This content includes a paid partnership with BetterHelp Online Counseling. Get matched with a credentialed therapist and start your growth journey today at https://betterhelp.com/kingdems for 10 percent off.Most business leaders are trapped in reactive decision-making. Dr. Oleg Konovalov explains why visionary leadership, financial clarity and long term thinking matter more than AI hype if companies want sustainable business growth and profitability.Vision is not strategy. Vision creates the future. Strategy only builds the bridge.In this powerful episode of Diary of a CFO | Financial Strategies for Smart Business Growth, Ademola Odewade sits down with globally recognized visionary leadership expert Dr. Oleg Konovalov, often called the “Da Vinci of Visionary Leadership”, to unpack how CFOs, founders and executives can stop reacting to chaos and start building future ready businesses.This conversation explores financial leadership, AI in business, business growth, resilience, strategic thinking and the mindset shifts required to scale successfully in uncertain markets.Dr. Oleg shares why many executives have become firefighters, why culture directly impacts financial performance and how clarity becomes the ultimate competitive advantage in the AI era.Diary of a CFO ranks in the Global Top 3 percent on ListenNotes. Help us reach the Global Top 1 percent by leaving a rating on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.KEY INSIGHTS: • Why visionary leadership drives sustainable business growth while reactive leadership destroys momentum• How CFOs and business leaders can move from firefighting to future focused growth strategies• Why vision shapes markets while strategy defines execution• How AI in business should strengthen decision making rather than replace leadership judgment• Why organizational culture directly impacts profitability, retention and long term growth• How leaders create intangible business assets such as trust, accountability and alignment• Why value creation scales faster than pricing increases• How the PASSAT framework helps leaders regain clarity during uncertainty• Why future focused thinking is becoming the defining executive capability of the AI era• How wisdom compounds leadership effectiveness while information alone does notGUEST LINKS🌐 Visionary Leadership Institute: https://vli.global/💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-oleg-konovalov/📚 Books:• The Vision Code• Leaderology• Beyond Chaos• The Fisherman’s Path to Leadership🔥 Power Your Growth With The Exact Tools We UseWe run the Diary of a CFO ecosystem using best in class AI, finance, productivity, media and growth tools trusted by founders, executives and high performance teams globally.Explore the curated stack: https://kingdemspodcast.com/toolsSmarter tools. Better growth. Bigger wins.

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