Sunday, August 16, 2020

On finance business partnering...

Finance business partnering is tricky.  To the ones who are in the role, it always feels like walking a tight rope.  Early in my career, Bill explained a simple way to think about it.

Consider any professional sports team.  Individuals involved with professional sports team generally fall in one of the following categories:

Players: who play the game

Umpires/Referees: who tell the players when they do something wrong

Coaches: who tell the players how referees think and how they can play the game

A finance business partner has to have the ability to play all of these roles at different times.  The skill is to determine when to play which role.

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