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The Finance Leader Podcast
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What separates finance professionals who influence strategy from those who only report the numbers? The answer isn't better spreadsheets. It's developing the judgment, leadership, and business acumen to become a trusted strategic advisor. The Finance Leader Podcast helps finance and accounting professionals, FP&A teams, controllers, CFOs, business owners, and executive leaders strengthen the connection between finance, operations, and strategy. Episodes provide practical insights, proven frameworks, and real-world lessons to help you improve decision making, develop executive presence, build stronger partnerships across the organization, and create measurable business value. Hosted by Stephen McLain, a retired U.S. Army Finance Officer and corporate FP&A and accounting consultant, the podcast combines military leadership experience with practical corporate finance expertise to help finance professionals lead with greater confidence and strategic impact. Start with the trailer, then subscribe so you never miss an episode. Thank you!
Dec. 22, 2020

Bonus Episode 15: A Message of Hope

Bonus Episode 15: A Message of Hope

Send us Fan Mail Hope has always been my most significant way of moving forward, dealing with adversity, and becoming more resilient. Hope is what keeps me going. I know that tomorrow and next week will be better. No matter what happens to me today….tomorrow is better. Today is already here….tomorrow will give me relief. Tomorrow is where I reside and see the great possibilities. You can download the Leadership Growth Blueprint for Finance and Accounting Managers here. You can use this guid...

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Hope has always been my most significant way of moving forward, dealing with adversity, and becoming more resilient. Hope is what keeps me going. I know that tomorrow and next week will be better. No matter what happens to me today….tomorrow is better. Today is already here….tomorrow will give me relief. Tomorrow is where I reside and see the great possibilities.

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Transcript
Stephen McLain:

Hi, this is Stephen McLain of the finance leader podcast. This is bonus episode number 15. I wanted to share a message of hope this week. Hope is always been my most significant way of moving forward, dealing with adversity and becoming more resilient. Hope is what keeps me going. I know that tomorrow and next week will be better. No matter what happens to me today, tomorrow is always better. Today is already here. Tomorrow will give me relief. Tomorrow is where I reside, and see the great possibilities. I live the life of a soldier for well over 20 years. Hope is what keeps military members moving forward. Moving forward is always better than staying still. It's harder for the enemy to target you. If you are moving. Keep moving forward. keep focusing on the positive. With every challenge and every setback, we get stronger and more focused. Find a wonderful, supportive inner circle of friends and colleagues to help you move forward to help you find hope. Resilience is about recovering and reforming. After we have been bent, compressed, strained, and maybe even broken. building resilience means we recover quicker and better. Each time something tough enters our life. Stay positive, stay strong. Stay focused on your goals find hope. This is December, many look to December for hope and something special. Even in a crazy year we can find it. We all look for hope in different ways. December has a wonderful collection of holiday traditions from around the world. Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day and many others. Next week, I will give you a preview of season five and Episode 36 which will debut on January 5, you will have some homework to do. We're going to talk about goal setting for 2021. Have a great week. Please find hope. And I wish you a great holiday time. Stay safe and thank you for the incredible support this year.