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Why the Best Senior Finance Candidates are Already Gone by the Time Most Businesses Start Looking
This is a scenario that I see play out regularly and it almost always ends the same way. Delays happen because senior hiring sits alongside everything else a business is trying to do, and day-to-day business functions tend to feel more urgent, right up until the vacancy becomes a crisis. Here is why timelines matter and what the organisations that consistently hire well tend to do differently...
Guildford’s Growth Industries: What They Mean for Finance and HR Leadership Hiring
Across Guildford and the south, we are increasingly seeing senior hiring becoming more specialised, and in many cases more difficult, as businesses compete for increasingly specific leadership experience. In this article, we explore what Guildford’s growth industries mean for Finance and HR leadership hiring.
What kind of leader succeeds in uncertain times?
Are you waking up and wincing as you open your news app? If you are, your team is too. Uncertainty of any kind can spill into our work lives, and in some cases, affect businesses directly. Our job, as leaders, is to keep the ship steady, but how do we do that when we feel unsteady ourselves?
The Evolving CFO: From Steward to Enterprise Strategist
The CFO role isn't what it was five years ago. And boards know it.
Interim Management: Strategic Lever, Not a Stopgap
CEOs and boards are actively choosing interim finance leadership for transformation, carve-outs, acquisition integration and system implementation. Julie Harding, CMA Executive Researcher explains why interim isn't a fallback anymore. It's a deliberate choice for both sides.
Give to Gain: The Leadership Multiplier in Modern Finance
What separates a good CFO from a truly influential one? Influential leaders are not defined solely by technical excellence or commercial acumen, but by how they show up for others. Four finance leaders reflect on how generosity in leadership is both deeply personal and commercially powerful.