The CFO Advantage: Elevate Your Role From Financial Technician to Visionary Business Leader

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Chris Festog

The CFO Advantage

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Elevate Your Role From Financial Technician to Visionary Business Leader

Chris Festog

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Entrepreneur Books
09 June 2026

Financial accounting; Management: leadership & motivation; Advice on careers & achieving success

Transform your finance career from technical expert to strategic leader with proven frameworks from a four-decade veteran CFO.

Most finance professionals excel at technical skills but struggle to evolve into the strategic business partners their organizations need. Chris Festog, former CFO of global companies including Zurich Insurance Group, Texaco, and Mutual of America Financial Group, reveals the essential disciplines that separate competent finance professionals from transformational leaders.

This comprehensive guide provides practical frameworks for developing the character, communication skills, and strategic thinking required to become a high-impact CFO. Learn to build high-performing teams, champion innovation, master technology and data analytics, and create organizational cultures that drive sustained success.

Whether you're an emerging finance professional or seasoned executive, discover how to move beyond compliance and reporting to become a trusted business partner who influences strategy, leads through change, and develops people while stewarding resources wisely.

The most successful CFOs understand their greatest impact comes through developing others and building organizations that thrive. This book provides the roadmap for finance professionals ready to leave a lasting legacy of stewardship, leadership, and transformation.

By: Chris Festog
Imprint: Entrepreneur Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9798897010356
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 09 June 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Part One: Foundation Building Chapter 1: Becoming a High-Impact CFO Chapter 2: Character Counts Chapter 3: Critical Knowledge Chapter 4: Communicating for Success Part Two: Leadership and Management Chapter 5: Pivotal Management Chapter 6: Change and Innovation Champion Chapter 7: Courageous Leader Part Three: Strategic and Technological Advancement Chapter 8: Accelerate Through Technology Chapter 9: Strategy That Focuses and Motivates Chapter 10: Secrets of Data and Business Intelligence Part Four: Long-Term Impact and Leaving a Legacy Chapter 11: Building a Lasting Culture Chapter 12: Leaving a Legacy Acknowledgments About the Author

CHRIS FESTOG brings over forty years of executive experience in finance and business transformation across global organizations including Zurich Insurance Group, Texaco, RenaissanceRe, and Mutual of America Financial Group. As former Chairman and CEO of MoA Funds, he managed nearly $30 billion in assets while serving in CFO and CIO roles throughout his career. Currently CFO of CrossPurpose, a Denver nonprofit, Festog serves on the University of Colorado Leeds School of Business advisory board and Colorado Symphony Board of Trustees. He holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Colorado and is a published Forbes contributor, accomplished speaker, consultant, and executive coach specializing in finance leadership development.