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FIT IN, STAND OUT: Mastering the FISO Factor, by Blythe McGarvie (McGraw-Hill, October 2005, Hardcover: $21.95).
One of only ten female CFOs in the Fortune 500 pantheon, noted leadership expert Blythe McGarvie has forged a breakthrough program for managing the two forces that power business success - integration (Fit In) and transformation (Stand Out). In Fit In, Stand Out , McGarvie teaches principles that can help anyone in business become a more effective leader by discovering and mastering the FISO Factor.
In the 90's, success was all about standing out. Celebrity CEOs and visionary mavericks were the rage, and the news was full of their meteoric rises.and sudden falls. Then came Enron and WorldCom, and executives hunkered down, driven by the imperative to just fit in and avoid being the next blade of tall grass to get mowed. In Fit In, Stand Out , McGarvie shows that today, fitting in and standing out, integration and transformation, are the yin and yang of business. Leaders will succeed by proactively managing the two in a critical balance.
"Helping a company grow and meet its objectives is job #1 for any business leader," says McGarvie, founder and president of Leadership for International Finance. "Today, that means working within the system, but also transforming it. My program will show any leader how to build support and maintain his or her company's culture while also leading the company beyond its current limits."
"Fit In" is the process of integrating oneself into the culture and structure of a company. It is discovering how things get done and establishing oneself as a team player. To "fit in" means to support, maintain, and work within the system. "Stand Out" is the process of transforming the system. It is knowing how and when to advocate change and successful organizational growth. To "stand out" means to lead the system beyond its established boundaries. Together, they constitute the FISO Factor.
In this insightful new book, McGarvie proves that no businessperson can be successful in the long-term by pursuing only one imperative or the other. Those who are focused only on fitting in will never take themselves or their company beyond the status quo. Their destiny is to be passed over again and again. Conversely, those who are focused only on standing out will never establish the platform of support required to succeed. Their destiny is to stand alone. Successful business careers must be built on both imperatives. Aspiring leaders must discover McGarvie's FISO Factor. Find out more at www.FISOfactor.com.
Blythe McGarvie incites readers to think about the connections between success, ethics, and financial prowess.
-Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft
Blythe distills what really works from real life experiences in order to share how to be a successful leader. People who want to be better leaders should learn from these experiences and achieve success and peace of mind simultaneously.
-Ram Charan, Bestselling co-author of Execution and Confronting Reality
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Blythe McGarvie is the founder and CEO of Leadership for International Finance, a team of successful consultants drawn from the ranks of senior-level executives in various functional and industry specialties, who provides strategic and financial advice to help clients achieve their corporate objectives. (URL: www.LIFgroup.com ).
McGarvie draws on a vast experience base including serving on the Boards of Directors of Accenture Ltd., Pepsi Bottling Group, St. Paul Travelers, Lafarge North America, and Wawa Inc., and further draws on her past work experience as chief financial officer for BIC Group, based in Paris, and as executive vice-president and chief financial officer of Hannaford Bros. Co., a Fortune 500 food retailer. She also has held senior financial positions at Sara Lee Corporation and Kraft Foods. Ms. McGarvie is a Certified Public Accountant and holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management. Recently, she was appointed Senior Fellow at Kellogg Innovation Network at the Kellogg School of Management.
A dynamic keynote speaker and author of numerous articles on business leadership and strategy, McGarvie has more than two decades of experience designing and implementing major corporate financial initiatives. She addresses thousands of businesspeople each year at meetings, conferences, and forums hosted by BusinessWeek, The Economist, CFO, Institutional Investor, Fortune, Global Finance, Business Finance, The Conference Board, The Brookings Institution, KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte and Touche, Procter & Gamble, International Mass Retail Association, CIES Food Business World Summit, Forum of Executive Women, Harvard University, Northwestern University, Emory University, and Fletcher School of Diplomacy at Tufts University.
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