Characteristics of a Competent Board Member
Your company’s board of directors sets the tone for the entire organization. They’ll decide when to bring on new executives and establish specific objectives for various departments to work toward. Typically, their experience in prior executive leadership roles gives them the perspective they need to liaise directly with senior leadership while still maintaining their independence
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Who Is the Best Fit for a CFO Role: A CPA or an MBA?
The early 2000s saw multiple accounting scandals, including the crash of Enron and the folding of Arthur Andersen. Those crises shook the business world and led to the development of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), which created a raft of new financial reporting regulations for companies to abide by. With Enron nearly twenty years in the
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Examining & Evaluating the Two-Tier Board Structure
Many people in corporate America or the world of investing know that public companies usually have a governing board responsible for making decisions about their strategic goals and overall direction. For most companies in the U.S., the common corporate governance structure involves one board that handles these tasks. In other jurisdictions, particularly in English-speaking countries
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3 Executive Search Recruitment Practices to Develop Diversity in the Workplace
3 Executive Search Recruitment Practices to Develop Diversity in the Workplace Studies have proven that diversity and inclusion are good for business. Diverse teams are more innovative, more profitable, and simply more engaged. One study even found that companies with more diversity were 35 percent more likely to financially outperform competitors in the market. Even
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Defining a CTO
What Is a CTO? A CTO is an executive-level position that has the responsibility of understanding and implementing the scientific and technological needs of the company in order to meet the business goals. For technology-related matters, this is the company’s highest executive position; a CTO leads both the engineering and technology departments and contributes to
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6 Important Skills to Look for in a Product Marketing Manager
The right product marketing strategy has the power to transform your business. A common mistake businesses make in product marketing, however, is focusing too much on the initial launch of a product. You don’t want to have a successful launch for the product or service to fall flat a few months later. Product marketing is
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Top 20 CFO Interview Questions
By Shawn Cole, President & Founder — Shawn Cole is a nationally recognized authority on CFO recruiting. His insights regularly appear in Forbes, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, CFO Dive, Entrepreneur, and other leading publications, delivering nuanced and critical analysis on executive recruitment, succession planning, enterprise transformation, and the evolving
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Sustainability & Partnerships in American Sports
By Sam Torres, Managing Director — Sam Torres specializes in placing senior executives across the sports industry, including CEOs, COOs, CFOs, CIOs, CMOs, CTOs, and Vice Presidents. With a deep understanding of team operations, fan engagement, and sports business strategy, Sam offers critical perspectives that are routinely featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Business Insider, and other
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Ready to Sell Your Software Business? 5 Tips
Owning a company in the software sector is pretty exciting. Technology is one of the economy’s fastest-growing sectors, and many individuals have grown large companies in software that add tremendous value to our everyday lives. At some point, you may want to sell your software company. You may want to retire — or you may
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Hiring Techniques for Private Equity Firms
Private equity firms typically hold stock in a portfolio of different companies. Their ownership percentage — especially if it’s in the majority — often allows them to play a role in the hiring of executive and management positions. However, the hiring process employed by private equity firms differs considerably from traditional hiring processes. Rather than looking
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