Frank Aloise: "Get out of the office!"
One of my favorite insights from the interview with Frank was his response to the last question. I asked him what advice he would give to the year 2000 version of himself when he was just starting out at as the CFO at SCH. His response: "Get out of the Office!"
Frank went on to explain that building relationships across the campus is critical because you have to win as a team. Leaders in the business office should often have lunch with the faculty and find other ways to spend time with administrators. You need their trust, which is much easier when they know you as a person rather than just as the budget watchdog.
Doing that, of course, requires changing how you use your time. I'm currently reading the book, Smarter, Faster, Better, by Charles Duhigg, and will share with you some of the strategies he recommends for finding more time in the day.
Keep Growing!
Scott
