It's no surprise that software development professionals and IT leaders don't always see eye to eye with business executives. The two groups often have different goals and priorities. It is, after all, human nature to be most mindful of those concerns which affect you on a daily basis. For the developer, that might be infrastructure stability and for a CFO, it probably has more to do with balancing the ledger in a straightforward manner. Meanwhile, the CEO is concerned with appeasing investors. In recent years, however, one concept has helped to unite teams all across the organization: value stream management (VSM).
This idea, taught in business schools across the country, is a great unifier and rallying point. In fact, I've recently seen many executive-level people getting involved in decisions around software development and the VSM conversation is what makes that possible.