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Technology Literacy Will Determine a CFO’s Success

HR Digest

The one thing that will majorly influence the fate of CFO aspirants is their tech skills. According to a Gartner survey of 173 CFOs in November 2020, digital investments topped CFO agendas. Being comfortable with data, technology, and cross-disciplinary collaboration was crucial to the success of CFO candidates.

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Conference Board Announces CEOs Plan to Increase Wages by a Minimum of 3%

HR Digest

In an earnings call on Tuesday, UPS CFO Brian Newman reported that the company decreased compensation and benefits by $205 million in the second quarter by eliminating 2,500 managerial positions annually. At a Tuesday earnings call, Donald Bassell, CFO of ARKO, a convenience store operator, reported that personnel costs had increased 6.5%

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Money-Making Job Opportunities in Accounting Career: Exploratory Guide

Strategy Driven

Bottom tier jobs depend on the level of your education, such as a clerk or bookkeeper’s job demands a high school diploma and an associate degree. If you work in the field long enough, you can go from a staff accountant to an executive position such as a CFO. Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Good luck with that. Bookkeeper.

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Does The Age Of A Board Affect Company Innovation?

The Horizons Tracker

They have incentive and capability; they don’t need to be educated. However, when they looked at just the difference in how long the CEO and the CFO (the person in charge of the money) plan for the future, it didn’t seem to matter much. “Subordinate managers run the company day to day.

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4 Keys For Bringing Out The Best From Introverts

Tanveer Naseer

He has observed in many companies that a C-suite team represents a balance of types , for instance, an introverted CEO who chooses an extroverted CFO to bring strengths to the table that he or she doesn’t have. “On This article originally appeared on The Economist Executive Education Navigator. Click here to view the original article.

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The Big Shift: Demand for Future Work Skills in 2021

HR Digest

Hard skills are quantifiable capabilities learned in an education setting or training program. Hire a Chief Future Officer (CFO). To accommodate the escalating speed of change and plans for the future, hire a new type of CFO. Behaviors like emotional intelligence, communication, and adaptability are examples. For Organizations.

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Photo Inquiry Friday: What are you already doing that is working well?

Mike Cardus

I was asked by a CFO of a hospital, who attended a talk I gave on ‘ Working & Managing Across Generations ’ to contact the hospitals HR director and Workforce Education director. BUT the CFO would not be on the call. Me, “Thank you for taking your time today did CFO give you any idea into why he wanted us to talk?”.

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