Mike RichardsGlobal Treasury Recruiter & Podcast Host Connecting Talent

Navigating Career Growth and Execution in Treasury

27 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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Spoken monologue (YouTube) where the speaker recounts candid feedback that they did not yet meet qualifications for a role (e.g., "Most of the people in this position have 10 years of experience. They have an MBA.") and frames that feedback as a constructive roadmap for development. The speaker then emphasizes the high-stakes, often thankless nature of treasury M&A work—funding and deal-closing must be 100% correct because mistakes escalate to the CEO—arguing that flawless execution and accountability are central to their team's playbook.

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I asked him if I would have an opportunity to apply for that. Most of the people in this position have 10 years of experience. They have an MBA. And while I think you're a great person, you don't quite have the qualifications yet. And so it was hard for me to hear that, but I think it was great for me to hear that as well, because it gave me a path forward on what I needed to do. I always like to tell my team that, look, funding an M and a deal at closing is a little bit of a thankless job. I'm going to thank you and I'm going to tell you I really appreciate it, but it's one of these things that if everything goes well, no one knows. If something goes wrong, everybody knows, and it goes to the CEO of the company. So we have to be 100% correct every single time. We can't get that wrong. And so that's one of the other parts of the playbook on there that we talk about is just, look, our ability to execute at a high level is absolutely critical in all those different names.