The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored to finance leaders the need to have structures that can withstand shocks to help their teams and their business thrive.
Sharon King Gabrielides, Ph.D., and Scott Dust, Ph.D., explain how finance professionals can build and sustain self-awareness, and bring a more empathetic and perceptive approach to the workplace.
Consider seizing this moment and holding on to the best aspects of working from home while reclaiming whatever you’ve missed about office life with the following steps.
Interviews with CFOs and controllers across varied industries show that essential skills to succeed in increasingly digital business environments are largely related to the ability to connect the dots.
Matt Miller, the UK’s National Nuclear Laboratory CFO, says uncertainty requires scenario planning, collaboration, risk management, and listening skills.
Automation is forcing finance professionals in Indian shared-service centres to change their mindset and skills. Rohit Kharbanda, FCMA, CGMA, a senior director at InterContinental Hotels Group, sees that as an opportunity.
Even with vaccination rates increasing and social-distancing restrictions easing, employees may be anxious about a return to busy offices in city centres, or the impact of a return to commuting on their work/life balance.
The head of finance operations and transformation program for a pan-African bank considers perseverance, vulnerability, and tech savvy as essential to success.
The CFO for PepsiCo’s CIS business says finance leaders need to develop professional resilience and business partnering skills and ‘see the big picture’.
