Summary
The research you are about to read is not a study of finance written by finance professionals for finance professionals. Rather, it is a study that seeks to uncover the collaborative efforts that companies are implementingor struggling withto help finance executives understand the new realities of leadership and the behavioral changes required of them. It is about effective leadership behavior and what it will take to ensure that finance executives can meet the lofty business challenges and shareholder initiatives with which they are increasingly confronted. Because of its content and implications, this study will no doubt affect both the professional and personal lives of those choosing to consider and pursue its findings.