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The CFO Incubator Mentoring Breakfast with Lorna Raine, CFO for GWF Ltd.

by Hazel Martinez   The CFO Incubator’s first mentoring session was a highly insightful and engaging discussion with Lorna Raine, CFO for GWF Ltd, on “The role of Finance in Business”.   She covered the learning curves around developing a business focused approached, gaining trust, the balance between IQ and EQ, and the importance of…

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Replacing talent Vs. Reshaping the team: What are the right questions to ask?

by Brad Eisenhuth When a senior role is made available, the temptation to not fill the role and “restructure” is common. Reshaping the finance organisation and promoting talent could be the best solution, but before defaulting to a restructure ask, yourself four important questions. Replacing top talent Vs….

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The CFO Incubator Launch Pad Breakfast

by Hazel Martinez     We held our launch for The CFO Incubator with a group high performing, ambitious finance & accounting professionals.   This program is designed to harness the thoughts and insights of Australia’s top accounting & finance talent within a high performance setting.   It will give participants direct access to five…

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6 vital questions that build a better finance team

by Greg McKenzie     From new to veteran CFOs, having the right team in place is essential for success.   CFOs resoundingly state that retaining top performers is worth the effort to build a strong finance function. Many believe that recruiting talent aligns the long-term needs and culture of the organisation. They encourage hiring…

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How recruitment can inspire an underperforming finance team

  Many organisations invest time and money into monitoring and rewarding the performance of their employees. As finance professionals, we track ROI on financial activity but very rarely do we investigate performance improvements resulting from our decisions around people selection. We know a motivated workforce is a more productive one. Underperformers tend to sit at…

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What it takes to “fix” talent

By Greg McKenzie     A common trap many CFOs fall into is a “rescue fantasy”, which sees a CFO trying to save the role of a direct report that isn’t building the team. Typically these play out in two common scenarios. The first is with a very congenial and well-liked individual who is not…

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