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It’s hard to find good staff, and as the global war for talent gets hotter, it'll get even harder.  The cost of hiring the wrong person, particularly in a senior role, is huge. Some say a ‘mis-hire’ costs 200 percent of a salary.  You won’t want to get that wrong...

Shutterfly has announced the appointment of Jan Paul Teuwen as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective September 11, 2023. Jan Paul will succeed Mike Eklund, who is stepping down from the CFO role to explore new opportunities. Shutterfly and its family of brands constitute a leading e-commerce...

The investment advisor, LXI REIT Advisors Ltd, has appointed Alex MacEachin as its new Chief Financial Officer. MacEachin is taking over from Freddie Brooks, who resigned from the position last week. Alex MacEachin brings a wealth of experience, having previously worked at BDO LLP and specializing in finance and accounting...

CMC Markets PLC (LSE: CMCX) recently announced that Albert Soleiman assumed the position of Chief Financial Officer earlier this month. The outgoing Chief Financial Officer, Euan Marshall, officially stepped down on September 1st, as confirmed by CMC on Monday. However, Marshall will remain with the company to provide support to Soleiman...

Masoval, the Norwegian salmon producer, has announced the appointment of Anders Hagestande as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective from September 18, 2023. Anders Hagestande steps into the role previously held by Gunnar Aftret, who resigned in May 2023. Aftret will continue to assist the company as a financial...

Giant Eagle has officially appointed Bill Artman as CEO following his interim CEO designation in March. With nearly four decades dedicated to the company, Artman has held various executive leadership positions, including President of Supermarkets, Executive Vice President, and Senior Vice President of Retail Operations. Over the last five months,...

Sallie Mae (Nasdaq: SLM), formally known as SLM Corporation, has announced the appointment of Pete Graham as its upcoming Chief Financial Officer. Graham is set to join the company on September 18 as an Executive Vice President and will formally assume the position of Chief Financial Officer on October 27....

The headline should conjure memories of the well-known expression, “There’s no I in team.” While we all understand, literally speaking, that there is no letter I in the word team, it refers to the notion that it’s about the team, not the individual. In an interview regarding his role as...

As time passes by, it seems that technology has seen an exponential and boundless evolution to become more efficient and effective. Simultaneously, this means that the simulated world and true reality begins to integrate with one another and the line between them blurs into one. This is empirically supported as...

This article was written after the communication I had with a group of educators from the USA, who had read a previous article of mine about Design Thinking. So they contacted me and kindly asked me - if there is time - to devote some articles to this approach. This...