A sound financial plan is the vehilce which clearly states strategic business objectives in financial terms. A well-prepared budget forms the foundation for decision-making throughout the fiscal year.
However it is the forecast which allows the business to adjust future expectations based on recent...
Published: Oct 14, 2019
Business agility is now a determining factor for success in today’s data-driven, fast-paced world. To think fast and move first, companies must embrace a new model or risk being left behind. Plan to Win reflects the collected experience and wisdom gained from working with thousands of companies, the insights of CFOs...
Published: Oct 14, 2019
As the top guns of finance, CFOs are chartered with piloting their organizations to new heights, successfully anticipating and navigating turbulent economic times. Yet, as the pace of business accelerates, many CFOs report they are feeling a need…a need for more speed.
77% of CFOs admit that major business...
Published: Oct 14, 2019
As modern CFOs move beyond accounting to become business performance leaders, the awareness of missed opportunities caused by static planning processes has escalated. CFOs who fail to guide their companies with active planning processes are seeing negative impacts on their organizations’ ability to capture profit...
Published: Oct 14, 2019
Managing absence and leave has never been more daunting for employers. At the federal level in the United States, for example, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) continues to evolve and expand, more than 20 years after its inception, and state legislatures are passing new employee leave laws at a historic rate. These...
Published: Feb 09, 2016
Imagine a company in which Sales and Finance agree on everything. A company in which Sales never mumbles under their breath about the penny pinchers in Finance, and Finance never wants to tell Sales where to shove it when they request yet another SPIF...
The solution to finally bridging the infamous divide between...
Published: Oct 29, 2015
Recording telephone conversations is nothing new, ensuring recording mobile conservation is...
In the UK, since the ruling in 2009 by the UK finance governing body the FCA (formerly FSA), Financial Institutions have had to legally comply and record all fixed line conversations.
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Published: Sep 01, 2015
How can analytics help drive sales performance?
This guide will help you establish the power of using sales analytics in your business, and how you can apply the correct strategy and tools to utilise it.
Over several chapters you will learn:
Sales Analytics best practices
What KPIs you need to keep...
Published: Feb 11, 2016
If you’ve ever sat through a meeting and felt it was an utter waste of your time, this guide is for you.
It doesn’t matter whether it’s a quick catch-up with a colleague or a regular team get-together: a meeting should be an organised gathering of the right people to serve a...
Published: Sep 07, 2016
In some kinds of more traditional businesses the finance department tends to swallow as much data as is thrown at it but only outputs small, measured and curated amounts of insights periodically: “Here’s revenue vs target in the last quarter”.
These are undoubtedly essential for proper business management,...
Published: Aug 30, 2018
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The environment food and beverage manufacturers operate in can be complex. They are in a unique position compared to other companies in that the product they produce has a direct impact on customer health and safety. Consider the bad press that a brand name gets when there...
Published: Aug 01, 2019
With the threat to businesses constantly developing and changing, it’s never been more important to be vigilant when it comes to security. An attack on your business can not only mean a loss in productivity, but it may lead to a loss of brand credibility and, in future, fines that could total up to tens of thousands...
Published: Sep 01, 2015
For HR professionals, the need to be flexible in the face of change is constant. From budget constraints to the latest data security protocols and increasing regulatory compliance demands, there’s a lot to keep up with. Juggling so many competing priorities can make it difficult to know where you should spend your...
Published: Feb 09, 2016
The modern CFO needs to keep up with change—also known as becoming a “strategic business partner”—while still delivering on core accountabilities. But sometimes, it’s tough to focus on becoming a strategic business partner while still doing all this other stuff.
CFOs can cope by creating...
Published: Apr 03, 2019