Human Capital: Page 37
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Predictive Analytics for Human Capital: Think Outside the Lines
This year is the 200th anniversary of George Boole’s birth. Boole’s ideas are significant to HR and talent leaders, who must make sense of the coming tsunami of big data about their human capital investments.George Boole Boole studied the concept of necessary and sufficient conditions. For exampl...
By John Boudreau • April 27, 2015 -
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Reddit Chief Sees Gender Bias in Salary Negotiation
Reddit’s interim chief executive Ellen Pao has decided that banning salary negotiations during the hiring process would lessen the chance for gender discrimination.Pao announced the move during a Wall Street Journal interview that the newspaper posted Monday, after she lost a gender discriminatio...
By Katie Kuehner-Hebert • April 7, 2015 -
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Patriots Fanhood Was His Destiny, and Other CFO Sporting Tales
Judging strictly by the facts, it seems possible that a tight affinity with the New England Patriots was imprinted on Jim Kelly’s DNA. (Don’t get riled, Buffalo Bills fans. We’re not talking about your Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback.)Kelly, who’s the CFO at SunPath, an administrator of veh...
By David McCann • April 1, 2015 -
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Building a Cyber Security Team from Within
Hijacking technology used to be the favorite hobby of benign oddballs. The Max Headroom incident was inexplicable, but harmless. Gary McKinnon may have hacked the Pentagon, but he was hunting for evidence of UFOs. That’s sadly not the case anymore: cyberattacks can and do inflict real damage.Sony...
By Simon Kouttis • March 31, 2015 -
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Managerial Power Deficit Hurts Female Execs’ Pay
Female executives benefit far less than their male counterparts from an increase in their firm’s market value, and they are more exposed to a decline, according to a new study from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.Researchers from the New York Fed, Boston University and the University of Sout...
By Matthew Heller • March 26, 2015 -
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5 Ways CFOs Can Enable High Performance
During the past seven years of intense volatility, many companies called on the CFO to take on an expanded role. It was one that looked beyond pure finance, accounting, and compliance and accepted a new level of responsibility for strategic planning, business transformation, and evaluating and pr...
By Christian Campagna and Accenture • March 23, 2015 -
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Supremes’ ACA Ruling Could Jack Up Health Costs
The case before the Supreme Court that may decide the fate of the Affordable Care Act may not have much of an immediate impact on corporate health benefits costs, no matter what the ruling is.Mid-term and long-term impacts are acutely difficult to forecast. But if the court rules in favor of plai...
By David McCann • March 5, 2015 -
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High Court Rules for Employer in Retiree Benefits Case
The U.S. Supreme Court has discarded a legal rule that said the absence of a termination provision specifically addressing retiree benefits in a collective bargaining agreement expressed an intent to vest those benefits for life.A lower court had used what is known as the Yard-Man presumption to ...
By Matthew Heller • Jan. 28, 2015 -
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CEOs in Asia Want More Strategic Thinking From CFOs
Asia-Pacific CFOs should play a more strategic role in the C-suite, their bosses say, rather than lose themselves in the financial nuts and bolts of their jobs, according to a new survey.Among the 178 CEOs, business owners and company chairmen in 13 countries and territories in the region that we...
By Matthew Heller • Jan. 9, 2015 -
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Four Tips for Plan Sponsors in 2015
If your company’s plan is on auto-pilot, it’s time for finance to take control. There are several timely things you should look into, or make sure your benefits department does, in order to improve the plan for the company and your employees in 2015. Here are four of the most important.Roth Featu...
By Michael Clark • Dec. 4, 2014 -
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Do You Need a CFO of IT?
Why is it that months after you approve a multimillion-dollar IT investment, you’re still not sure what you’re getting for your money? Why is it that a software vendor quotes your vice president of sales a dollar amount for a new product, but a full year after implementation, the costs are signif...
By Martha Heller • Nov. 19, 2014 -
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Acclaimed GE Finance Training Program Hits 100
In the same year that Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, setting the First World War in motion, General Electric launched what is now its Financial Management Program (FMP) for entry-level finance and accounting professionals.Among the handful of large ...
By David McCann • Nov. 14, 2014 -
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CFOs on the Move: Week Ending Oct. 24
Alfonso Leon has resigned from the top finance spot at Apache. Executive vice president P. Anthony Lannie will become interim CFO at the oil-and-gas production and exploration firm.Fay West Fay West has been promoted to finance chief at SunCoke Energy and SunCoke Energy Partners, effective Oct. 2...
By Joan Urdang • Oct. 24, 2014 -
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CFOs on the Move: Week Ending Oct. 17
Courtney Leimkuhler Marsh, a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan, has named Courtney Leimkuhler finance chief, effective March 1. She will take over from Paul Malvasio, who will retire. Leimkuhler has headed finance at the U.S. and Canada division of Marsh since December.Jim Bell has ...
By Joan Urdang • Oct. 17, 2014 -
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CFOs on the Move: Week Ending Oct. 3
Pascal Desroches Pascal Desroches has been selected to lead the finance function at Turner Broadcasting System, effective Jan. 1. He had been controller at the firm’s parent company, Time Warner.Revlon has promoted Roberto Simon to the top finance spot. He replaces Lawrence Alletto, who is leavin...
By Joan Urdang • Oct. 3, 2014 -
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Jobs Added in September Keep the Economy Rolling
Another sign of gathering strength for the U.S. economy came with the latest jobs report from Automatic Data Processing, which says 213,000 workers were added to private-sector payrolls in September.That was 8,000 more new jobs for the month than the median forecast by 41 economists surveyed by B...
By Iris Dorbian • Oct. 1, 2014 -
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How to Collect Employee Data Respectfully
For companies to remain competitive, using data and analytics for key business decisions is essential. But it can be tricky when the decision involves your own employees and you need to collect data from them to be fully informed.How to you obtain the information on use of time, activities, manag...
By Iris Dorbian • Sept. 24, 2014 -
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Minimum Wage Hike Poses Economic Harm, Say CFOs
The campaign led by President Barack Obama to raise the minimum wage is not getting much support from CFOs, as many claim it would hurt their businesses more than help them.According to results from the September Duke University/CFO Business Outlook Survey, top financial executives contend that a...
By Iris Dorbian • Sept. 24, 2014 -
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Employee Surveillance: More Harm than Good?
There’s no question that camera surveillance of workers very often changes their behavior. Myriad studies confirm it can reduce employee theft, for example.On the other hand, it can stifle innovation and healthy risk-taking. In an article published on the HBR Blog Network, author Ethan Bernstein ...
By Iris Dorbian • Sept. 16, 2014 -
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A CFO Will Revolutionize the Advertising Industry
One executive recruiter is predicting that a CFO will lead the advertising industry to a new model of doing business.Jay Haines Jay Haines, CEO of Grace Blue, contributed an article to Forbes in which he wrote that advertising’s “legacy model” isn’t codnducive to efficient decision-making. But fa...
By Iris Dorbian • Aug. 28, 2014 -
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CFO Turnover Dips, Reversing Three-Year Trend
The twice-yearly “volatility report” from executive recruiting firm Crist | Kolder Associates is a highlight for observers of CFO meanderings, and the newest edition once again fails to disappoint.The biggest news, if you will, is that CFO turnover at large companies has bent downward this year t...
By David McCann • Aug. 27, 2014 -
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Stress-Free Vacationing 101
Whether you’re a CEO, a senior manager, an accountant or even an entry-level AP coordinator, taking a regular vacation is not only therapeutic but necessary. Yet for professionals used to a constant bombardment of stimuli, the idea of allowing one’s brain to not get its daily workout is easier sa...
By Iris Dorbian • Aug. 14, 2014 -
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No Heat in July Retail Sales Numbers
Consumers went into hibernation during a long icy winter, but where are they now that the sun is out? Despite positive signs that the economy is on the mend, consumers didn’t do much shopping in July, even with discounts offered by such popular retailers as Macy’s, says Bloomberg.U.S. retail sale...
By Iris Dorbian • Aug. 13, 2014 -
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Recession’s Aftershocks Linger for U.S. Households
The economy might be on the mend since the recession upended it starting in late 2007, but some are still feeling the aftereffects of the economic downturn. In a study released last week by the Federal Reserve, which examined the economic well-being of U.S. households, more than 60% of respondent...
By Iris Dorbian • Aug. 11, 2014 -
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Are You Looking for the Right Data Scientist?
As the use of data analytics grows increasingly sophisticated and nuanced, it might be incumbent for your firm to hire a “data scientist,” someone who can sift through and interpret complex data sets. Such people are in high demand, and they are commanding large salaries. But before you hire one,...
By Iris Dorbian • Aug. 6, 2014
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