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Wolfgang Koester (CEO, FiREapps)
The financial climate in Greece has not been pretty for some time, and the recent elections have seemed to just increase the ugliness. Here’s how I see Greece’s four alternatives to handle this mess: 1. Exit from the Euro Since the recent election, this has been...
mark shafer (Director of Marketing, risk management assocation)
Mike Caruana (Director of Financial Services, Diamond Resorts International)
This week I was again reminded how few managers really pay attention to engendering Trust on their teams and in their organizations. Two separate managers recently lamented their struggles with team members - and high performing ones at that. Establishing trust...
Samuel Dergel (Director - Executive Search, Stanton Chase International)
As CFO, you can be the best in the world (for your business), but if your team is not up to par, you and your company will suffer. A key foundation for a CFO’s success is their Finance Team (see bottom of my CFO Relationship Map). CFOs I have spoken with agree that A...
Kirk Conole (Partner, DCI Solutions)
If it was a mixed result, please note what you would have done differently?
Anonymous
I am asked to do employee performance reviews, and I do them and take them seriously. Unfortunately, the other managers and executives at my company just do them to get them done, and as such they serve no purpose. Any ideas for how to discuss with HR in making the review...
Michael Corcoran CPA (Managing Partner, GVP Partners)
The CEO enters the wood paneled boardroom and greets her executive team “good morning everyone on this fine, fresh, spring day. I wanted to talk to you about our business model and how prepared we are to meet the changes that are coming at us faster, each and every...
Samuel Dergel (Director - Executive Search, Stanton Chase International)
Welcome to the third story of my CEO story contest. I announced the CEO story contest on August 5, 2011 (Read the announcement here). You can read the previous stories: Story #1: The CEO’s son and Story #2: Paper Thongs. Thank you to all those who...
Alexander Haislip (Author, Independent)
If you live and work in Silicon Valley, you might think that startups and other small business are all fun and games, full of perks and wacky recess days. But economic statistics across the country paint a darker picture. While the major corporations that make up the S...
Tatum CFO Blog (CFO, Tatum)
Is the economy headed in a dreaded "double-dip" recession? The Tatum Survey of Business Conditions, as of June 1, indicates that the negative trend that began early this year is continuing, and is suggesting that overall economic activity is now approaching...
