The Illiterate Executive
Master financial acumen
An executive’s handbook that moves from double-entry bookkeeping to risk management—without losing sight of how finance works in the real world.
About the book
Your MBA in finance, in one practical volume
Blair covers the essentials of finance through stories of executives whose gaps in financial acumen affected their performance.
Each story leads into the principles every executive should understand, with an emphasis on useful application instead of unnecessary theory.
About the author
Blair Cook CPA, MBA
A many-time corporate director and former CFO, Blair is an academic-practitioner and perpetual learner.
He observes and tests financial and management theories in real-world contexts, then shares the successes, failures, and lessons with people developing their own leadership.
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