Episode 68 - Jack McCullough: Rock Star CFOs and Psychopath CEOs
Show Notes
“The male prison population in the United States is about 15% psychopaths. So if, if you’re a warden and you work all day with prisoners, and then at the end of the day you go to some award ceremony honoring local CEOs, you’re probably interacting with a similar number of psychopaths at each event." Jack McCullough – President of The CFO Leadership Council and 26-time CFO.
Jack MCcullough’s background gives him an unprecedented perspective on financial leadership. Having started his career at Big Four audit firm KPMG, he subsequently served as a CFO for 26 different companies, often in a part-time or interim roles, working with about 35 CEOs. In his words, “several geniuses, a handful of lunatics, and two or three who were both. But I learned from each person and became a more effective leader.”
In this episode, Jack McCullough reveals:
How to work with Psychopath CEOs
Mental health and finance and overcoming difficult leaders
The importance of personal brand-building for CFOs and FP&A analysts
How Jack invented the phrase “CF-No” in 1984
Why FP&A professionals and CFOs need to build their brand today
The things that CFOs most want from their FP&A leaders
His most strategic finance moment – or how COVID transformed his business
Mentoring in finance and the power of being mentored by Gen Z talent
Why he headlines his finance conferences with Guns n’ Roses and AC DC
Who would he most like to meet
His most manual processes ever
The surprising two traits that CFOs must achieve today to have any chance of success
How to become a CFO
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