Sal Khan turned tutoring his cousin into the global online learning site Khan Academy. Read about the investment analyst turned social entrepreneur’s thoughts on sparking innovation, competing for talent with the likes of Google and Goldman Sachs, and the magic of real mentoring.
Fewer than half of North American CFOs said they would like to succeed their current CEO, and more than half either were not interested in the job or unsure about it.
CFOs are upping the ante in their quest to secure job candidates with in-demand skills. An Accountemps survey shows that 46% of US CFOs plan to offer improved benefits and 45% plan to offer more pay to attract top talent.
Annual revenues are increasing at US middle market companies, and executives at the companies, which are a critical economic engine, are becoming more optimistic about the US economy, a KPMG survey found.
US organisations gave internal auditors slightly more generous base-salary increases in the past 12 months, but the magnitude of raises fell slightly in Canada, according to a new survey report.
US manufacturers are increasingly planning to bring overseas production back to the US to reduce time to market and costs and improve product quality, research shows. Find out what would prompt companies to reshore even more manufacturing jobs.
Although finance departments are strong in functional expertise and learning skills, many of them lack competencies associated with communication and leadership. Learn techniques finance managers are using to build the right skills on their teams.
The need for collaboration and innovation creates the need for meetings. Yet, meetings sometimes aren’t the best use of a company’s time, for a variety of reasons. Rhymer Rigby, author of The Careerist: Over 100 Ways to Get Ahead at Work, offers top tips on how to get the most out of meetings.
Average CFO compensation rose 17.4% in two years, but CEO pay increased faster. Data from BDO USA show that the executive pay gap for midsize public companies is getting slightly larger. See which sector showed the highest average pay for CEOs and CFOs.
Executives have traits that undoubtedly helped get them leadership positions, but how do those traits manifest themselves differently in leaders who become CEOs? A report by Russell Reynolds Associates, a global executive search firm, describes the traits that make CEOs different.
Raises for top performers at many US companies substantially exceed the pay increases given to average and low-performing employees, according to a recent survey. Nonetheless, there is a demand for even bigger incentives for top performers.
To develop or refine products and processes, companies are increasingly seeking out previously untapped knowledge, finding it in corners of their own business along with actively pursuing the best ideas from outside their four walls. But opening up innovation comes with some obstacles.
Thirty percent of senior managers said in a recent survey that they accepted the blame for something at work that was not their fault. These managers often said they felt indirectly responsible, or they did not want to get others in trouble. Is this the right thing to do?
Technological advances and the rise of emerging economies has led companies to increase the number of employees with temporary overseas assignments and to adjust how overseas assignments are designed, research by PwC suggested.
Many businesses are missing out on the opportunity to use their employee engagement surveys to drive improvements and create predictive analytics, according to a PwC Saratoga webcast.
A Robert Half survey shows that about one-third of US CFOs believe workers are lacking clarity when it comes to the organisation’s strategic business goals. Workers who understand the strategy are more motivated to do their jobs, a Robert Half executive says.
More than one-third of organisations are considering changes to their human resources structure in the next 18 months. In this period of change, HR can focus on four key areas to improve service, delivery and efficiency.
Senior managers are increasingly uncomfortable with receiving a Facebook friend request from a co-worker, according to a survey of US workers. The discomfort is more acute when the request is from a supervisor or a direct report.
