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Barbara. Leadership and Leaders

I asked Barbara to think of the people she considered to be leaders and the qualities she associated with them and what she saw as their impact on the world around them.   She said: “Integrity is probably the thing I admire most in leaders and honesty too and  being a little selfless in the sense that they’re not just thinking about themselves and their own career and are really taking responsibility for the team. I’ve always felt that I should work as hard or harder than people that work for me, although over the years I’ve worked for a lot of bosses who go home at six o’clock and expect you to work late and get the work done so ...

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 ...