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CFO
November 1, 2007
Kate O'Sullivan |
Who's Next? Succession planning should be a critical exercise in finance. Too bad so many companies avoid it.   |
CFO
October 1, 2007
Kate Plourd |
Board Buddies Directors with finance expertise often form bonds with management's CFO. |
CFO
March 15, 2006
Scott Leibs |
Bigger Fish, Smaller Pond Leaving a large company for the CFO spot at a smaller company can be a great move -- as long as you do your homework. |
CFO
February 1, 2008
Roy Harris |
Are We Strategic Yet? Early in a CFO's tenure, the things that matter most often get the least attention. |
CFO
May 8, 2006
Don Durfee |
What's the Boss Worth? CFOs weigh in on executive compensation. |
CFO
April 1, 2006
Kate O'Sullivan |
Calming the Waters What happens when the CEO and CFO just don't get along? And what should CFOs do when they find themselves locking horns with their boss? |
CFO
November 1, 2006
Laura DeMars |
Look Before You Sit A seat on a corporate board can be a great opportunity, but choose carefully. |
CFO
December 1, 2003
Kate O'Sullivan |
Embracing Change There is an upside to the high CFO turnover rate these days: lots more opportunities for those looking to make a move. |
CFO
November 1, 2008
Alix Stuart |
Making the Leap There are many ways to get to the top spot in finance. |
CFO
January 1, 2006
Kate O'Sullivan |
CFO Confidential At many companies the CFO is a trusted confidant of the CEO, a valuable sounding board for all kinds of issues. But when CFOs themselves need advice, whom do they call? |
CFO
March 1, 2007
Joseph McCafferty |
For CFOs, Few Gold Watches The average tenure of big-company finance chiefs is less than five years, according to a recent study. |
CFO
March 1, 2005
Julia Homer |
Time and Change Today's CFOs no longer labor in obscurity, but the notoriety of the few has increased the pressure on the rest. |
CFO
February 22, 2005
Don Durfee |
Uncertain Benefits: The 2005 CFO Human-Capital Survey What finance executives say about cost control, choices, and concerns. |
CFO
January 30, 2004
Kate O'Sullivan |
Now Hiring Finance departments will add staff for many reasons, but particularly as a preparation for growth. |
CFO
September 1, 2008
Kate Plourd |
To Get the Best Gig, Expand Your Repertoire So you wanna be a finance star? Learn to play other parts. |
CFO
May 1, 2008
Kate Plourd |
Making the Pieces Fit How to avoid finance hiring mistakes. |
CFO
March 1, 2008
Kate O'Sullivan |
As the World Churns Some of Corporate America's biggest names parted ways with their CFOs in the past year. |
CFO
November 1, 2003
Kate O'Sullivan |
Executive Charisma: Can It Be Learned? Ask for adjectives describing a finance chief, and "charismatic" doesn't normally leap to mind. Some management experts suggest that a little leadership magnetism and charm are qualities CFOs should nurture. And a few think that charisma can be taught. |
CFO
October 1, 2008
Alix Stuart |
A Chicken and Nest-Egg Problem Persuading employees to participate in company retirement plans isn't getting any easier. |
CFO
August 1, 2002
Joseph McCafferty |
Interim CFOs In general, companies are taking longer to fill the CFO position -- usually six months to a year. But since the job is too crucial to leave open that long, companies like Aetna, New York Life, Sapient, and Citrix Systems have, for varying amounts of time, gone the interim CFO route. |
CFO
June 1, 2008
Alix Stuart |
Secrets of Their Success How the top women in finance staked their claims to the C-suite. |
CFO
June 1, 2006
Laura DeMars |
Making Finance Tick Why the right executive assistant makes all the difference... CFOs on the Move: El Paso Corp. has named Dane Whitehead as CFO... Magma Design Automation has named Pete Teshima as its new finance chief... etc. |
CFO
September 1, 2007
Laura DeMars |
Vice Can Be Nice Companies offer the vice-chair post to CFOs and ex-CFOs as everything from a consolation prize to preparation for the CEO job. |
CFO
April 1, 2006
Joseph McCafferty |
Business Outlook Survey Although still worried about the cost of fuel and health care, finance executives are encouraged, if not ecstatic, about the future of the economy. |
CFO
January 1, 2005
Kate O'Sullivan |
Staying Alive There are ways an incumbent CFO can prove he's worth getting to know--and worth keeping around. Here are four strategies for surviving a change at the top. |
CFO
February 1, 2006
Don Durfee |
Flabby or Fit? A new survey measures finance departments: Still Number Crunching... How Long Does It Take?... Outsourcing at a Snail's Pace... etc. |
CFO
July 1, 2005
Kate O'Sullivan |
A New Balance Today's CFOs are planning a different kind of retirement. Many are exploring opportunities besides full-time work as they enter their 50s and 60s. |
CFO
February 1, 2008
David M. Katz |
What's Wrong with the Kids? Coping with the newest generation in finance requires tact, patience - and restraint. |
CFO
March 1, 2005
Kate O'Sullivan |
Where Are They Now? A look at what some of the most significant CFOs from the past two decades are doing today. |
CFO
February 15, 2006
Don Durfee |
Hard Choices How finance executives are confronting rising benefit costs, the aging workforce, recruiting, and other human-capital concerns. |
CFO
January 30, 2004
Scott Leibs |
New Terrain Post-Enron reforms have made dramatic alterations to the landscape of corporate governance. Boards, their committees, and internal auditors now have greater responsibilities and powers. How will these reforms change the CFO's job? |
CFO
June 1, 2007
Laura DeMars |
Not Cleared for Takeoff Controllers who want to become CFOs need to put down their pencils and master soft skills. |
CFO
June 1, 2006
Alix Nyberg Stuart |
What Women Want In finance, the operative words are opportunity, flexibility, and balance. As they approach the top position -- CFO, the pull between work and life seems to tug harder at women than at men. |
CFO
February 1, 2009
Scott Leibs |
Moving On, Happily Most CFOs leave their jobs in triumph, not disgrace, a new KPMG study shows. |
CFO
June 1, 2007
Julia Homer |
The Diversity Gap Most finance departments are conspicuously white. Changing that is not a priority for most CFOs. |
CFO
August 1, 2004
Kate O'Sullivan |
Switching Industries A new survey reports that 75 percent of all finance executives looking for new jobs are seeking new sectors. |
CFO
September 1, 2009
Kate O'Sullivan |
Advise and Shine Your office door may be closed for a good reason, but there are many better reasons to open it -- and walk through it. |
CFO
Alix Nyberg |
CFOs in the Sales Process After a season of slumping revenues, many CFOs are being called upon to reassure potential customers of their companies' financial health. Often, their mission is to convince customers the company will be alive and well a year from now... |
CFO
July 1, 2004
Kate O'Sullivan |
You're On! Sharpening your presentation skills. |
CFO
March 17, 2003
Russ Banham |
The Power of 3 One way to bridge the CFO-CIO divide: Bring a third party into the conversation. |
The Motley Fool
August 29, 2008
Rich Duprey |
China Finance's Portal to Profits Financial-services firm China Finance Online continues to see growth, despite the declining Chinese stock market. |
CFO
November 1, 2007
Kate O'Sullivan |
Stuck in a Rut Despite years of investing in IT, outsourcing, and process improvements, finance departments still spend too much time on routine tasks. |
CFO
July 15, 2009
Kate O'Sullivan |
Power Struggle Will the recession short-circuit women's advancement to the top spots in finance? |
CFO
March 1, 2008
Kate Plourd |
Closing Remarks Retiring Cisco CFO Dennis Powell leaves with this message: the key to finance is people and strategies, not just a good accounting system. |
CFO
April 1, 2004
Julia Homer |
On Trial Sometimes, when operations can't deliver an expected result, the CFO is asked to help produce that result like a relief pitcher called in to pull his team out of a jam. All too often, that has involved financial manipulation. |
CFO
March 1, 2005
Janet Kersnar |
Europe Weighs In When the first issue of CFO Europe was published in 1998, few of Europe's finance chiefs were being invited to take a seat alongside their CEOs at the strategy table. That's changed today. |
CFO
September 1, 2008
Kate O'Sullivan |
Roiled by Oil Concern over the cost of crude shoots to the top of CFOs' worry list. |
CFO
September 1, 2009
Alix Stuart |
Hard Lessons One year after the Wall Street meltdown, CFOs say business will never be the same. |
CFO
December 1, 2008
Kate O'Sullivan |
Cold Cuts CFOs plan to pare payrolls by any and all means available to them. |
CFO
August 1, 2005 |
End of an Era A legendary finance chief is retiring from GE... HealthSouth CFOs talk... Scrushy walks... CFOs on the move... |
