Bonus Episode 59: Reviewing Your Finance Leadership Goals Mid-Year

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As we approach the halfway mark of the year, it's time to take stock of our progress and challenges in becoming better finance leaders. Join me in this bonus episode of the Finance Leader Podcast, where we'll discuss goal achievement, prioritization, and making the best decisions to maximize our time, energy, and resources. Send me an email about your progress and challenges, and let's work together to make 2023 a year of incredible growth and accomplishment for all of us in the finance community.

Coming up in our next full episode, we'll explore the game-changing potential of the Treasury Function for organizations. Discover how a Treasury Manager can be a key leader in executing strategy by addressing cash flow issues, credit usage, and banking relationships. Learn how this crucial role can make a significant impact on your company's financial success, and stay tuned for strategic insights to help you become a better finance leader. Thank you for choosing the Finance Leader Podcast, and I look forward to continuing our journey together.

Email me: You can email me at [e-mail] to update me on your goal progress and challenges. I am excited to hear from you.


Please connect with me on:

1. Instagram: stephen.mclain
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3. Facebook: stephenmclainconsultant
4. LinkedIn: stephenjmclainiii

For more resources, please visit Finance Leader Academy:  financeleaderacademy.com. 

1. On the website, you can download the Become a Finance Leader Guide. You can use this guide to build your Finance Leadership skills so you can help senior leaders develop and execute the strategy.
2. I also offer a course, Advance Your Finance and Accounting Career: Developing a Promotion Strategy that Sets You Apart.

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Episode Transcript

Stephen McLain (00:00):
Hi, this is Stephen McLain of the Finance
Leader Podcast.
This is Bonus Episode Number 59.
Good day and welcome to thisbonus episode.
I am going into a podcast break, so I will be sharing short
messages and replays over thenext few weeks.
So if you are new to thepodcast or if you are behind in
listening, this is a great timeto catch up on episodes you have

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downloaded and may have missed.
Also, this is a great reminderto set the Finance Leader
Podcast to automaticallydownload on the app you use to
listen, so the newest episodesare there waiting for you.
One more thing you can do as afan of the show please submit a
review on your listening app sothat others can see what you are

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enjoying.
I want to say thank you to allof you who are listening.
I appreciate it.
We are in this together.
This podcast continues to growand now there are listeners in
95 countries worldwide.
The goal of this podcast is tohelp this community to become
better finance leaders, to equipyou with tools and insights to

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help drive results and to assistsenior leaders to execute the
strategy.
We want to make you a betterfinance leader.
If you have not already, youcan download a new free guide I
have created, called Become aFinance Leader.
In the guide, i discuss theFinance Insights Cycle and the
Finance Leader Mindset, alongwith a few other concepts to

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help you in your FinanceLeadership Development journey.
The link to the guide is in theshow notes or go to
financeleaderacademycom.
That link is also in the shownotes.
We are approaching the halfwaypoint of the year and I want to
know how you are doing in yourgoal achievement.
You can email me at contact atstevenmcleancom to tell me about

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your progress and even yourchallenges.
The email address is in theshow notes.
I want to hear from you on howyou are accomplishing your goals
and also let me know if you arehaving trouble with your goals.
This is a great time forclarity and focus.
What more do you want toaccomplish this year?
We should be prioritizing ourgoals so we don't overextend

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ourselves.
We need to decide where we wantto focus our efforts and our
energy, to maximize our time,review your plan and make
changes.
It's okay and I'll be doing thesame.
I always have more goals thantime and energy, so I have to
prioritize all the time.
It's normal and it's okay.
For the next full episode, iwill be talking about the

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Treasury Function and how it canbe a game changer for the
organization.
If used properly, the TreasuryManager can be a key leader in
the execution of the strategy.
They should be out front whentalking about their role,
specifically, cash flow issuesand opportunities, use of credit
and banking relationships andrelated services, as they are

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related to finance options andstrategy.
Your Treasury Manager can helpthe CFO to review options and
opportunities to make the bestdecisions to maximize the
company's resources.
We will talk more about thislater.
I can't wait to talk a fewstrategic ways.
This role could help in a hugeway.
I hope you have a fantastic dayand week, keep working on your

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goals and prioritize your effort.
Thank you for choosing theFinance Leader Podcast.
Until next time.
Thank you for listening.
Take care.