Human Capital: Page 67
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Leadership Thought: Could We Just Talk?
Like many CFOs, perhaps you’ve had a recent experience in regard to handling a particular issue in your organization that was marked by disagreement and extended discussion. Discourse during issue resolution often seems counterproductive as we strive to meet deadlines. On some occasions in my pas...
By Bud Kulesza • Feb. 1, 2011 -
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Looking for the Light
It’s a situation most finance chiefs hope never to be in: sales plunging, cash dwindling, debt-covenant violations looming.Those classic signs of a business in serious trouble are often clear to the CFO long before anyone else at the company understands just how bad things are. As first responder...
By Kate O'Sullivan • Feb. 1, 2011 -
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“We Can’t Get Carried Away by Our Success.”
The recession-induced plunge in consumer spending seems largely to have bypassed sports, at least regarding the young, male, technology-oriented audience that tunes in to sports broadcasts. After some decline in 2009, ESPN, the sports media empire, bounced back strongly last year, no doubt much t...
By David Katz • Feb. 1, 2011 -
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CFOs on the Move: Week Ending January 28
Luca Maestri has been named CFO of Xerox Corp., effective February 16. Most recently, he headed finance at Nokia Siemens Networks. Maestri replaces Lawrence Zimmerman, who will retire as head of finance next month but stay on in his other role as vice chairman through April 1.RadioShack Corp. fin...
By Joan Urdang • Jan. 28, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
CFOs on the Move: Week Ending January 28
Luca Maestri has been named CFO of Xerox Corp., effective February 16. Most recently, he headed finance at Nokia Siemens Networks. Maestri replaces Lawrence Zimmerman, who will retire as head of finance next month but stay on in his other role as vice chairman through April 1.RadioShack Corp. fin...
By Joan Urdang • Jan. 28, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
Your Next (and Most Important) Deal
Finance executives are often integral members of their employers’ deal teams for the most sophisticated and important corporate-level transactions. Whether it is an acquisition, merger, or divestiture, a company’s key finance leaders are usually indispensable in evaluating and negotiating the dea...
By John Martini • Jan. 25, 2011 -
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Your Next (and Most Important) Deal
Finance executives are often integral members of their employers’ deal teams for the most sophisticated and important corporate-level transactions. Whether it is an acquisition, merger, or divestiture, a company’s key finance leaders are usually indispensable in evaluating and negotiating the dea...
By John Martini • Jan. 25, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
Do Social Networks Trump Résumés?
For finance professionals, a carefully crafted résumé has always been vital to landing a job. Now some experts say that social-networking Websites have become just as important to a successful job search, if not more so.Millions of people have posted their credentials on such Websites, and compan...
By David McCann • Jan. 25, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
Do Social Networks Trump Résumés?
For finance professionals, a carefully crafted résumé has always been vital to landing a job. Now some experts say that social-networking Websites have become just as important to a successful job search, if not more so.Millions of people have posted their credentials on such Websites, and compan...
By David McCann • Jan. 25, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
CFOs on the Move: Week Ending January 21
Treasurer Jonathan Clark has been promoted to lead the finance function at SLM Corp. (Sallie Mae). He joined the company as senior vice president of corporate finance in 2008.Chris Power has been named finance chief at identity-theft-protection company LifeLock Inc. Most recently, he was chief op...
By Joan Urdang • Jan. 21, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
CFOs on the Move: Week Ending January 21
Treasurer Jonathan Clark has been promoted to lead the finance function at SLM Corp. (Sallie Mae). He joined the company as senior vice president of corporate finance in 2008.Chris Power has been named finance chief at identity-theft-protection company LifeLock Inc. Most recently, he was chief op...
By Joan Urdang • Jan. 21, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
An Intel-ligent Health-Care Strategy
More and more companies, especially large ones, are opening on-site medical facilities for their employees. They hope the facilities will lower the ever-rising cost of employee health care while increasing the productivity of workers who don’t have to take a half-day off for a 30-minute doctor ap...
By David McCann • Jan. 18, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
An Intel-ligent Health-Care Strategy
More and more companies, especially large ones, are opening on-site medical facilities for their employees. They hope the facilities will lower the ever-rising cost of employee health care while increasing the productivity of workers who don’t have to take a half-day off for a 30-minute doctor ap...
By David McCann • Jan. 18, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
People Are Different — but Shouldn’t Be
“Our people are our most important asset.” It’s common today for business leaders to at least pay lip service to that sentiment. Yet many if not most leaders have only a vague notion of what that asset is worth, or how it can be deployed for optimal returns.True, many human-resources departments ...
By David McCann • Jan. 14, 2011 -
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CFOs on the Move: Week Ending January 14
SLM Corp. (Sallie Mae) has promoted John Remondi to the posts of president and chief operating officer. He has been vice chairman and CFO since 2008.Kelli Turner is leaving her job as finance chief of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. A search for her replacement is under way; in the meantime,...
By Joan Urdang • Jan. 14, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
CFOs on the Move: Week Ending January 14
SLM Corp. (Sallie Mae) has promoted John Remondi to the posts of president and chief operating officer. He has been vice chairman and CFO since 2008.Kelli Turner is leaving her job as finance chief of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. A search for her replacement is under way; in the meantime,...
By Joan Urdang • Jan. 14, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
People Are Different — but Shouldn’t Be
“Our people are our most important asset.” It’s common today for business leaders to at least pay lip service to that sentiment. Yet many if not most leaders have only a vague notion of what that asset is worth, or how it can be deployed for optimal returns.True, many human-resources departments ...
By David McCann • Jan. 14, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
Leaning on the Staff
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of monthly columns on the topic of finance leadership by Bud Kulesza, dean emeritus of the Institute of Management Accountants’s Leadership Academy and a former CFO.While delayed at an airport recently, I noticed that airlines handled schedule disrupti...
By Bud Kulesza • Jan. 11, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
Leaning on the Staff
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of monthly columns on the topic of finance leadership by Bud Kulesza, dean emeritus of the Institute of Management Accountants’s Leadership Academy and a former CFO.While delayed at an airport recently, I noticed that airlines handled schedule disrupti...
By Bud Kulesza • Jan. 11, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
CFOs on the Move: Week Ending January 7
Online travel company Orbitz Worldwide Inc. has named Russ Hammer to lead finance. He joins the firm from Crocs Inc., where he also served as CFO. Hammer takes over from Marsha Williams, who announced last June that she planned to retire.Dirk Eller has been promoted to CFO of Clear Channel Intern...
By Joan Urdang • Jan. 7, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
CFOs on the Move: Week Ending January 7
Online travel company Orbitz Worldwide Inc. has named Russ Hammer to lead finance. He joins the firm from Crocs Inc., where he also served as CFO. Hammer takes over from Marsha Williams, who announced last June that she planned to retire.Dirk Eller has been promoted to CFO of Clear Channel Intern...
By Joan Urdang • Jan. 7, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
Partners in Risk
While finance chiefs are likely to have occasional conversations with their risk and employee-benefits managers, the relationship tends to be arm’s length. Once they confirm that their organizations are well protected against physical damage and financial ruin, many CFOs send corporate insurance ...
By David Katz • Jan. 7, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
Partners in Risk
While finance chiefs are likely to have occasional conversations with their risk and employee-benefits managers, the relationship tends to be arm’s length. Once they confirm that their organizations are well protected against physical damage and financial ruin, many CFOs send corporate insurance ...
By David Katz • Jan. 7, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
Best of 2010: Careers
Buddy, can you spare a job? That was the prevailing theme of CFO’s careers coverage in 2010, as millions of unemployed Americans sought work, while many companies downsized or froze their payrolls. Indeed, in one of our most widely read stories of this or any other year (“The Incredible Shrinking...
By CFO Editorial Staff • Jan. 3, 2011 -
Dantes, Edmond. "Man and Woman Sitting on Chair Using Laptop" [Photograph]. Retrieved from Pexels.
Best of 2010: Careers
Buddy, can you spare a job? That was the prevailing theme of CFO’s careers coverage in 2010, as millions of unemployed Americans sought work, while many companies downsized or froze their payrolls. Indeed, in one of our most widely read stories of this or any other year (“The Incredible Shrinking...
By CFO Editorial Staff • Jan. 3, 2011
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