Inside the Mind of the CFO: Understanding the CFO / Lawyer Relationship

Thank you to the participants of our survey on CFO / Lawyer Relationships in October 2010. This survey was instrumental in creating our has helped to create our presentation (see below).

We are currently visiting Law firms to discuss our findings, and the discussions we are having are allowing us to better understand the CFO / Lawyer dynamic.

The most interesting result of the survey was that CFOs felt that outside Legal counsel was called in for advice in the beginning stages of a Strategic Process. Lawyer I have spoken with were surprised by this survey result - they generally felt that they were called in as the plan was about to be finalized, or once it was already finalized.

As you review the presentation below, are there any questions you have that you would like clarification on or comments that would be beneficial to you? If so, please comment below or via my About.me profile.

Inside the Mind of the CFO: Understanding the CFO / Lawyer Relationship

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CFO / Lawyer Relationships

In my travels, I speak with many individuals. One of the categories of people I speak with are lawyers.

Lawyers, like CFOs, have a tendancy to be grouped together by those that don't know them. Luckily, I know many different types of lawyers, and I am fortunate to know them.

Many of the Lawyers I have spoken with have mentioned to me that the CFO is one of the key people they deal with in organizations. And that got me thinking.

What is it that is so special about the CFO / Lawyer relationship? I have some opinions, but I want to back it up with fact.

If you are a CFO, I would love to hear your point of view. CFO2Grow has created a short survey to better understand your relationship with Lawyers. Please visit http://conta.cc/bBM0kn to give us your feedback.

I'm looking forward to sharing our insights soon.

Samuel