Human Capital: Page 28

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    RPA Is Maturing but Still ‘Scratching the Surface’

    A year and a half after CFO took an in-depth look at robotic process automation (RPA), where does the still-youthful technology stand today? To find out, we turned to a career General Electric finance and technology executive who in February cut the cord and signed on for a key role with RPA vend...

    By • Feb. 27, 2018
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    Be Wary of Promoting Top Sales Reps

    For those who thought the Peter Principle was an old wives’ tale, three university professors want to set them straight.A new working paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research finds evidence consistent with the Peter Principle, which holds that companies prioritize current job performanc...

    By • Feb. 26, 2018
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    Existing Wellness Programs Don’t Impress Workers

    The many efforts employers have made in recent years toward improving the health of their work force don’t seem to have impressed the employees very much.There is a significant disconnect at work here. For example, while 56% of surveyed employers said they believed that their well-being programs ...

    By • Feb. 22, 2018
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    Why You Should ‘Lose the Résumé’ to Land a Job

    The now-effective CEO pay ratio rule is just the latest reminder of the divergent employment experiences of top executives versus the rank and file. Among companies that filed their 2018 proxy statements by Feb. 1, CEOs earned an average 140 times more than their median-compensated employees, acc...

    By • Feb. 8, 2018
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    Trade Policy Jitters Fuel Decline in Solar Jobs

    Employment in the U.S. solar industry fell last year for the first time in a decade, with the Trump administration’s protectionist trade policies being partly responsible, according to a new survey.The Solar Foundation, a nonprofit focused on solar energy research and education, said the number o...

    By Matthew Heller • Feb. 7, 2018
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    Three Ways to Bridge the Finance Talent Gap

    Chances are, when I’m not at my day job or with my family, you can find me at my favorite Bay Area wine shop. Before you judge, let me clarify that I am part owner of this particular shop.Spending my time there, interacting with people of all ages, has validated something for me: millennials are ...

    By Todd McElhatton and Zuora • Jan. 31, 2018
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    10 Habits of Highly Effective CFOs

    For many CFOs, the idea of achieving a satisfying work-life balance is something of a fantasy. The hours are long, and the pressure to excel — making certain every big-picture strategy is sound, virtually every detail precisely right — is extreme. Jack McCullough One could point to almost any fin...

    By • Jan. 26, 2018
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    Starbucks Boosts Pay, Benefits in $250M Move

    Starbucks has become the first big name in the food and beverage sector to announce new employee benefits in the wake of the new tax law, with a pay hike and an expanded sick-leave policy among the perks.The world’s largest coffee chain said the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act had “accelerated” its decisio...

    By Matthew Heller • Jan. 26, 2018
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    Papa John’s CFO to Take Jack in the Box Job

    In a reshuffle of the finance chief ranks at two of the largest U.S. restaurant companies, Lance Tucker is joining Jack in the Box after seven years as CFO at Papa John’s.Tucker’s tenure at Papa John’s will end in March, when he will replace Jerry Rebel as Jack in the Box’s finance chief. His dep...

    By Matthew Heller • Jan. 17, 2018
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    Humana Puts Tax Savings Into Worker Benefits

    Healthcare insurer Humana is offering additional benefits including a minimum wage hike to employees as a result of the new tax law.The GOP tax package reduces the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%. In response, Humana will raise the minimum hourly rate in the continental U.S. for full- and part...

    By Matthew Heller • Jan. 17, 2018
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    Workplace Class Actions Soared in 2017

    The monetary value of the top workplace class-action settlements rose dramatically in 2017, eclipsing the previous high reached two years earlier by almost 10%, according to the latest annual report by law firm Seyfarth Shaw.The top 10 settlements last year had an aggregate value of $2.72 billion...

    By • Jan. 16, 2018
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    James Kavanaugh Named IBM Finance Chief

    IBM has named James Kavanaugh, a 22-year company veteran, as its new CFO, replacing Martin Schroeter.Kavanaugh moved immediately into his new job after serving for three years as a senior vice president heading IBM’s transformation efforts. He was previously controller from May 2008 to January 20...

    By Matthew Heller • Jan. 12, 2018
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    To Make More Money, CEOs Harm Company Value

    CEOs are motivated by opportunities to pad their personal bottom lines, even when taking advantage of them can be expected to harm the companies they lead, two new research papers suggest.The studies establish a link between the amount of a CEO’s awarded equity — stock and stock options — that ve...

    By • Jan. 9, 2018
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    CFOs on the Move: Week Ending Dec. 29

    Finance chief Peter Federico has been promoted to president and chief operating officer at MTGE Investment, effective March 31. At that time, chief accounting officer Donald Holley will become head of finance. Holley started at the firm as controller in 2011 and took over his current post in 2016...

    By Joan Urdang • Dec. 29, 2017
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    Big Company Aims for Operational Discipline

    TE Connectivity is, in one sense, a very mature entity, with roots going back to the 1940s. The $14 billion enterprise has been a stand-alone public company since 2007, when former parent Tyco International spun off two of its big divisions.Heath Mitts In another sense, the company is as modern a...

    By • Dec. 27, 2017
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    SEC Gets Back to Full Five-Member Strength

    The U.S. Senate has confirmed two nominees to the Securities and Exchange Commission, giving the regulator a full complement of commissioners for the first time since 2015.Democratic appointee Robert Jackson and Republican appointee Hester Peirce were confirmed on Thursday during an executive ses...

    By Matthew Heller • Dec. 22, 2017
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    GOP Tax Bill Spurs Corporate Bonus-Giving

    A number of companies including Comcast-NBC Universal, AT&T, and Fifth Third Bancorp have announced they will pay employees a bonus after the Republican tax bill becomes law.Once President Donald Trump signs the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which has passed both houses of Congress, it will reduce t...

    By Matthew Heller • Dec. 21, 2017
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    GE Slims Down Further With Power Layoffs

    The streamlining of General Electric continued Thursday as the conglomerate announced it will cut 12,000 jobs at its power unit to help save $1 billion.The layoffs will cut nearly one in five positions at GE Power, which has been hit by overcapacity, the growth of renewables, and the “softening” ...

    By Matthew Heller • Dec. 7, 2017
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    CFOs on the Move: Week Ending Dec. 1

    Marc Levine will join athenahealth as executive vice president on Dec. 15 and will become CFO and treasurer on Jan. 2. As CFO he will replace John Kane, who has been serving as interim CFO following the departure of Karl Stubelis. Stubelis himself had a fairly short tenure; he served for only abo...

    By Joan Urdang • Dec. 1, 2017
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    Who Qualifies to Be CFO of a Tech Firm?

    Many finance chiefs can ably switch industries, such as jumping from manufacturing to retail. It seems, though, that finance executives who grew up in the technology field tend to stay in it, right up through the CFO level.CFOs Tony Callini and Kim Drapkin Of course, “technology” is not a single ...

    By • Nov. 28, 2017
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    Tech CFOs Grow Desperate for Talent

    At the recent MIT Sloan CFO Summit near Boston, what was ostensibly a session about building deal teams in advance of tech-sector M&A transactions veered into a gripe-fest about the severe shortage of high-quality professionals of many different types.John Kinzer Given the extreme and acceler...

    By • Nov. 22, 2017
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    CFOs on the Move: Week Ending Nov. 23

    Investment bank and asset-management company Piper Jaffray has promoted Tim Carter to the top finance spot, effective Jan. 1. He will take over from Deb Schoneman, who will become global head of equities. Carter is currently treasurer and senior vice president of finance.Jeffrey Capello Jeffrey C...

    By Joan Urdang • Nov. 22, 2017
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    How to Lead in a Crisis

    For the most part, there are two kinds of CFOs: those who have managed through a crisis, and those who will. And whether a finance leader can successfully overcome a crisis may dictate the future of his or her company or career.Tom Kolditz Tom KolditzThe topic was the focus of the keynote address...

    By • Nov. 20, 2017
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    CFOs on the Move: Week Ending Nov. 17

    Footwear company Skechers USA has hired a former Walt Disney executive as its CFO. John Vandermore takes over the role from David Weinberg, who had been filling both the top finance role and the chief operating officer post. Weinberg had been the company’s CFO since 1993. Vandermore, in addition ...

    By • Nov. 17, 2017
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    Siemens Job Cuts Target Gas Turbine Business

    German manufacturing giant Siemens announced plans Thursday to lay off close to 2% of its global workforce as it adjusts to the rapid growth of renewables that has hit its gas turbine business.Most of the 6,900 jobs to be cut, about 6,100, will be made before 2020 at Siemens’ Power and Gas divisi...

    By Matthew Heller • Nov. 16, 2017