Andy Watts on The Next Evolution of Leadership

In his latest Forbes Finance Council article, Andy Watts, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, explains the importance of evolving leadership by creating teams of business partners to drive strategic impact across organizations.

“One of the biggest challenges to this ideal I’ve witnessed during my career is simply mindset: Professionals consider themselves only through the lens of their title or role: marketing manager, bookkeeper, special counsel, etc. Helping them understand what being a business partner truly means—personally and to the company—has been essential to shifting their viewpoints toward the true impact and influence their specialization and experience have on our business.”

Andy shares three key practices for evolving leadership into true business partnership:

1. Redefine roles from functional support to strategic partnership
2. Build cross-functional trust through shared accountability and outcomes
3. Empower business partners to think, act, and lead with enterprise-wide impact

Read the full Forbes article here.