The Growth CFO Void: The Guide to What’s Holding You Back from Becoming a 2% CEO

Through years of experience in business, the military, and university teaching, Kirk W. McLaren developed a keen understanding of why many owners of small - to medium-sized private companies become stuck in the pursuit of revenue growth and profitability. Even better, he came up with a solution he shares in this book: A Growth CFO works side by side with the CEO to obliterate obstacles to growth. It’s a team approach especially valuable for CEOs who are smart enough to know they need great analytics but self-aware enough to know they find poring over numbers tedious, confusing, or intimidating. An author with the mind of a CPA and the spirit of a trusted friend, McLaren has provided an easy-to-follow guide to business owners determined to be top 2% CEOs to win personal financial freedom and fulfill their business objectives.

KIRK W. McLAREN is the CEO of Foresight CFO and a graduate studies lecturer at Georgetown UniversitySchool of Continuing Studies inWashington, DC. He served in theArmy as a behavioral scientist, and he and his wife, Nayarit, have two sons who became Army officers by way ofWest Point Military Academy. Kirk started in business as a revenue assurance manager. Inspired by the teamwork and emphasis on continuous learning he saw in the military and his love for making authentic connections with people, Kirk embarked on a career of helping privately owned businesses make bold moves to grow and profit. He founded Foresight CFO to develop selected financial talent into Growth CFOs who work side by side with CEOs across the full journey from foundation to succession options.