Glenda Lewis

Leadership CFO

Owner of The Leadership Academy & Step Out Transform

 

business action

Specialty

  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Business turnarounds & financial deep dives
  • Leadership specialist & facilitator of the leadership development program – The Leadership Academy
  • Public speaking
  • Strategic support

About Me

I’m Glenda Lewis, a Chief Financial Officer turned Leadership Specialist with a passion for helping businesses grow.

Over the years, I’ve worked with countless business owners who felt overwhelmed by their finances and leadership challenges. I realized their struggles weren’t just about cash flow or team performance—they lacked the systems to manage both effectively.

That’s why I bring together two critical disciplines: financial clarity and leadership strategy.

I’m a Chartered Accountant dually certified in New Zealand and Canada and hold degrees in both Commerce and Science. My post graduate training was at Harvard Business School specialising in driving business performance and financial valuation. I also subsequently completed their executive coaching training program, and since have become Conversant trained on high-performance conversation. So, Finance, people and systems are my speciality!

At 27, I became the youngest CFO in Canada (of the largest staffing company), so growth – personal and professional is my passion! Since then, I have taken on many CFO, COO and CEO roles, and have grown and turned around over 23 different companies (plus two of my own).

So, all this to say I am highly trained, specialised in maximising business for success. My strength lies in my ability to dive deep into numbers and operations and quickly distil the actions that need to be taken to drive businesses towards growth.

All Business Action Partners Share These Core Values

HUMBLY CONFIDENT

Open, honest, real and well-practiced, ready to make a positive difference.

GROW OR DIE

Driven to maximize every situation and take ourselves and our clients to the next level.

DO WHAT WE SAY

Sometimes more, never less.

DO THE RIGHT THING

Never betraying a trust and doing whatever it takes to resolve every issue so people can move forward.

HELP FIRST

Subordinating our personal interests to advance others, always giving value before expecting anything in return.

HUMBLY CONFIDENT

Open, honest, real and well-practiced, ready to make a positive difference.

GROW OR DIE

Driven to maximize every situation and take ourselves and our clients to the next level.

DO WHAT WE SAY

Sometimes more, never less.

DO THE RIGHT THING

Never betraying a trust and doing whatever it takes to resolve every issue so people can move forward.

HELP FIRST

Subordinating our personal interests to advance others, always giving value before expecting anything in return.

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