Better Decisions Through Shared Information 

Real Value & Tangible Benfits - Effectively Delivered

  • Today's growth company CFOs are increasingly challenged with responding to company needs that fall outside of the financial and accounting disciplines.
  • Business issues often arise that put the CFO in unfamiliar territory.
  • Most growth company CFO's lack a reliable peer network that provides a forum for an intensive exchange of information, strategies and tactics on an "in time" basis.
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“The Collaborative CFO Work Group has been one of the most influential learning and development experiences of my career.   Regardless of the size of our companies, we all face ​similar challenges and circumstances as CFOs, and it can be a lonely role at times.  The opportunity this group provides to network and build long term relationships with peers who bring such a breadth of experience and are willing to share their knowledge is invaluable, both from a professional and personal perspective. 
​I am grateful to be part of it!”
 
Barb Hilbert, CFO, Luther Automotive Group
CFO WorkGroup member for 20 years

How The Collaborative CFO WorkGroup Works

The Collaborative CFO WorkGroup provides an on-going forum for growth company CFOs to exchange business experiences and knowledge in order to gain:
  • Information
  • Perspective
  • Decision options and opinions
  • ​Resolution of business issues facing the CFO every day
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“The Collaborative CFO WorkGroup is an amazing resource and forum.  The opportunity to share initiatives we are considering or issues that we are encountering in a confidential setting is extremely valuable.  The real value lies in the group's questions and feedback on our initiatives, as well as the genuine support on the challenges we face. When I returned to Minnesota, I immediately rejoined
The Collaborative CFO WorkGroup.”

​David Nelsen, CFO, Bluestone Physician Services
CFO WorkGroup Member 2003-2009; 2018-Present

Benefits to Your Business

  • Better decisions in less time
  • Accelerated company and personal performance
  • Access to an expanded network of valuable experiences and pertinent information
  • The opportunity to benchmark your company's needs against the other companies' experiences
  • Access to respected guest professionals in a candid forum through The Collaborative® database
  • An objective, confidential and more intensive forum than other peer, education or association forums
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"The CFO WorkGroup provides the most valuable development and real life work place insights that I have ever experienced.  It is a highlight of my month."

Darran Spence, CEO, Apothecary Products
CFO WorkGroup member for 12 years until promotion to CEO
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​“The CFO WorkGroup is something I look forward to every month!  I really enjoy The CFO WorkGroup format. It is very efficient and maximizes our time together to share solid, strategic inputs amongst our peers while also providing valuable networking.  The quality of the CFO members and the speakers provided by The Collaborative are top notch.”
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Kelly Larson, CFO, Herregan Distributors
CFO WorkGroup member for 19 years, 2 companies
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Benefits to You

  • Expanded network of accessible, reliable peer contacts
  • An opportunity to step away from the office setting and focus on your most critical agenda items in an efficient way
  • Valued business friendships
  • Fun, stimulating, supportive, challenging and enlightening
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"I highly recommend this group to all CFOs. For me it has been a great, time-efficient source of information-----from the other CFOs to the guest speakers to the other resources available through The Collaborative. The facilitator keeps things moving right along and much is accomplished in those three hours. The Collaborative CFO WorkGroup gives me a chance to step out the the office environment and see things with a new, clear perspective."

Kim Nelson, CFO, SPS Commerce
CFO WorkGroup member for 16 years

WorkGroup Specifics

  • Limited Group Size: 10-18; Ten morning meetings per year at high quality, private facility with breakfasts.
  • Limited to Senior Finance Executive with companies whose business does not involve serving as a resources to growing companies
  • Professionally facilitated; Agendas, in-depth materials and profiles developed and facilitated by The Collaborative
  • Guest speakers at select meetings (if desired)
Please contact: The Collaborative for details on Participation Fee and Eligibility. 
Email:  [email protected]  Phone: 612-338-3828.