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Is Health-Care Pricing Transparency at Hand?
During the 20 years or so since managed health care burst on the scene in a big way, a certain scenario became ingrained in the minds of employers and their employee consumers alike. That is, an employer negotiated and contracted with an insurance carrier or third-party administrator (TPA) for a ...
By David McCann • Sept. 12, 2011 -
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Hire More Ugly People
That’s right, I said it. You need to hire more ugly people. Or at least lower the overall attractiveness level of your company by a few percentage points with the hires you make in the coming year.Why would I say that? Because deep down, you know you’re not hiring the right candidate as often as ...
By Kris Dunn • Sept. 9, 2011 -
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CFOs on the Move: Week Ending September 9
Timothy Morse has added to his responsibilities at Yahoo! Inc.: the CFO has been named interim CEO. In his new role, he succeeds Carol Bartz, who was fired earlier this week.Finance chief Michael Adler will leave online travel company Expedia Inc. after a transition period during which the firm’s...
By Joan Urdang • Sept. 9, 2011 -
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Finance Staffers Going Beyond the Call
Like other types of employees, corporate finance and accounting workers significantly ratcheted up their effort levels in the first half of this year, following a spike seen in the second half of 2010. The trend is pervasive worldwide, including in the United States.The degree to which people are...
By David McCann • Sept. 7, 2011 -
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Your CEO Flew the Coop. Now What?
Steve Jobs’s recent announcement of his departure as CEO of Apple got me thinking about some of my past experiences with turnover at the top. When the CEO leaves, it affects the CFO more than other C-suiters. The finance chief is challenged with safeguarding company assets, maintaining a professi...
By Bud Kulesza • Sept. 6, 2011 -
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Interview Tips for CFOs: How to Get the CIO You Need
More than 12 years ago, I started asking CIOs: “When you started your new job, what did you inherit?” At least 90% of the time, the answer was: “A mess. The IT organization was late and over budget on almost every project; there was no governance or project-management discipline; the business had...
By Martha Heller • Sept. 6, 2011 -
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CFOs on the Move: Week Ending September 2
Sonus Networks Inc. has named Maurice Castonguay CFO. He succeeds Wayne Pastore, who has headed finance since April 2010. Previously, Castonguay was CFO of BigBand Networks Inc.Gray Benoist, finance chief and senior vice president, finance, of networking, cable, and connectivity products designe...
By Joan Urdang • Sept. 1, 2011 -
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Starwood Studies Abroad
Space, as Captain James T. Kirk told us on Star Trek, is the final frontier. But to global businesses here on Earth in the early 21st century, all frontiers pale in comparison to China. Success there requires a nuanced understanding of the local marketplace, cultural perspectives, and approaches ...
By Donna M. Airoldi • Sept. 1, 2011 -
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Going for the Other Green
At Method, a maker of household cleaning supplies, eco-friendliness is more than a trend — it’s a founding principle. Indeed, it was the inspiration for the $100 million company, which was launched with a commitment to “make products that work, for you and for the planet.” That was a tall order f...
By Kate O'Sullivan • Sept. 1, 2011 -
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That Rising Feeling
Remember the summer of 2008? On the brink of the financial crisis, all anyone could talk about was the price of gas. The market meltdown and recession brought an end to those conversations and provided some relief from the steady upward climb of commodity prices (although clearly raising a slew o...
By Kate O'Sullivan • Sept. 1, 2011 -
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CFO Pay: Short on Sweet
After a recent survey showed 40% of finance executives said they did not get raises last year, we decided to conduct our own poll. Could those grim results possibly be the reality?Yes, our readers said, it is that grim and more. An even greater percentage — 50% — of the more than 125 respondents ...
By Alix Stuart • Aug. 31, 2011 -
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Risk and HR Managers: No Talking!
With risk management having bloomed, for many companies, into an essential competency over the past decade, it only makes sense that enterprise risk managers would eventually begin spooning human-capital risk onto their plates. And that is happening — but very slowly, with relatively few yet digg...
By David McCann • Aug. 30, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
Finance Job Market Shrugs Off Fragile Economy
The U.S. debt downgrade, the stock market’s recent swoon, and the overall tepid rate of economic recovery haven’t, at least yet, done much to alter hiring trends for finance and accounting staff.Demand for such talent remains high relative to supply, says Andrew Reina, managing director of staffi...
By David McCann • Aug. 26, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
CFOs on the Move: Week Ending August 26
Finance chief Roy Templin plans to retire from Whirlpool Corp. in April of next year. Templin, who has been CFO since 2004, will be replaced by Larry Venturelli, now chief accounting officer, corporate controller, and CFO of Whirlpool International. NRG Energy Inc. has named Kirkland Andrews to h...
By Joan Urdang • Aug. 25, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
Farewell, Friend
Unlike such CFOs as GE’s Keith Sherin or Goldman’s David Viniar, Ron Box was hardly a household name in finance circles. For 17 years, until passing away on August 10, he headed finance for Joe Money Machinery, a small, regional construction-equipment dealer based in Alabama.But he was on the top...
By David McCann • Aug. 25, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
The Evolving Wisdom on Health-Plan Design
Many large employers are acting now to implement, or move toward implementing, some elements of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that will not be required until 2014 or later, suggests the latest report on health-plan design changes by the National Business Group on Health.In some cases, the moves a...
By David McCann • Aug. 24, 2011 -
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Pinpointing Your Pivotal Talent
When it comes to financial assets, organization systems inherently make an important distinction between “what’s important” and “what’s pivotal.” Yet organizations are far less consistent in making that distinction when it comes to their talent.In financial analysis, there is a clear distinction ...
By John Boudreau • Aug. 23, 2011 -
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Knowledge Management in a New Context
One of us — Carla — wrote her first book on how to implement knowledge management (KM), If Only We Knew What We Know, in 1998, when the discipline was less than a decade old.What a difference a decade makes. Witness September 11th, the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the rise of China as a superpower,...
By Cindy Hubert and Carla O'Dell • Aug. 22, 2011 -
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CFOs Dive into Human Capital
CFOs are spending more time outside the finance department, according to a recent survey conducted for Robert Half Management Resources, an accounting and finance recruiter. Of the 1,400 CFOs surveyed, 27% said they had become more involved in operations over the past three years, while 19% saw t...
By Marielle Segarra • Aug. 19, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
CFOs on the Move: Week Ending August 19
Sears Holdings Corp. has appointed Robert Schriesheim to the top finance spot. He previously headed finance at Hewitt Associates. Dorvin Lively has been appointed CFO and chief administrative officer at RadioShack Corp. Most recently, he was CFO of Ace Hardware Corp., a post he had held since 200...
By Joan Urdang • Aug. 18, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
The Risks of Retaliation
As if companies weren’t facing enough risks these days, there’s a new one to add to the list: retaliation claims. Over the past 10 years, employee retaliation charges have skyrocketed: charges filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) increased nearly 70% from 2000 to 2010, fr...
By Marielle Segarra • Aug. 18, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
Be Ready for New State Taxes on Equity Comp
It is increasingly common for executives to provide services in more than one state after receiving an equity compensation award, whether it be stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, or restricted stock units. These awards often vest over 3 to 5 years, and stock options typic...
By Andrew Liazos • Aug. 15, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
CFOs on the Move: Week Ending August 12
Lear Corp. has promoted CFO Matt Simoncini to the posts of president and CEO, effective September 1. He will replace Bob Rossiter, who will stay on as an adviser until May 2012. Robert Paglia has been promoted from finance chief and chief administrative officer to chief operating officer at Gordo...
By Joan Urdang • Aug. 12, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
How to Be an Innovative CFO
“We need to be more innovative!” goes the rallying cry. “We need to think outside the box!” exhorts the CEO. In today’s market, with growth hard to come by, most companies are frantically seeking new ideas. And many finance chiefs, who are trained to follow rules and regulations and are often spe...
By Kate O'Sullivan • Aug. 12, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
How to Make the Best Choice in a Storm
CFOs are often confronted with situations requiring quick and decisive action. From changing market conditions to urgent business issues, like matching a competitive offer or making an acquisition, CFOs are frequently called into action with limited information and little time to respond. Making...
By Bud Kulesza • Aug. 9, 2011
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