I notice that, in my blogs, I often refer to the various human beings in the male gender. I humbly submit that I do attempt to use the words ‘they’ and ‘them’ instead of ‘his’ and ‘him’ to avoid any possible controversy. I concede that I usually get myself into a tangle resulting in me surrendering to the challenge and […]
With the economy facing the uncertainties that we are looking at right now, the question has to be whether the predictive financial models are showing enough ‘headroom’ to weather the storm. Scholastic modelling is a process of devising models that include the mechanisms that allow for the projections to be changed as specific risk criteria are altered. Some […]
I was asked an interesting question recently: is there a difference between a CFO (Chief Financial Officer) and FD (Financial Director)? Well, for a minute I was stymied. I had to give it some thought. CFO is definitely a relatively new term – financial director has always been the classic description of the most senior financial executive. But there now seems to be […]
I am sometimes left aghast at the sheer naivety of some of my clients. They maybe aware of themselves in social situations, but at work this seems to magically disappear. Yesterday I met with a young woman. She came to see me because she was feeling stuck in her career and wanted to explore various options before making a […]
Regularly I meet emerging executives who are overly self-critical. I am usually stunned as, because I am entirely objective, I can clearly see parts of their value that they are missing. I had a rather interesting experience which I thought might be valuable to share with you. I recently met with a young CA who again reminded me of the power […]