the cfo masterclass keynote series
Session 1, May 22, 2020: "Effective Leadership Under Urgency"
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Court Chilton, Senior Lecturer, Work and Organization Studies
MIT Sloan School of Management |
Mich Chandlee, CFO, Fanatics
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John Rex, Executive Coach, Rex Executive Leadership, Former CFO, Microsoft North America
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Learning Objectives:
•Adapting a Leadership Style Consistent with Today's Urgency
•Shortening Decision Making to Achieve Responsiveness
•Bringing People Along in Times of Duress
•Addressing the Immediate while not Losing Sight of the Strategic
About Our Speakers:
MICH CHANDLEE
CFO, Fanatics
As Chief Financial Officer, Michener (Mich) Chandlee oversees business and financial planning, accounting, investor relations, purchasing, tax, treasury and divisional finance for the company. Prior to coming to Fanatics, Mich was Vice President of Corporate Audit and Chief Risk Officer at Nike.
•Adapting a Leadership Style Consistent with Today's Urgency
•Shortening Decision Making to Achieve Responsiveness
•Bringing People Along in Times of Duress
•Addressing the Immediate while not Losing Sight of the Strategic
About Our Speakers:
MICH CHANDLEE
CFO, Fanatics
As Chief Financial Officer, Michener (Mich) Chandlee oversees business and financial planning, accounting, investor relations, purchasing, tax, treasury and divisional finance for the company. Prior to coming to Fanatics, Mich was Vice President of Corporate Audit and Chief Risk Officer at Nike.
COURT CHILTON
Senior Lecturer, Work and Organization Studies, MIT Sloan School of Management.
He has helped large organizations produce business results from learning, coaching, and enterprise-wide change efforts for the last 20 years. His clients have included GE Capital, Deloitte, Fidelity, MIT, Bank of America, Ixis Asset Management, Novartis, Merck, Genzyme, Shire, TJX, Home Depot, Clifford Chance, and Baker McKenzie.
Court has worked internationally on a wide variety of business-building initiatives: creating “branded client experiences;” relationship management and service improvement; sales training and leadership development; executive education and coaching; implementing Six Sigma; professional practice management, and re-engineering the learning function. In the course of these initiatives, he has also developed computer simulations, on-line 360 feedback, and process-embedded e-learning. He is an effective facilitator and coach for senior management teams.Prior to working for MIT’s Sloan School, Court was a senior vice president of The Forum Corporation, based in New York and Boston. In the course of 14 years at Forum, he was responsible for the firm’s core leadership, teaming, and total quality offerings. He also managed the $20M+ mid-Atlantic region for the firm and several strategic client relationships.
Court has worked with a number of educational institutions to design advanced courses, coach faculty, and develop tools that help link learning with work. He has also served as part of a “coaching faculty” for MBA candidates. In addition, through the District Management Council, he has consulted with educational institutions such as the Montclair (NJ) and Lancaster (PA) Public Schools to raise student achievement, decrease costs, and improve operations.
Between college and graduate school Court worked in book and magazine publishing in a variety of marketing roles. He lives outside Boston with his family. He has served on his town’s Finance Committee and recently completed four years of service on the town’s School Committee.
Court received a BA ( magna cum laude with high honors) from Middlebury College and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.
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COURT CHILTON
Senior Lecturer, Work and Organization Studies, MIT Sloan School of Management.
He has helped large organizations produce business results from learning, coaching, and enterprise-wide change efforts for the last 20 years. His clients have included GE Capital, Deloitte, Fidelity, MIT, Bank of America, Ixis Asset Management, Novartis, Merck, Genzyme, Shire, TJX, Home Depot, Clifford Chance, and Baker McKenzie.
Court has worked internationally on a wide variety of business-building initiatives: creating “branded client experiences;” relationship management and service improvement; sales training and leadership development; executive education and coaching; implementing Six Sigma; professional practice management, and re-engineering the learning function. In the course of these initiatives, he has also developed computer simulations, on-line 360 feedback, and process-embedded e-learning. He is an effective facilitator and coach for senior management teams.Prior to working for MIT’s Sloan School, Court was a senior vice president of The Forum Corporation, based in New York and Boston. In the course of 14 years at Forum, he was responsible for the firm’s core leadership, teaming, and total quality offerings. He also managed the $20M+ mid-Atlantic region for the firm and several strategic client relationships.
Court has worked with a number of educational institutions to design advanced courses, coach faculty, and develop tools that help link learning with work. He has also served as part of a “coaching faculty” for MBA candidates. In addition, through the District Management Council, he has consulted with educational institutions such as the Montclair (NJ) and Lancaster (PA) Public Schools to raise student achievement, decrease costs, and improve operations.
Between college and graduate school Court worked in book and magazine publishing in a variety of marketing roles. He lives outside Boston with his family. He has served on his town’s Finance Committee and recently completed four years of service on the town’s School Committee.
Court received a BA ( magna cum laude with high honors) from Middlebury College and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.
Click here for media highlights and more.
JOHN REX
Executive Coach, Rex Executive Leadership, Former CFO, Microsoft North America
John understands the intensity of leading complex businesses because he has literally done it himself. As an executive coach and leadership consultant, his mission is to empower teams and individuals to realize their potential by tapping into their deepest strengths and learning to live more authentically.
During 25 years in executive leadership roles leading 100’s of professionals around the globe, John cultivated a passion for coaching and developing high-performing individuals and teams. He became known as the leader who put people first and consistently built powerful people-centered organizations.
At Microsoft he led several multi-year cultural transformation initiatives for over 1,100 employees worldwide. Business Impact!equipped finance professionals with the tools to identify and assertively advocate for game-changing growth and cost measures, dramatically enhancing their reputations as trusted advisors. MyLife empowered them to make choices at work and home that meaningfully improved their sense of well-being and increased their effectiveness on the job.
John is known for his authenticity, courage and energy in coaching individuals and teams to maximize their potential. Having lived in Latin America for twelve years, he is fluent in Spanish and holds a special appreciation for diverse perspectives. This makes him an inclusive leader who draws on the uniqueness of individuals to increase the power of teams. He loves to transform what is strong into what is superb.
A sense of adventure is at the heart of John’s zest for life. He relishes exploring new ideas, places and cultures. Family, spirituality and community are central to his way of living. Whenever he gets the chance, he escapes into nature where he loves to cycle, backpack, ski, scuba dive and soak in the beauty of this earth. John holds an International MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management. He is a Certified Practitioner of the assessment instruments of The Leadership Circle and a member of the International Coach Federation.
To learn more about John’s substantial professional accomplishments as a CFO at Fortune 100 companies, please click here for his LinkedIn page.
Executive Coach, Rex Executive Leadership, Former CFO, Microsoft North America
John understands the intensity of leading complex businesses because he has literally done it himself. As an executive coach and leadership consultant, his mission is to empower teams and individuals to realize their potential by tapping into their deepest strengths and learning to live more authentically.
During 25 years in executive leadership roles leading 100’s of professionals around the globe, John cultivated a passion for coaching and developing high-performing individuals and teams. He became known as the leader who put people first and consistently built powerful people-centered organizations.
At Microsoft he led several multi-year cultural transformation initiatives for over 1,100 employees worldwide. Business Impact!equipped finance professionals with the tools to identify and assertively advocate for game-changing growth and cost measures, dramatically enhancing their reputations as trusted advisors. MyLife empowered them to make choices at work and home that meaningfully improved their sense of well-being and increased their effectiveness on the job.
John is known for his authenticity, courage and energy in coaching individuals and teams to maximize their potential. Having lived in Latin America for twelve years, he is fluent in Spanish and holds a special appreciation for diverse perspectives. This makes him an inclusive leader who draws on the uniqueness of individuals to increase the power of teams. He loves to transform what is strong into what is superb.
A sense of adventure is at the heart of John’s zest for life. He relishes exploring new ideas, places and cultures. Family, spirituality and community are central to his way of living. Whenever he gets the chance, he escapes into nature where he loves to cycle, backpack, ski, scuba dive and soak in the beauty of this earth. John holds an International MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management. He is a Certified Practitioner of the assessment instruments of The Leadership Circle and a member of the International Coach Federation.
To learn more about John’s substantial professional accomplishments as a CFO at Fortune 100 companies, please click here for his LinkedIn page.