#114: Giving The Next Generation The Room To Unlock Value in Finance with Marcus Thelwell
Could we be doing better to leverage younger talent in Finance to unlock more sustainable value in our organisations?
I mean it’s easy for those of us who have been around finance and the business for a long time to get stuck in our ways, however our next generation offer younger, fresher minds, without the constraints of what’s possible and what’s not, particularly with new technologies, and may just be the key to unlocking even higher levels of value that Finance can drive in our organisations.
This is just one of the many topics our guest mentor Marcus Thelwell and I cover on this week’s episode as well as:
• Three things new entrants to finance can do immediately to start unlocking value for organisations.
• Why we need to be more than our stereotypical image and the main things new entrants should be interested in.
• A great example on how to keep newer finance professionals motivated to run mundane finance processes.
• How having conversations to identify a common interest can boost your career success.
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