The Role of CFOs in Leadership

Women tend to be driven toward perfectionism in part because of what they pick up on, for example. These stereotypical masculine qualities have been associated with leadership. Women are judged more harshly for mistakes than men are and their mistakes are remembered longer. It kind of spreads more widely than just finance. You know, sometimes it's referred to as the chief fixing officer. Wherever there's a fire in the business, you know CFOs are often there first.