Anne must learn to delegate and be proactive

Paul Vanderbroeck explains how an executive coach helped the future CFO of a large company transform her leadership style

Anne has recently been named deputy CFO for a large multinational manufacturing group. It is a big change of direction: previously, she worked as a senior consultant with a top consultancy. Her appointment stems from a long and successful relationship with her employer, a former client. Anne is keen to make her mark and move swiftly up the ranks and sees herself as a potential successor to the group CFO. For this to happen, however, she understands that she must pivot from the specialist approach of a consultant to a generalist leadership perspective. However, it’s not easy. While the organization supports Anne and has faith in her abilities as a finance expert, some leaders have noticed that she stays in her specialist mindset too much. She is taking on too…

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