CFO Weekly
Thinking Strategically to Get to the Top: Practical Advice on How to Make the Transition from CFO to President w/ Gene Corvino
September 1, 2020
It takes a special breed to go from CFO to CEO. Luckily, there are core competencies you can develop in order to be the best CEO your company has ever seen! In this episode of CFO Weekly, Gene Corvino — Sr. VP and CFO at Southern Diversified Distributors and President at William M. Bird — joins Megan to talk about 7 CEO competencies and how to develop them. Plus, Gene covers…  -His 4 pillars of discovery that he operates within -How genuineness and meaningfulness have supported his success in work and life -His process for developing the soft skills necessary for being CEO -Why CFOs should transfer their skill for managing risk over to the CEO’s seat Brought to you by Personiv! For more interviews from the CFO Weekly podcast, check us out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player! 

It takes a special breed to go from CFO to CEO. Luckily, there are core competencies you can develop in order to be the best CEO your company has ever seen!

In this episode of CFO Weekly, Gene Corvino — Sr. VP and CFO at Southern Diversified Distributors and President at William M. Bird — joins Megan to talk about 7 CEO competencies and how to develop them. Plus, Gene covers… 

-His 4 pillars of discovery that he operates within

-How genuineness and meaningfulness have supported his success in work and life

-His process for developing the soft skills necessary for being CEO

-Why CFOs should transfer their skill for managing risk over to the CEO’s seat

Brought to you by Personiv!

For more interviews from the CFO Weekly podcast, check us out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player! 


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