CFO’s Balancing Act: Productivity and Efficiency | Brian Krause

January 13, 2025

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Today’s CFOs must excel at both driving organizational productivity while ensuring operational efficiency.

Brian Krause is the CFO at Community First Solutions, brings more than 20 years of experience building and leading financial teams, having served as a VP of Finance, Controller, and three-time CFO. He joins host Melissa Howatson to break down the difference between productivity and efficiency, and to explore how CFOs can strike the right balance to drive stronger results. 

Learn how to maximize productivity on your finance team without sacrificing efficiency, and vice versa.

Discussed in This Episode

  • Distinguishing productivity from efficiency, and the critical importance of ensuring all team members grasp this fundamental difference.
  • The potential pitfalls of emphasizing either productivity or efficiency.
  • How to leverage technology and streamline processes to build lean, agile finance teams.
  • Actionable insights to help CFOs become ultra-efficient leaders in today’s dynamic business environment
  • Strategies for finance leaders to cultivate an organizational culture that prioritizes both productivity and efficiency.

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