CFO Strategic Leadership Initiative
The CFO Strategic Leadership Initiative of the Center for Strategy, Execution and Valuation is an engagement platform for CFOs in their quest to develop strategic leadership skills and build world class finance organizations. It provides CFO Strategic Leadership Forums, which address the key issues facing today's CFOs. These CFO forums include a group of leading CFOs who are members of the CFO Strategic Leadership Initiative. It will also include CEOs who have served as CFOs to discuss their perspectives from the view of a CFO and CEO.
Our 2012 CFO Strategic Leadership Forums are scheduled for May 2012 and November 2012 in Chicago and will be hosted by one of our CFO Strategic Leadership Initiative members. For more information, please contact Dr. Frigo at mfrigo@depaul.edu.
As part of its collaborative research, executive education and thought leadership, the CFO Strategic Leadership Initiative works with CFOs to co-create and develop strategic leadership skills in their organizations.
This initiative is spearheaded by Dr. Mark L. Frigo, Director who mentors and works with hundreds of CFOs throughout the United States, Canada, South American, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Dr. Frigo is joined by clinical professor James Hurley who has served as a CFO and CEO.
Recent Articles on High Performance CFO Organizations from the CFO Strategic Leadership Initiative
"Transforming Talent at Whirlpool – How to Build a World-Class Finance Organization through Talent, Capabilities and Leadership" by Mark L. Frigo, JD Rapp and Roy Templin, Strategic Finance (Cover Article) May 2011
This cover article is based on the experience of a CFO and his team in developing and leading an initiative to develop a world-class finance organization at Whirlpool. It describes how CFOs can develop and execute a plan for building a high performance finance organization. It is part of a continuing CFO Strategic Leadership Initiative in the Center for Strategy, Execution and Valuation on leading practices in finance and executive leadership.
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"Leadership and Vision at Exelon: Building a Forward-Looking and Strategic Finance Organization" By Mark L. Frigo, Matthew Hilzinger and James Welch (forthcoming May 2012 Strategic Finance)
CFO Summit Presentations for the CFO Strategic Leadership Initiative
2012 Energy CFO Summit
February 12-14, 2012
San Antonio, TX JW Marriott Resort
"Managing Strategic Risk in a Volatile Macroeconomic Environment"
Dr. Mark L. Frigo, DePaul University
John W. Labuszewski, Director, CME Group
This presentation features two leading experts on managing risk in a volatile environment to help Energy CFOs make the connection between the business strategy of the organization and the key economic factors which could elevate or derail the business.
2012 Controller’s Conference - Illinois CPA Society
Keynote Presentation “How to Innovate without Going Broke”
March 15, 2011 8:15-9:00am
Donald E. Stephens Convention Center - Rosemont,IL
This keynote will present a seven-step process for developing focused growth strategies and how to conduct a Strategy Audit for driving growth and innovation. It will discuss the keys to making innovation work with fewer resources through specific success stories from executive who increased the value of their companies during the global recession.
Executive Workshop
“Increasing Your Value: Developing Your Strategic Leadership Skills”
March 15, 2011 3:45-5:00pm
This workshop will be led by Dr. Mark Frigo to sharpen your strategic leadership skills and receive management tools you can use to increase your own value and create value for your organization in this slow growth economy. Learn how to define your role in driving growth using the leading practices from high performance companies. Understand how to focus on innovation and talent when developing a high-performance team, as well as hear how to assess and improve your personal "Strategic Leadership Quotient (SLQ)".
For more information about this workshop please contact events@markfrigo.com
To obtain an Executive Summary PDF of these presentations please contact events@markfrigo.com
Executive Seminar - DePaul University
“The Strategic Audit: How to Develop Focused Growth and Innovation Strategies”
Friday, March 30, 2012 9:00am - 12:00noon
DePaul University - Kellstadt Graduate School of Business -1 East Jackson Blvd – Chicago
This executive seminar will be led by Dr. Mark Frigo and executives who have used the Strategic Audit and Return Driven Strategy framework to drive profitable growth and increase the value of their companies during the global recession. It will feature strategy diagnostics and tools for developing focused growth and innovation strategies and action plans for communicating and executing the strategy.
For more information please contact events@markfrigo.com
For an article on this session please contact events@markfrigo.com
Executive Seminar - DePaul University
“Strategic Risk Management: Leading Practices for Increasing the Value of ERM”
Friday, April 20, 2012 9:00am - 12:00noon
Center for Strategy, Execution and Valuation
DePaul University
Kellstadt Graduate School of Business
1 East Jackson Blvd – Chicago
This executive seminar will include the latest research from the Strategic Risk Management Lab on leading practices in ERM and governance. This executive seminar will be led by Dr. Mark Frigo and Richard J. Anderson, Clinical Professor in the Strategic Risk Management Lab.
For more information please contact events@markfrigo.com
CFO Summit
May 17-19, 2012
Westin Diplomat, Hollywood, FL
Panel: “Building a Resilient Organization through Enterprise Risk Management”
CFOs must take a strategic and comprehensive view of risk management across the organization to strengthen ERM for competitive advantage. With the SEC looking closely at ERM and risk disclosures, and the credit rating agency reviews of ERM, what are companies doing to improve risk management? What are boards asking CFOs regarding risk and risk management? How are organizations integrating risk management in strategic planning? What do companies need to change to manage risk in today’s fast-paced and uncertain business environment? Dr. Mark Frigo will lead this panel discussion with risk management executives including Claudia Temple from Kraft Foods and Robert Luginbill from Eli Lilly.
For more information about this session please contact events@markfrigo.com
RECENT KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS AND EXECUTIVE WORKSHOPS
2011 New Zealand CFO Summit
Dr. Mark Frigo delivered the Invited International Keynote Address on March 24, 2011 "Leadership and Strategy for CFOs". This keynote was delivered to over 250 CFOs, executives, and government officials based on his work with executive leadership teams and CFOs.
He also presented a one-day CFO Master Class on March 25, 2011
"Strategic Leadership Skills for CFOs"
This workshop included leading CFOs from New Zealand and Australia, as well as the CFO of Cirque du Soleil.
Sky City Convention Centre, Auckland, NZ
Click here for an article from the New Zealand CFO
2011 CFO Summit XXIII
November 10-12, 2011
Red Rock Resort - Las Vegas, Nevada
November 12, 2011 Keynote Address
“Strategic Leadership Skills for CFOs”
What strategic leadership skills are necessary for today’s CFO? How can CFOs develop a high performance finance team to meet tomorrow’s challenges? How can CFOs drive growth and innovation in a slow growth economy? Based on Dr. Frigo's work with hundreds of CFOs, CEOs and other executives, this keynote will present the strategic leadership skills CFOs needed to build and lead a high performance finance team and to drive growth and innovation.
2011 Prague CFO Summit
October 17-18, 2011
Keynote Presentation
James Hurley delivered a keynote presentation “How CFOs Can Drive Innovation and Growth” and an executive seminar "Strategic Leadership Skills for CFOs"
Prague, Czech Republic
CFO Radio.com
An Interview with Dr. Mark L. Frigo
"How CFOs Can Drive Innovation and Growth"
August 22, 2011 5:00pm EST
Dr. Mark L. Frigo describes how CFOs are using this strategy framework as well as elaborating on how CFOs are developing Focused Growth Strategies to achieve more results with less resources. This interview was broadcast to over 15,000 executives and professionals and is listened to on three continents.
Click here for the mp3 file to listen to the interview
Click here to link to the CFO Radio site to listen to the interview