Financial Management (FM) magazine

Leadership and mental health speaker Andrew Pain returns to the FM podcast to discuss his ENGAGE UK & Europe session, outline his five-point framework for enhanced decision-making, and share more common biases that distort critical thinking.
Pain also explains the importance of clarifying information instead of relying on gut instincts to form conclusions.
ENGAGE is 13–14 October in London. Registration is open until 9 October.
What you'll learn from this episode:
Why immediacy pushes us into gut-based reasoning.
Five questions to consider before making a decision.
Two types of distorted thinking that can make professionals irrational.
Why psychological safety is a crucial workplace dynamic.
The benefits and limitations of consulting AI in decision-making.

Leadership and mental health speaker Andrew Pain returns to the FM podcast to discuss his ENGAGE UK & Europe session, outline his five-point framework for enhanced decision-making, and share more common biases that distort critical thinking.
Pain also explains the importance of clarifying information instead of relying on gut instincts to form conclusions.
ENGAGE is 13–14 October in London. Registration is open until 9 October.
What you'll learn from this episode:
Why immediacy pushes us into gut-based reasoning.
Five questions to consider before making a decision.
Two types of distorted thinking that can make professionals irrational.
Why psychological safety is a crucial workplace dynamic.
The benefits and limitations of consulting AI in decision-making.

Leadership coach and mentor Sue Milne, FCMA, CGMA, describes key strategic and interpersonal skills that can help finance professionals keep pace with evolving business expectations, along with key questions that can help them grow as leaders. 
Milne also shares essential attributes for managing finance teams today, how leaders can maintain awareness of potential blind spots, and what core values contribute to inspirational leadership.
What you'll learn from this episode:
What inspired Milne's career transition.
How to build better relationships with stakeholders.
Key skills professionals can hone to manage blind spots.
What transformational leadership is and how to make it work.
Key components for becoming your own kind of leader.

Eric R. Alexander, CPA, president of advisory service company Six Arrows Consulting, discusses the lessons he's learned throughout his career in finance and what being a finance leader means for him, and other insights from his upcoming book, Stewardship Leadership for Stinkin' Accountants: Serving as the CFO.
He shares key strategies for developing as a stewardship leader, including how he holds himself accountable, how he views his role as a trusted adviser for organisations, and the steps he has taken to improve in the relational and people aspects of the finance function.
"I've been most effective in my work when I've functioned as a steward, meaning I understood things had been entrusted to me to be responsible for," he said. "I was accountable to people, and fundamentally, it was not all about me."
What you'll learn from this episode:
Why Alexander says the CFO role is not about you as a finance leader.
Key elements of stewardship leadership.
How to hold yourself accountable as a finance professional.
Why getting into the finer details can complicate decision-making.
What it means to own your results.
Tips for enhancing people and soft skills.

In this podcast episode, FM editor-in-chief Oliver Rowe summarises the content in the June edition of the magazine.
Rowe details an article on using artificial intelligence tools to bolster presentations and introduces a new, recurring column on global advocacy. He also highlights several other articles in the edition.
FM's June edition is now available (member login required). Also, access the library of past editions.
What you'll learn from this episode:
Highlights of an article about what AI tools can do to improve business presentations.
Details of a new, recurring column on global advocacy, which for this edition includes a focus on advocacy's role in building and sustaining public trust.
The key points of an article about the AICPA and CIMA's Rise2040 initiative.
Rowe's summary of an article offering advice — for women in particular — on being a strong self-advocate and one on building an anti-fraud culture.