Blythe McGarvie started writing a regular featured-column in CFO Europe in January 2003. She continued writing for magazines and published two books. Her most recent book is called Shaking the Globe: Courageous Decision-Making in a Changing World, published by John Wiley & Sons in January 2009. Robert Kraft, Chairman and CEO of the New England Patriots and a global businessman wrote the Foreword.

Blythe McGarvie, author of The FISO Factor and Shaking the Globe, along with numerous other articles, writes about leadership, financial acuity, and trends in the rapidly-changing global business environment.

Shaking the Globe

In Shaking the Globe, Ms. McGarvie writes from the perspective of her experiences in international business. Her board work and professional experiences in India, China, Japan, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Finland, Chile, Mexico, the Philippines, Australia, Singapore, Indonesia, Turkey, Dubai, Russia and beyond have helped shape her views that the world is shaking. Business can provide a common language and goals, but only when the parties’ focus remains on business. In this book, she writes that western business leaders must develop the courage to enter new cultures with a perspective of common interest—not as people holding an attitude of cultural or moral superiority or a self-image of being dominant. This book offers a framework for identifying an individual’s courage quotient and provides a foundation in financial realities to understand the factors that will prepare business executives and their teams to take their organizations onto the global stage and succeed. These factors include cultural norms, winning the war for talent, women working, shareholder interests, entrepreneurs from A to Z as well as values and global context.

Fit In, Stand Out

Fit In Stand Out: Mastering the FISO Factor, The Key to Leadership Effectiveness in Business and Life, was published by McGraw-Hill in October 2005 and distributed outside the US, including Spanish, Indian and Russian language versions. Joe Forehand, former Chairman and CEO of Accenture wrote the Foreword. In Fit in Stand Out, Ms. McGarvie writes about the two critical aspects of a leader: the ability to integrate into a system and work with a team while also having the talent to transform the organization and your own career. Research showed that leadership requires 6 skills that can be developed and lead to confidence, trust, access, innovation, balanced judgment and agility. She writes how and when to fit in and stand out and provides 36 vignettes of individuals whom she interviewed and admired for their performance and genuine success in life. McGarvie opens the book with an author’s note explaining her passion and establishing her authority on this much-needed resource called leadership.

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Blythe McGarvie combines research and practical experience in her writings. In addition to the two published books, she created a case study with Professor Robert Wolcott about innovation. The business school case study titled Wawa: Building a New Business within an Established Firm is available for seminars and coursework through Harvard Business School Cases.

Ms. McGarvie has written articles and provided interviews on business, leadership in a global context, and worldwide economic trends that have appeared in publications such as New York Times, CFO Europe, More (magazine for women over 40), Business Performance Management, Business Finance, Directorship, Agenda and other widely distributed periodicals. In addition, you can read about her in book publications, such as What’s the Big Idea by Thomas H. Davenport, Laurence Prusak, H. James Wilson and the CFO Project Volume 2 and 3 by Montgomery Research.

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