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Barbara. Accomplishments, Success and Significance

I asked Barbara to tell me about her proudest accomplishments at work. She said one of her proudest accomplishments is that she has been able to balance her working life with her personal life and have friends and other interests and things in her life.  She said for her that feels like an accomplishment.  She said one of the other accomplishments would be helping to grow a company and add to the success of that company.    I asked her what she considered to be her greatest success at work. She said two things came to mind.  One is her ability to think objectively. She finds this kind of ironic because most people think of women as being more emotional than men ...

Barbara. Career Milestones and Roadblocks

I asked Barbara to tell me about her career and the milestones which stand out when she looks back.  She said the first milestone would be getting a CA. She said: “Obviously, it was a lot of studying and I was working at the same time and trying to study, so there was a lot of discipline, organization and time management required.”    She said the second milestone would be becoming a CFO.  She said before that she had held a lot of different positions and she had learned many different skills but being a CFO brought it all together. She says the CFO role is a fairly broad role because you’re involved in everything from financing to acquisitions to accounting and ...