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Want to turn a company that is suffering from poor performance? Try the swan method: position the right people right by focusing on smart, work ethics, ambitious and lovely things. This is what David Barrow did as CEO of GSC Technologies, a manufacturer of plastic products such as storage totes, chairs, tables, shelves and trash cans. The strategy paid off. Since Barrow joined in 2021, GSC's top line has improved in double digits through customer diversification, new product development and expanding its core portfolio. In the interview, Barrow shares how he precisely separated the GSC turnaround and the insights he…
Over the past year, the challenge of aligning executive compensation to long-term strategies has become more complicated and more consequently mistaken. The most popular trend is the many different agreed participants of the recent roundtable on executive pay practices held in a partnership with Semler Brossy.Thanks to high-profile headlines, the possibility of topic-generating issues such as AI-driven pay packages, as well as external factors such as tariffs and geopolitical disruptions frequently rise in the boardroom. However, the press is slower, but steadily restructuring the compensation environment, as if it were a slower and deeper shift.Get the goal set correctly”Some of…
If the SEC's own chair describes the compensation disclosure rules as “Frankenstein patchwork,” it is clear that something is cheating. In recent years, efforts to better understand compensation programs for investors through more robust disclosure requirements have created a slate of rules that expands, from wage log calculations to CEO pay ratios and clawback disclosures.As a result, compliance has moved beyond the burden and completely confused for many companies, especially those without deep internal resources. Moreover, rather than drawing a clear picture of how pay is consistent with investor performance, the resulting disclosures often missed the mark when telling stories…
With increasing cost pressure due to sustained inflation and tariff fluctuations, American companies are rushing to maintain their margins. The procurement department could be a powerful source of profit regeneration depending on whether the savings negotiated by the department are manifested to P&L and manifested as intended, or whether they are steadily eroding by post-contract vendor tactics. However, a recent survey of over 100 CFOs with fine-tuning and CFO leadership revealed significant disconnections. Only 18% of CFOs in companies with more than $250 million in revenue are thought to be extremely knowledgeable in their procurement operations. Not surprising, it is…
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What happens when an international affairs enthusiast with a passion for humanitarian aid transitions into becoming a leading financial strategist? Janice Stucke, CFO and Foundation Treasurer of CREW Network, joins us to share her unique journey from restaurateur roots to spearheading global digital transformations. On this episode of Secrets of Rockstar CFOs, Janice reveals how she navigates financial leadership across 50-plus global entities, her mission to empower women in commercial real estate through “The Finance Sisterhood” and how she balances a demanding career with completing a full Ironman triathlon. To book a demo with Planful, click here. — Listen to the…
What happens when an international affairs enthusiast with a passion for humanitarian aid transitions into becoming a leading financial strategist? Janice Stucke, CFO and Foundation Treasurer of CREW Network, joins us to share her unique journey from restaurateur roots to spearheading global digital transformations. On this episode of Secrets of Rockstar CFOs, Janice reveals how she navigates financial leadership across 50-plus global entities, her mission to empower women in commercial real estate through “The Finance Sisterhood” and how she balances a demanding career with completing a full Ironman triathlon. To book a demo with Planful, click here. — Listen to the…
Business magnate and investor Rupert Murdoch once said, “The world is changing very fast. Big will not beat small anymore. It will be the fast beating the slow.” Advancing interconnectedness will also play a critical role in a rapid paced future. Companies must develop global strategies to help them expand their operations abroad and remain competitive in a changing marketplace at home, to gain access to talent, technology and millions of new consumers. The steady rate of innovation will also remain a vital influence as we advance into unfamiliar territory. As I describe in my book, Outside In, Inside Out,…
Last week I spoke to a client who runs 300 construction companies. They have been around for over 70 years, operating in 12 cities and manage multi-million dollar contracts each year. Do you know what they don't have? In-house legal team. They fired them two years ago. However, they maintain full SOC2 compliance and an improved audit trail compared to before. Please listen to me before closing this article. This is not a reckless startup. It is the construction of Yates. It's a company that saved $15,000 a month after eliminating the legal department. They handle contracts faster, have fewer…
The term “finance transformation” appears in many white papers and high-tech vendor blogs and refers to process, systems and organizational changes at scale. In fact, it is often portrayed as being led by a change in technology that allows for data-driven decision-making or a single source of truth. However, Chad Wonderling of Zone & Co. For us, financial change is a clear effort. “For us who live it, financial transformation is very realistic and very operational,” says Wonderling, Zone's CFO since March 2024. As strange things explains,Transformation is about partnership, relevance, and enablement. In the next interview, Wonderling discusses the…