Spreadsheet “Worst Practices”

Attention Excel users! A couple related articles from CFO.com on spreadsheet worst practices and how to fix them. The first article generated so many emails that they published a follow up with even more tips. Spreadsheet "Worst Practices" Here's how...

CFOs: Balancing Business Results with Integrity

CFO.com interviews Ben Heineman, author of High Performance with High Integrity: According to CFO.com:Ben Heineman got an eyeful of the C-suite during his 18 years as general counsel for General Electric Co. until his retirement in 2005. A book by Heineman published...

Equity Analysts Focus on CFOs Rather than CEOs

Are CFOs ready for the spotlight? According to CFO.com research from Greenwich Associates reveals that for the first time an annual survey of Wall Street equity analysts ranked the credibility of a company's finance chief as more important to the overall IR...

Tips to Ensure Your CFO Sticks Around

It's tough being a CFO – the responsibilities are increasing, the work is getting harder, and the personal liability risks have grown – it's no wonder that CFO turnover is up. The average tenure for a CFO is less than three years (down from five...

Attention Finance: Embrace Change!

Wise counsel from Cisco's departing CFO Dennis Powell: The best finance teams should "think strategically, work cross-functionally, and actually embrace change," says Powell, who spent 11 years at the San Jose, California-based computer networking...