>Dedicated CFOs and accounting types are simply doing their job. Their singular focus is often the bottom line and the company's financial health.
I disagree that anyone in a corporation should have a "singular focus". As an IT person at an investment bank I've seen numerous times IT people just "do what they're told to do" rather than offer a true consultative relationship to the business. A truly successful person realizes their limitations but offers reasonable suggestions on things that other people may have missed.
I used to work at publicly traded insurance companies and there was often a marketing vs. underwriting struggle but nobody on either side ever had a "singular focus" because it's the lazy way to bankruptcy for the corporation.
I disagree that anyone in a corporation should have a "singular focus". As an IT person at an investment bank I've seen numerous times IT people just "do what they're told to do" rather than offer a true consultative relationship to the business. A truly successful person realizes their limitations but offers reasonable suggestions on things that other people may have missed.
I used to work at publicly traded insurance companies and there was often a marketing vs. underwriting struggle but nobody on either side ever had a "singular focus" because it's the lazy way to bankruptcy for the corporation.