ARTICLES - Finance


	Companies Stressing Employee Wellness Programs 03/10/13 - Companies are frequently implementing employee wellness programs to encourage their workers to make better lifestyle choices and stay healthy. As these initiatives become more popular, companies are spending more on health programs and wellness applications, and some... Read more...
	Concerned About Finding New Hires to Fit Your Company Culture? 03/05/13 - Your company culture is an important part of what makes your business successful and keeps your employees satisfied and productive. That's why it's important to consider your office environment and what sort of person would fit in well when you're starting... Read more...
	Increased Media Consumption Calls for More Mobile Marketing 03/05/13 - The world of marketing is changing and businesses must be up to date on the latest innovations that will improve their relationships with customers, as well as help them generate new leads. It is becoming as important as ever for companies to begin using a strong... Read more...
	Unexpected Overspending and How to Prevent It 03/05/13 - As the economy continues to experience ups and downs, it's essential for businesses to ensure they're strictly sticking to their corporate budgets. Firms that fail to implement and abide by financial plans can find their operations have a great deal of... Read more...
	Recommended Reading: The Best Stories on Proformative from February 03/04/13 - Tying Together Risk, IT, and Finance for the Sake of Data Security Thanks to deeply ingrained ways of thinking about controls and budgeting, senior finance executives, in general aren’t always seeing the full picture when it comes to data security. “... Read more...
	How Organizations Can Enhance Their Long-Range Planning 03/04/13 - Only one-fourth of executives take the time to communicate their organizational strategy to employees, according to a new survey by Ventana Research. Half of companies at least give the rest of the organization a general idea of what's in store, while the rest... Read more...
	How to Improve the CFO-CMO Relationship 03/03/13 - Stephen White learned a valuable lesson when he was a low-level staff person at a software company: It’s worthwhile to befriend a CFO. From afar, he watched as a newly hired chief marketing officer quickly made friends with the company’s finance chief.... Read more...
	HR Must Make Better Use of Big Data 02/28/13 - Many businesses see the importance of employing a staff that works hard and has potential. However, some firms aren't sure how to measure just how far their workforce can take them, and may actually be affecting the company bottom line in the long run. A recent... Read more...
	Pry Top Talent Away from the Competition 02/28/13 - Many human resources professionals and hiring managers' main goal is to find the most talented employees. However, it's often difficult to seek out these skilled workers if they are not actively looking a new job. With the current skills gap... Read more...
	Businesses Not Ready to Deploy New Technologies 02/28/13 - Businesses can't afford to roll out new aspects of their company without employing staff members who are able to carry out the processes. Take mobile commerce and social media, for example. Many IT departments are not ready to handle a swell of online commerce-... Read more...
	Major Accounting Changes Underway This Year 02/28/13 - As if following the current set of accounting rules wasn't hard enough, standard-setters continue to plug away at making changes that could affect your financial reporting in the years ahead. We've checked in with the Financial Accounting Standards Board's... Read more...
	Tying Together Risk, IT, and Finance for the Sake of Data Security 02/25/13 - Bill Chorba, CFO for NineSigma, has something of a confession to make: he spends a lot of time contemplating how to sneak data out of his company. “I think about it all the time, though I don’t tell anyone what I come up with,” he says. It’s... Read more...
	Are Your Employees' Work-Life Balances Out of Whack? 02/22/13 - Americans have long been in pursuit of an acceptable work-life balance, but more workers are finding that difficult to achieve. In an uncertain economy, it seems few workers are willing to turn down tasks and risk upsetting company higher-ups. Those who are able... Read more...
	Private Firms Hoping to Innovate, Achieve Growth 02/22/13 - While the economy has been limiting the progress of many privately held companies, these firms are finding new ways to prepare for growth and inspire innovation among staff. According to the recent Trendsetter Barometer survey conducted by... Read more...
	Don't Allow Talent to Become Outdated 02/20/13 - The last thing many business decisions makers want to do is to waste their money on onboarding strategies and workforce development opportunities, only to find out the skills they are trying to improve within their staff will be obsolete in the upcoming years. Yet... Read more...