Human Capital: Page 42
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Feds Deal a Blow to Wellness Programs
Final regulations for operating wellness programs in compliance with the Affordable Care Act, issued on Wednesday, could increase companies’ costs and dilute the value they aim to get from the most rigorous programs.“Outcome-based” wellness programs, which require participants to attain or mainta...
By David McCann • May 30, 2013 -
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For Performance, 401(k) Plans Can’t Touch Pensions
Pension plans have almost always outperformed 401(k) plans, but the gap in 2011 was the greatest it’s been since the mid-1990s, according to a new report from consulting firm Towers Watson. Employers are motivated to see that their workers are prepared for retirement so as to enable a smooth tran...
By David McCann • May 28, 2013 -
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CFOs on the Move: Week Ending May 24
Specialty food retailer The Fresh Market, Inc. appointed Jeffrey Ackerman to head finance, effective June 3. He replaces Lisa Klinger, who resigned last November to take a post with a private equity-backed apparel retailer. Ackerman was most recently CFO at bedding manufacturer Sealy Corp.KeyCorp...
By David McCann • May 24, 2013 -
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The Story Trumps the Data
“Big Data” is all the rage in management generally and in the human-capital-analytics field specifically. Rapid consideration of big data among human-resources software and service providers, and the aggregation of HR services such as recruitment, succession planning, employee assessment, surveys...
By John Boudreau • May 24, 2013 -
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More Clawbacks Likely in Store
CFOs of publicly held companies could be in greater danger these days of having their bonus and incentive pay clawed back, judging by signals from the Securities and Exchange Commission.At issue is the definition of “misconduct.” Section 304(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires clawbacks...
By David McCann • May 23, 2013 -
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CFOs on the Move: Week Ending May 17
Vice president of finance Thomas McCarthy has been promoted to CFO at Cigna Corp., effective July 12. He takes over from Ralph Nicoletti, who is leaving the insurer.IT-products distributor Intcomex Inc. has named Juan Riojas to the top finance spot, effective after the company files its Form 10-Q...
By Joan Urdang • May 17, 2013 -
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The IT Talent Problem
Way back in 2000, just before the dot-com bust, I wrote a weekly column for CIO magazine, and I spent months covering “the technology workforce crisis.” The big issue was the cap that the U.S. government had put on H‑1B visas and the strong need that companies had for developers and other technol...
By Martha Heller • May 17, 2013 -
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A Powerful Stock-Price Predictor
A new study provides perhaps the strongest evidence to date that certain human-capital metrics can predict a company’s performance in the stock markets.The research was nothing if not robust. Through extensive use of regression analysis, it tested the relationships between a set of human-capital ...
By David McCann • May 15, 2013 -
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BYOD: You’re Doing it Wrong
It wasn’t all that long ago that the trend known as BYOD (bring-your-own-device) hit the business world by storm, as vendors and customers alike touted its perceived benefits. Those included lowered spending for capital equipment and an increase in productivity from allowing employees to use tech...
By Taylor Provost • May 15, 2013 -
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What Kind of HR Automation Do You Need?
This is the second of five articles in a special report looking at the buying of HR technology from a CFO’s point of view. Also included are: Why Upgrade Your HR Systems?; Making a Mess of People-System Purchases, which explores pitfalls to avoid; HR Tech Vendors: Who’s Out There?; and Anatomy of...
By David McCann • May 14, 2013 -
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Making a Mess of People-System Purchases
This is the third of five articles in a special report looking at the buying of HR technology from a CFO’s point of view. Also included are Why Upgrade Your HR Systems?; What Kind of HR Automation Do You Need?; HR Tech Vendors: Who’s Out There?; and Anatomy of a Buying Decision, one CFO’s journey...
By David McCann • May 14, 2013 -
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HR Tech Vendors: Who’s Out There?
This is the fourth of five articles in a special report looking at the buying of HR technology from a CFO’s point of view. Also included are Why Upgrade Your HR Systems?; What Kind of HR Automation Do You Need?; Making a Mess of People-System Purchases, which explores pitfalls to avoid; and Anato...
By Taylor Provost • May 14, 2013 -
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Special Report: How to Buy HR Technology
It’s a rare CFO in today’s world who hasn’t gained a working familiarity with the financial and operational systems that make his or her company go. But even though human-resources technology tools are just as prevalent, are vital to organizational success and can be significantly costly, any par...
By David McCann • May 14, 2013 -
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Managing the People Side of Risk
Most executives take managing risk quite seriously, the better to avoid the kinds of crises that can destroy value, ruin reputations, and even bring a company down. Especially in the wake of the global financial crisis, many have strived to put in place more thorough risk-related processes and ov...
By Alexis Krivkovich and Cindy Levy • May 14, 2013 -
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Why Upgrade Your HR Systems?
This is the first of five articles in a special report looking at the buying of HR technology from a CFO’s point of view. Also included are: What Kind of HR Automation Do You Need?; Making a Mess of People-System Purchases, which explores pitfalls to avoid; HR Tech Vendors: Who’s Out There?; and ...
By David McCann • May 14, 2013 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
Anatomy of a Buying Decision
This is the fifth of five articles in a special report looking at the buying of HR technology from a CFO’s point of view. Also included are: Why Upgrade Your HR Systems?; What Kind of HR Automation Do You Need?; Making a Mess of People-System Purchases, which explores pitfalls to avoid; and HR Te...
By David McCann • May 14, 2013 -
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CFO Strengths Often Underused on IT Projects
Over the years, I’ve had the benefit of being both the CIO and CFO of publicly-traded companies. What I saw in practice, and see with clients as a consultant, is that CFOs can make all the difference to an important IT project’s success.My firm uses many of management consultant Peter Drucker’s i...
By Jack Bergstrand • May 13, 2013 -
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Venture Capitalist Turned CFO Finds Perfect Fit
Imagine you’re a venture capitalist who invests not directly in companies but rather in capital funds. Your firm’s portfolio includes 120 such funds, which have investments in 3,500 companies. Most of them are in the technology sector, so you have a bird’s-eye view of what’s working, not working,...
By David McCann • May 10, 2013 -
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CFOs on the Move: Week Ending May 10
Microsoft Corp. has promoted Amy Hood to the top finance spot, effective immediately. She replaces Peter Klein, who will stay on until the end of June to aid in the transition. Hood, who has worked at Microsoft since 2002, was CFO of the company’s business division.Daniel Henry, who has been fina...
By Joan Urdang • May 10, 2013 -
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New CFO May Help Stabilize Microsoft
Microsoft Corp.’s choice to replace CFO Peter Klein, who announced in April that he will resign after the company’s current fiscal year ends on June 30, is Amy Hood, a 10-year company veteran. Despite Klein’s continued presence, she is taking the CFO title immediately, Microsoft said on Wednesday...
By David McCann • May 9, 2013 -
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The Art of Mentoring
Jennifer Hill was a managing director at Goldman Sachs in 2006 when she got the opportunity to take a job as CFO of Tisbury Capital Management, a hedge fund in London. During the decision-making process, Hill called up a former mentor. His advice has stuck with her ever since. “He said, ‘You alwa...
By Marielle Segarra • May 8, 2013 -
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CFOs on the Move: Week Ending May 3
Arthur Minson has been appointed to lead the finance function at Time Warner Cable Inc. He replaces Irene Esteves, who is leaving the company. Since 2009, Minson has held several positions at AOL Inc., including chief financial and administrative officer and chief operating officer. He also previ...
By Joan Urdang • May 3, 2013 -
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Four Myths about Private Health-Care Exchanges
For all the hoopla in the past year about private health-care exchanges for active employees, relatively few companies with more than 50 workers have taken the plunge. But the market is certainly expecting that to change, with most of the large benefits-consulting firms having launched their own ...
By David McCann • May 3, 2013 -
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How to Be CFO of a Public Utility
On Monday we published an article about human-capital concerns in the energy industry, focusing on PPL Corp., a $12 billion, publicly held electric-power company. Here we offer a detailed look at other demands on CFOs in that industry, from the viewpoint of PPL finance chief Paul Farr.Is anything...
By David McCann • May 1, 2013 -
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Invasion of the Health-Insurance Brokers
If Matt Stover is right, it won’t be long before your workplace is crawling with health insurers and brokers trying to recoup revenues they lost because of the Affordable Care Act.The bottom line is that the carriers and intermediaries “are looking to sell your employees more stuff,” Stover, a pa...
By David Katz • April 30, 2013
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