Do you know the red flags?
by Rick Telberg
At Large
The public conversation about corporate responsibility and citizenship shows no signs of abating. The Securities and Exchange Commission has moved for more disclosure of executive pay. And a flurry of new auditing standards requires CPAs to use risk assessments in every audit. The Open Compliance and Ethics Group (OCEG), a not-for-profit organization supported largely by business interests, found in a study of 50 corporate failures that nearly all were linked to lapses in corporate governance. READ MORE →
Gallup has a clue: Email, news, weather, and, importantly, business…
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Yes, if they have the right stuff and you have the right skills.
by Rick Telberg
The Finance Executive
Forget the strategic stuff, the visionary exercises, the long-term planning. What keeps most finance and accounting executives awake at night lies closer to home, in the here and now: The day-to-day management of their jobs and their departments. It’s no small task, considering the many roles finance managers are expected to play, the layers of new rules and regs, and the competitive demands of just keeping up. So it’s little wonder that all too many finance managers may overlook the human and personal aspects of the job. But accountants are people too. And they need as much hand-holding, mentoring, encouragement and coaching as anyone else. READ MORE →
