out our time-stamped show notes, key quotes, resources and ways to connect with our guest mentor and more at sitnshow.com/podcast/154. #FinancialMentor #SITN #ValueCreation #Finance #modernfinance

So do you have an entrepreneurial mindset? Last week I talked about what it means to be more entrepreneurial and have that mindset as we approach our work. So what does this look like in practice and how do you know if you’re already there or you’re more of an accounting technician? Here’s seven deadly ways & questions you can look at to check: In this bite-sized episode I do my best to describe seven deadly ways & questions that you can focus on to help you determine you’ve a more entrepreneurial mindset. #FinancialMentor #SITN #ValueCreation #Finance #modernfinance

Is the digitization of Finance & Accounting really going to deliver all the benefits it’s promising and what will it mean for our careers? I don't know all the answers so I invited one of the world’s leading Accounting & Finance Futurists, Speakers & Influencers, Mark Lee, to help us see and make sense of what the future may look like. On this episode we also deconstruct: • The importance of key business skills relative to soft skills and how these are valuable to organisations. • How to compartmentalize the changes happening in finance & accounting into 3 time-horizons. • How to be the best finance professional you can be. • Debunking the future of what our work looks like. If you enjoyed this episode, check out our time-stamped show notes, key quotes, resources and ways to connect with our guest mentor and more at sitnshow.com/podcast/152. #FinancialMentor #SITN #ValueCreation #Finance #modernfinance

So do you have an entrepreneurial mindset? Last week I talked about what it means to be more entrepreneurial and have such a mindset as we approach our work as finance professionals. So what does this look like in practice and how do you know if you’re already there? Here’s five areas you can look at to check: In this bite-sized episode I do my best to deconstruct what an entrepreneurial mindset looks like so that it makes a bit more sense. #FinancialMentor #SITN #ValueCreation #Finance #ModernFinance

What’s been the best bit of career advice you’ve ever received? Most of us in our careers at some time or another have received help, guidance and support to get us nearer to where we are now. And to celebrate our 150th episode and reaching an audience in 145 countries we’re honouring the Mentors of Our Mentors by sharing with you a short compilation of some of the best bits of advice we’ve got to hear and benefit from in our first 100 episodes. Is your favourite there? If not then comment what your’s would be below. #FinancialMentor #SITN #ValueCreation #Finance #AccountingAndAccountants

So what finance personality type are you? A lot is made by employers and organisations about having the right personality type to be successful. I disagree, well, as for finance professionals anyway, we need team members with diverse personality types to be successful. In this bite-sized episode I do my best to describe and I believe there are three main and obvious types in Finance, let’s see if you see similar. #FinancialMentor #SITN #ValueCreation #Finance #AccountingAndAccountants