What people say
Thirty years, and the people who were there
Cook’s Best Of is the material Jim collected while doing the job — at Intuit, at Netflix, at Mozilla, and across the coaching practice since. These are the people who watched him collect it.
Colleagues
Chief executives, investors and operators who worked alongside Jim while the material was being collected.
Jim's content and delivery flies at the highest altitude I've experienced from any other source, and I'm a voracious student of trying to 'find the best'. I've found the best with Jim.
Jim is an amazing CFO and an all-around lovely human being. He's never afraid to ask hard questions, but has the rare skill of being able to ask them kindly. He is brilliant with financial management. One special thing to note is that he always took the time to explain our financial statements and positions to anyone at Mozilla, no matter how junior. He saw it as an educational opportunity, so the person he was talking to would make better choices and investment decisions in the future. I'd happily work for any company with Jim in a leadership role, not just because I like working with Jim, but also because I'd have the utmost confidence in the organization's bottom line and sustainability.
I had the opposite problem with a man named Jim Cook — who ended up as one of the most important members of the Netflix team.
Jim is one of the finest and smartest executives that I have ever had the pleasure to work with. We've worked together twice and I truly hope that we have the opportunity to work together again before too long. Jim combines strong financial and operational acumen with incredible personal integrity and great team spirit. Jim is as good as they come.
Jim is the most flexible and common sense CFO I have ever met. He gives a lot of leeway to people and doesn't make it impossible for them to run their business. Jim is also a very geeky CFO, where his interests are not only in finance and business but also how the technology and industry is evolving. He is extremely supportive. He provides feedback, insights and offers to help where possible. Jim also makes himself vulnerable and shares his challenges and where he'd like help or suggestions. He is a very open CFO and shares everything he knows about finance and truly welcomes answering anyone's questions. Jim makes prompt decisions and champions change.
Coaching clients
Founders, CFOs and COOs Jim has coached through scaling.
Coach. Mentor. Friend. Therapist. Course corrector. The 'Set-Me-Straight Figure'. Jim lifted me up when things were rough. Jim played all these roles over the three years we worked together and was always there for me. His CFO tailored 360 feedback exercise and resulting development plan was career changing. It not only impacted how I was showing up for my peers, my CEO, Board, and my team, but also how I now show up for everyone else in my personal life. Jim helped me identify so many of my blind spots and gain confidence in my biggest areas of doubt.