Index

Acceptance, 63

Action plan for transition process, 6566

Advising other companies, 53, 5556

Advisors, CFOs as, 34

Alignment of strategy, 102, 103

American Productivity and Quality Center (APQC), 191, 192

Analysis, 9091

Anger, 62

Annual bonus, 73

Annual review, 76

Attitude, 8687

Attributes, personal, 46

Audit committee, 58, 136137

Auditor relationship, 176178

Automobile, 73

Balance:

career-employment, 1216

work-life, 1112

Bargaining, 62

Board of Directors:

about, 131132

audit committee, 58, 136137

background, member, 133

bias, member, 134

board disagreements, 139

CEO roadblock, 138139

Chairman, 135136

compensation committee, 137138

evaluating, 140

expectation management, 134135

founder, 136

importance of, 44

responsibility to, 132133

serving on other companies’, 53, 5658

strengths, member, 133

value, providing, 139140

Bonus:

annual, 73

signing, 75

Boredom, 4748

Branding, 2527, 68

Brown, Thack, 127

Budget, 74, 154

Business knowledge, 37, 84, 88, 89

Business unit environment, 147148

Calusdian, David, 141142, 143, 144, 145

Canada company filings, 72

Career coaching, 3839

Career danger signs, 4249

about, 42

board relationships, limited, 44

boredom, 4748

cash flow, 46

CEO, new, 44

distance, 43

financial markets, 46

integrity and ethics, 45

meetings, exclusion from, 4243

mergers and acquisitions, 4546

out of the loop, being, 43

overwhelmed, feeling, 48

scapegoating, 4647

stagnation, 47

Career-employment balance, 1216

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