Sarah is the Chief Financial Officer at Summer Friday. She is a dedicated, results oriented, licensed CPA with strong financial management and operational expertise.
Creating a work environment that spurs people to leave can have reputational financial downsides because high turnover brings higher expenses for recruiting, training, and the bad morale that snowballs down to the bottom line. Supporting and fostering their growth and providing a place that they want to work long-term provides the best rate of return for the business.
Functions that aren't necessarily thought of as problems can hasten public relations woes if they're handled poorly by finance leadership.