As in architecture, a variety of tensions help organizations to take shape and determine the speed at which a company’s leadership vision is realized. Whether these are tensions over leadership, future vision and strategy, or resource allocation, each tugs upon alignments that determine how a company completes its work.
By leveraging such tensions and learning to manage the informal relationships that organizations thrive upon, finance leaders can become the trusted providers of “second opinions” to business leaders up and down the organization. It’s a role in which your ability to drive transformation is intertwined with your growing influence. However, to take on such a role first requires that you make a counter-intuitive yet critical realization.
Author: Saj-nicole Joni
Source: Business Finance Magazine
Subjects: Finance, Management, Organizational Behavior
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