Blythe J. McGarvie is Chief Executive Officer of LIF Group and serves on the boards of Accenture, Viacom, and Wawa. She was a pioneering CFO, and in 1995, was one of only 10 female CFOs in the Fortune 500.
She speaks worldwide to audiences on consumer markets, worldwide economic trends, and leadership strategy. Blythe McGarvie is a professional speaker who loves to reach audiences large or small. Her vision is that business is a positive force for strengthening the global community. She executes her vision with companies and individuals through her speeches, writings, board service and coaching.
In addition, she has developed a unique senior management consortium at LIF Group who, individually and collectively, provide selected companies with essential strategic and practical solutions for profitable growth. We invite you to explore the videos and the website. Her motto is to provide insight, influence and leadership to create high performance.
Blythe McGarvie discusses globalization and global business leadership as part of the Wall Street Journal video series America: A Portfolio of Ideas.
Blythe McGarvie is one of the world's leading authorities on finance, leadership, and decision-making in a changing world.
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Blythe McGarvie's board biographies
Read Blythe's new book:
Shaking the Globe:
Courageous Decision-Making in a Changing World, by Blythe J. McGarvie, with a foreward by Robert Kraft (Wiley, 2009).
Blythe McGarvie discusses globalization and global business leadership as part of the Wall Street Journal's video series "America: A Portfolio of Ideas" (press release | video).
Business Finance magazine features an article by Blythe McGarvie, "Taking Stock of your Courage Quotient" (web | PDF).
Blythe McGarvie is featured in a CFO Magazine article, "Starwood Studies Abroad," about preparing business leaders for foreign markets (web | PDF).
Blythe McGarvie is featured in an Agenda Week article, "Going Global: How Boards Can Help Companies Make the Leap" (PDF).
Blythe McGarvie is featured in an article, "Corporate Directors Share their Insights on M & A Success," by Jackie Bassett and J. R. Taylor (PDF).
FTI Journal interviews Blythe McGarvie in an article on "Pressure Points," in which corporate directors discuss the best ways to respond and a board’s proper role in helping companies compete and prosper (PDF).
Blythe McGarvie is interviewed on the global economy and jobs on Monsters and Money in the Morning, on Chicago's CBS 2 (video).
Blythe McGarvie to give keynote address at 85Broads.com Women’s Power Breakfast: "Courage: A Vital Ingredient for Happiness & Success." All attendees will receive a copy of Blythe's best-selling book, Shaking the Globe: Courageous Decision-Makers in a Changing World. Wednesday, April 07, 2010 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m., Vanderbilt Suites, MetLife Building,
200 Park Ave. at E 45th St., New York, New York 10166. Click for more information...
Virginia Lawyers Media has included Blythe McGarvie in its Class of 2010 of “Influential Women of Virginia.” This awards program, started last year, recognizes the outstanding efforts of women in the commonwealth in all fields, including law, business, health care, education and the arts (PDF).
Podcast: Blythe McGarvie on Making Courageous Decisions in a Changing World. It's a different world, but it's a world full of new business opportunities open to anyone with the courage to seize them.
Blythe McGarvie featured in Chief Executive magazine in "How Global Is Your Board?" article (PDF | HTML).
Blythe McGarvie to receive honorary degree from Old Dominion University in Virginia. Watch the webcast here on Saturday, December 19, 2009.
Blythe McGarvie publishes an article in Business Week entitled, "Why Women Make a Difference in the Boardroom," discussing that although there are more women than ever in executive positions these days, their scarcity in the boardroom could be hurting U.S. business.
Blythe McGarvie writes, "Staying Green with the Economy in the Red: Why Your Environmental Initiatives Matter Even More in Difficult Times" in the The Deluxe Knowledge Quarterly (PDF).
