Hundreds of your C-suite peers retired or stepped down last year, and job-related burnout may have influenced their decisions. Among them were Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson, DocuSign CEO Dan Springer and Red Lobster CEO Kelli Valade. More recently, on the…
Staff management
If you believe workplace polls, more than half of working adults do just about the bare minimum that's required to keep their jobs. And that's because their bosses either aren't aware of the problem or (more commonly) they just let…
Hackers love attacking via email because of how easy it is to do. That's why an ounce of email cyber security can prevent a ton of fraud mitigation. It's critical that all employees who accesses email on your company servers…
Business school students aren't waiting until springtime to apply for jobs and internships anymore. Hiring managers are busy sifting through resumes and applications right now, trying to find the ever-elusive "best fit" for their companies. The good news for employers:…
When you break down your labor costs, it's probably employee base pay that eats up the most money. Yet it's an expense you can't afford to live without because base pay's also a significant factor in employee recruitment and retention…
One trait of good leaders is they instinctively teach and train people so that eventually they're ready to take positions of leadership themselves. While you probably aren't trying to groom your successor, you might have someone in mind for a…
Sales and use tax shouldn't just be the responsibility of your A/P and A/R departments. Although they're the ones who are experts in sales and use tax liability, your sales and purchasing teams can support Finance by double-checking that the…
Some of your people may be excellent at problem solving. But even those team members can occasionally run into problems that seem so complex and overwhelming that they get stuck because they're unsure about where to begin. That’s when it’s…
CEOs, CFOs and departmental managers all get used to fielding "urgent" email and text message requests. If you're like most finance pros, your inbox is at its fullest on Mondays with flagged and exclamation-marked messages needing your attention. (And the…
It's a good bet we'll hear a lot about big companies laying off employees in the coming weeks. The latest example: Goldman Sachs just announced a purge of 3,200 employees. Yet there's more of a sense of calm - even…
Now that you have a feel for what positions at your firm should be hybrid, you might be considering giving employees the ultimate work schedule flexibility - the ability to autonomously choose the days and hours that they work. Many…
Companies’ databases, customer info and bank accounts are never safe from malicious attackers. The most common way in for cybercriminals remains via email. Email scams are getting more sophisticated, to make matters worse. Some companies' employees are getting fooled by…
