Strategic Insight

The message of today’s podcast is that the more you live your values, the more effective you will be in terms both of personal achievements and strategic influencing, to get the right things done. But how do you effectively identify your core values? In today’s episode of our strategic insights podcast Caroline shares top tips on how to identify your core values.

Caroline Stockmann was Chief Executive of the Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) until April 2023. The ACT is the only professional treasury body with a Royal Charter. We set the global benchmark for treasury excellence and lead the profession through our internationally recognised qualifications, by defining standards and by championing continuing professional development. We are the authentic voice of the treasury profession representing the interests of the real economy and educating, supporting and leading the treasurers of today and tomorrow. www.treasurers.org 

Produced by Juris Productions

Operational, personal or even strategic networking can prompt some negative reactions to some of us. In today’s podcast,Caroline explores the importance of networking in our development, as well as the need to stay authentic to our values and treat others with respect, as we embark on the networking journey. She shares recommendations on how we can view networking as a positive and gain something from our interactions with those we engage with. Although the times are unpredictable, it is important to remember networking can still be achieved in a virtual world.

Caroline Stockmann was Chief Executive of the Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) until April 2023. The ACT is the only professional treasury body with a Royal Charter. We set the global benchmark for treasury excellence and lead the profession through our internationally recognised qualifications, by defining standards and by championing continuing professional development. We are the authentic voice of the treasury profession representing the interests of the real economy and educating, supporting and leading the treasurers of today and tomorrow. www.treasurers.org

Produced by Juris Productions

How do we build buy-in from others?  When working with others we are dealing with the complexity of different people’s perceptions and experiences, political and personal aspects that the particular project will stir up; and different people’s styles and ways of working too – so it can be a bit challenging. In today’s episode, Caroline talks about building buy-in and shares with us a useful approach she developed when looking at a strategy for a new team or organisation, or for a particular project which has produced some great results.  She also reminds us that the key to success is always thinking of the bigger picture and specifically highlights the need for diversity and inclusion.

Caroline Stockmann was Chief Executive of the Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) until April 2023. The ACT is the only professional treasury body with a Royal Charter. We set the global benchmark for treasury excellence and lead the profession through our internationally recognised qualifications, by defining standards and by championing continuing professional development. We are the authentic voice of the treasury profession representing the interests of the real economy and educating, supporting and leading the treasurers of today and tomorrow. www.treasurers.org

Produced by Juris Productions

Successful partnerships lead to greater success in business, and partner management is something we should all be thinking about. Today Caroline reflects on partner management and talks about the importance of effective negotiations with others, and how successful negotiations can lead us to win-win partnerships. She shares recommendations and tips that can help us build long term, successful and sustainable partnerships that will be beneficial and contribute to achieving our overall business objectives.

Caroline Stockmann was Chief Executive of the Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) until April 2023. The ACT is the only professional treasury body with a Royal Charter. We set the global benchmark for treasury excellence and lead the profession through our internationally recognised qualifications, by defining standards and by championing continuing professional development. We are the authentic voice of the treasury profession representing the interests of the real economy and educating, supporting and leading the treasurers of today and tomorrow. www.treasurers.org

Produced by Juris Productions

At times when we have been working too hard, or are going through significant stress - both of which are front of mind in the current COVID-19 crisis - we need to think about our own wellbeing, and in particular how we can boost our resilience. A coach who has worked with the ACT, Gavin Aubrey, talks about the 5 boosters: learning, being in the present, connecting with family and friends, being active, and giving. In this podcast Caroline focuses on two of these: learning and giving. There is an astonishing 87% improvement in mental wellbeing when someone joins an education programme, according to The National Institute of Adult Education, and the positive effects are backed up by other research too.

With thanks to Gavin Aubrey.

Caroline Stockmann was Chief Executive of the Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) until April 2023. The ACT is the only professional treasury body with a Royal Charter. We set the global benchmark for treasury excellence and lead the profession through our internationally recognised qualifications, by defining standards and by championing continuing professional development. We are the authentic voice of the treasury profession representing the interests of the real economy and educating, supporting and leading the treasurers of today and tomorrow. www.treasurers.org

Produced by Juris Productions

Being resilient is important as it determines how quickly we can ‘bounce back’ from events or situations, but there is often a misconception that we are either resilient or not. In this episode, Caroline talks about the characteristics of resilient people in order to see where we sit in terms of resilience as well as consider ways that we might like to approach life to strengthen our resilience.  

Caroline Stockmann was Chief Executive of the Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) until April 2023. The ACT is the only professional treasury body with a Royal Charter. We set the global benchmark for treasury excellence and lead the profession through our internationally recognised qualifications, by defining standards and by championing continuing professional development. We are the authentic voice of the treasury profession representing the interests of the real economy and educating, supporting and leading the treasurers of today and tomorrow. www.treasurers.org

Produced by Juris Productions

Taking on new approaches can be daunting. In this episode, Caroline talks about muscle memory and how we can apply it in the business world. She shares with us her experience as a classically trained flautist and piccolo player, and reflects on how strong the analogy of learning an instrument is with developing ourselves in other ways. She gives us tips on how to overcome the challenges of taking on new approaches or adopting different styles when they might not feel exactly authentic. Caroline also shares her learnings from the late Mark Hemstedt, as she highlights the themes of repetition and ‘little and often’ when implementing new learning.

Caroline Stockmann was Chief Executive of the Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) until April 2023. The ACT is the only professional treasury body with a Royal Charter. We set the global benchmark for treasury excellence and lead the profession through our internationally recognised qualifications, by defining standards and by championing continuing professional development. We are the authentic voice of the treasury profession representing the interests of the real economy and educating, supporting and leading the treasurers of today and tomorrow. www.treasurers.org

Produced by Juris Productions

In today's podcast, Caroline reflects on how we can learn to act as leaders. She looks at why external inputs are important to continuing development and offers tips on how we can hone our leadership skills.

Caroline Stockmann was Chief Executive of the Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) until April 2023. The ACT is the only professional treasury body with a Royal Charter. We set the global benchmark for treasury excellence and lead the profession through our internationally recognised qualifications, by defining standards and by championing continuing professional development. We are the authentic voice of the treasury profession representing the interests of the real economy and educating, supporting and leading the treasurers of today and tomorrow. www.treasurers.org

Produced by Juris Productions

Dealing with fear can be challenging, especially in times of crisis such as this. We all have our deep-seated fears – about not being liked, about not being successful, about not making our family proud, or even about failing publicly – there are infinite possibilities! In this episode Caroline shares her views on how to deal with fear and talks about the benefits of negativity.

With thanks to Susan David and Janet Jones

Caroline Stockmann was Chief Executive of the Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) until April 2023. The ACT is the only professional treasury body with a Royal Charter. We set the global benchmark for treasury excellence and lead the profession through our internationally recognised qualifications, by defining standards and by championing continuing professional development. We are the authentic voice of the treasury profession representing the interests of the real economy and educating, supporting and leading the treasurers of today and tomorrow. www.treasurers.org

Produced by Juris Productions

How can we manage our reactions to situations? A particularly relevant question in today's time of crisis, with many of us working under pressure and at a physical distance from our teams and peers. Reflecting back on the motivational states model in the last podcast: what drives us into those various motivational state boxes?  Is it as simple as an event occurs, causing a reaction and emotion in ourselves – leading to a state of ‘survival’ or ‘impossibility’, for example?  Research tells us that it’s not the event that causes our reaction, but our mind.  So, how do we start training ourselves in this potential conflict zone between ourselves and our minds?

You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself. Leonardo da Vinci

With thanks to Janet Jones

Caroline Stockmann was Chief Executive of the Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) until April 2023. The ACT is the only professional treasury body with a Royal Charter. We set the global benchmark for treasury excellence and lead the profession through our internationally recognised qualifications, by defining standards and by championing continuing professional development. We are the authentic voice of the treasury profession representing the interests of the real economy and educating, supporting and leading the treasurers of today and tomorrow. www.treasurers.org

Produced by Juris Productions