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Last updated Nov 12, 2024

Best Books For CFOs to Read & Study

Written by Drew Tullio
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The speakers at our popular Path to Becoming a CFO series unequivocally endorse continuous learning. Orbital Insight CFO and Netflix Co-founder, Jim Cook, advised,

“Just be a voracious reader. I take the path that I’m going to learn at least one thing from any event I attend or any book I read.”

He singled out Patrick Lencioni’s “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team” and “Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling Mainstream Products to Disruptive Customers,” by Geoffrey A. Moore, as being two of his top picks.

What’s your favorite business or finance book? How has it impacted your life? If you’re feeling inspired, it’s time to dive into a book — after all, reading is good for your career. Not only is it a proven way to relieve stress, but reading improves empathy, broadens your vocabulary, improves decision-making faculties, and sparks creativity, to name just a few reasons to pick up a good book. It’s no wonder Warren Buffet famously recommended reading 500 pages a day as a recipe for success: “That’s how knowledge works. It builds up, like compound interest. All of you can do it, but I guarantee not many of you will do it.”

In an informal poll, some recommended books named by the Off the Ledger community of independent finance professionals included:

In addition to the books on the Forbes list, some recommendations from Airbase team members include:

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