Future CFO 01 – Identify Your Skills Gap
Overview
This module marks the beginning of your transformation from senior finance professional to strategic Business Partner, laying the groundwork for your career as a future CFO. You’ll explore the four modern-day CFO roles, how these continue to evolve, and the different types of CFOs across industries and focus areas. Most importantly, you’ll learn how to assess your own skillset, identify any gaps, and begin shaping a tailored development plan that aligns with your ideal CFO career path. Get ready to build self-awareness and clarity as you take your first step toward C-suite leadership.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this module, you will have a strong awareness of your skills gaps and will be well-placed to create your tailored development plan within module two of this training programme.
Lessons:
Lesson 1: Overview of the CFO role
Explore the evolving CFO landscape—learn how to define the role, balance strategic and operational responsibilities, and transition from FD to CFO while understanding different CFO types and industry expectations.
Lesson 2: GrowCFO Competency Framework: Overview
Get an introduction to the GrowCFO Competency Framework—your guide to assessing and developing the key skills required for a successful finance leadership career.
Lesson 3: Competencies
Explore the three pillars of the GrowCFO Competency Framework—Foundation, Implementation, and Impact skills—each essential for building a well-rounded and high-performing finance leader.
Lesson 4: Your Ratings Guidance PDF document
GrowCFO has provided a Ratings Guidance PDF to help you assess your proficiency—Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced—across the 45 skill sets in the GrowCFO Competency Framework.
Lesson 5: Complete your GrowCFO Competency Framework
Completing the competency framework helps identify your learning priorities, with lessons and courses available for all 45 skills in the nine Competency Modules under Training Programmes.
Lesson 6: Review your peer group benchmarking report
Your report compares your scores to other Future CFOs, helping you identify learning priorities and understand common skill gaps.
Lesson 7: Finance Software
Complete your self-assessment, identify key achievements and skills gaps, and create a focused development plan to progress across GrowCFO’s nine competencies and 45 CFO skill sets.
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