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With the advent of groups such as the Chinese-owned Alibaba group, a diverse business which facilitates B2B and sources production and logistics solutions for companies around the globe, the buyer has gained the ascendency.
“If you can’t forecast well, forecast often,” is a well worn adage for people in markets and for economists. The adage has been - somewhat cruelly - referenced to former US Federal Reserve chairman, , Alan Greenspan, who’s forecasting record was less than prescient. He did however forecast often. In the public arena bank economists are paraded out each month to make forecasts on interest rates, inflation, unemployment.
Not many CFOs need to worry about Standard & Poor’s ratings but all CFOs at some stage will need to be concerned about the company’s credit worthiness to a range of stakeholders including banks and investors as well as suppliers
Managing change is just as important in a post GFC environment
What makes a CFO uniquely qualified to be heading up IT?
Who's the top IT decision-maker inside companies today: The CIO, right? Ahhh, no. The CEO? Guess again. The CTO? Nope.
A few painstaking steps offer numerous payoffs, including lowering risks associated with change, eliminating resource conflicts and redundancies, and learning from successes and mistakes of the past - all of which help to save money.
Lawyers and CFOs appear to be laggards when it comes to using social media for marketing and promoting their expertise.
Always select one important professional development skill or competence that your staff member needs to develop or improve.
Speak to many successful entrepreneurs and you will hear that apart from the formal Board of Directors (who are charged with compliance, reporting and prudential responsibilities) they will have assembled a Board of Advisors
Want to make sure your skilled workers don't feel the need to look for new opportunities elsewhere? Paying a premium could be the solution, but if businesses are unable to cough up the dough, they might be pleased to know there are other options. According to new employment trends research, employee happiness is dependent on feeling engaged in the business and knowing the role they play in driving success.
Eric P. Bloom, president and founder of Manager Mechanics talks about "letting go"
Former FBI hostage negotiator Chris Voss explains how to get what you want. The first step is active listening.
Managed successfully, outsourcing can help the business reduce its costs and make effective use of the knowledge and technical resources of another organisation.
Emerging nations which present companies with trade, outsourcing and manufacturing opportunities come with heightened risk
The CFO's skill-set is well suited to employing the supply chain to strategically cut costs and increase profits.
The CFO in mid-size companies could well be called upon to play a more strategic role.
Walk through any successful M&A campaign and you will find a CFO – probably a bleary-eyed one!
The sales and marketing teams and, indeed, the board and CEO are all pointing to growth data and signals from the market that the economy is humming along an presenting more opportunities than they can possibly grasp. Yet the risk of a cash crunch remains.
The CFO is playing a critical role in rasing capital and capital raising skills are not in the standard class of technical accounting skills
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