Issue Library
FM magazine, April 2020
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A championship CFO’s data-driven leadership
Evaluating talent and meeting customer preferences are among the chief demands of the Super Bowl champions’ CFO.
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Steps to ethical leadership
Building an ethical organisation starts at the top. Experts offer advice on how to be an ethical leader.
Leadership at the negotiating table
A former Deloitte CEO is leading change as the commissioner of the US Women’s National Basketball Association. Leading meaningful change
Technology implementations, diversity and inclusion initiatives, and volunteer service can all succeed when passion is combined with sound business tactics. Building leadership skills through strategic volunteering
By asking the right questions before taking a volunteer role, management accountants can maximise their contribution and the leadership skills they gain. Helping directors stay ahead of the game
Corporate boards can follow these five tactics to help businesses flourish in the face of rapid technological advances, global competition, and fluctuating markets. Developing the finance profession in Thailand
Chakkrit Parapuntakul, the president of the Thailand Federation of Accounting Professions, discusses inspiring confidence as a leader. Online exclusive: A Q&A with the head of Thai accounting regulator
Chakkrit Parapuntakul, president of the Thailand Federation of Accounting Professions, discusses efforts to help SMEs, promote management accounting, and improve universities’ accounting education. You didn’t get the promotion. What now?
Missing out on new roles and responsibilities can be painful, but you can take several steps to improve your chances of getting the next promotion. Using XBRL and big data to improve decision-making
A subsidiary of the China National Petroleum Corporation put its data to work through a familiar platform and made big improvements to its budgeting and risk management. Riding the supply and demand curves
The company behind a new brand of inland surf parks has global plans that match the sport’s rising popularity. The trouble with tyres
Scrap tyres contain valuable materials that can be extracted for new uses. But there’s also demand to turn them into cheap fuel through a process that can have harmful effects. Rooting out forced labour from supply chains
CFOs and finance departments have a significant role to play in preventing and detecting forced labour in their supply chains. Avoid these diversity and inclusion mistakes
Companies have spent billions on diversity and inclusion training, but studies suggest it’s not easy to get it right. Here are five tips to avoid common mistakes. Teeming with tourists
Too many tourists can sometimes have a negative effect. The view from the President: Leading through disruption
CIMA President Amal Ratnayake, FCMA, CGMA, says leaders have to empower and inspire teams to embrace change. 3 traits of successful finance leaders
Andrew Harding, FCMA, CGMA, chief executive–Management Accounting at the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants, sets out three fundamental leadership qualities.