#PEOPLE · LinkedIn original
If the CEO is afraid of the CFO, it is not because the CFO has too much power.
If the CEO is afraid of the CFO, it is not because the CFO has too much power.
The operating model has too little.
From around €50–100 million, almost the same thing always happens:
→ Complexity grows faster than the decision structure
→ CEO and CFO reach for the same decisions
→ Responsibilities overlap
It feels like a power struggle.
It is structural failure.
Most respond in the wrong way:
→ Coaching for the CEO
→ Communication training for the CFO
→ Mediation between the two
Feeling threatened at C-level is not a people problem.
It is a diagnosis.
What is missing is simple — but rarely built properly:
Who decides what — with which mandate?
Without this clarity, a system emerges in which two roles carry the same responsibility.
Which means: Conflict is guaranteed.
Structure resolves it.
Personality does not.
When did you last define who decides what?
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