Develop Your Strategic Finance Leadership Skills

As an Accounting or Finance Professional, you want to develop your leadership skills. If you are not already leading a team, then you probably desire to be more prepared to lead in the future. Leadership focus areas I will discuss include:

The Finance Leader Podcast

I publish a weekly podcast called The Finance Leader Podcast for Finance and Accounting professionals to grow their leadership skills. New episodes are available every Tuesday. You can find the podcast wherever you listen to podcasts or click here. The Finance Leader Podcast was listed in Feedspot’s Top 15 Corporate Finance Podcasts to follow beginning in 2022.

 

A little information about me, Stephen McLain

I am a United States Army-Retired Finance Officer who had over 21 years of active military service. I have worked as an Auditor, as a Budget Officer, in Resource Management, overseeing Finance Operations in Iraq and was a member of a team in the Pentagon that oversaw the development of the Army’s annual budget.

In the last few years, I have worked on Corporate Accounting and Finance teams both in a permanent role and as a Business Consultant.

My greatest strength is to coach leaders and teams to find clarity with their goals, improve communication, and implement better team work and collaboration. While serving in the Army, I had a great ability to turn poor performing organizations into successful ones.

I believe that leadership is about open communication, respect, and positive influence. Leaders can get results while also developing the team with a growth mindset. My desire is to coach you, so you can become a better leader with great potential for advancement.

Personality Profile:

  • I am an ENFJ – Protaganist, who loves to inspire others to reach and exceed their potential.
  • Strengths Finder: Futuristic, Strategic, Individualization, Analytical, Focus
  • Enneagram: 1-The Reformer, Principled, Purposeful, and Self-Controlled

 

Advisory Consulting Services available:

  1. Finance strategy development: Do your accounting and finance teams support the business plan and strategy? Does your Financial Planning and Analysis Team provide key insights and analysis for strategic leaders to make better decisions?
  2. Process Improvement: Do your accounting and finance processes make sense? Are you or your team frustrated at how you conduct your daily business activities?’ How is your monthly close process? We can help you evaluate your processes to help your team become more efficient.
  3. Team Training: I can help your teams with a variety of relevant topics including leadership development, building trust, team management tools, understanding bias, strategy, executive presence, and many more. These can be tailored to your needs and delivered via short workshops or in full day sessions. Please contact me for more information.
  4. Small or Micro Business Owner: Are you a professional, entrepreneur, or artist with a team who does not look forward to the administration and financial sides of your business? Let me help you to better prepare for routine update meetings. Do you know what questions to ask or even know what information you need to make better decisions and to give direction for your team? Are your accounting and finance processes correct?

 

Download the Free Strategic Finance Leadership Guide

You can become a more confident leader by understanding yourself better, by changing your mindset and by achieving some successes (even small ones) in your organization.

Click on the image below to get my free guide to help you to Become a Finance Leader.