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Leading the South – Celebrating Women in Business
What does it take to make it as one of the South’s top female leaders? To celebrate International Women’s Day we wanted to highlight two of the prominent women we know leading some of the South’s foremost companies.
The Attributes of a Non-Executive Director
In this series of articles we explore the role of an NED, the attributes needed and how you can gain your first NED position. In this second article, we look at the essential attributes of a Non-Executive Director.
What Makes a Top FD?
In this series of articles, we speak to local business leaders and financial experts to discover the essential qualities and attributes needed to make it as a top Financial Director (FD). To kick off the series we thought who better to start with than the winner of CMA and BDO’s FD of the Year Award 2020, Mike Lashmar.
Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace Conference
Earlier this month CMA’s HR Division hosted a virtual Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace conference via Zoom. It was supported by VIVID, the winner of the CIPD award for Best Mental Health and Wellbeing Initiative 2020. Following the conference, we asked VIVID's HR Manager to share some of the key insights from VIVID’s initiative.
Taking the step from Executive to Non-Executive Director
In this series of articles we explore the role of a NED, the attributes needed and how you can gain your first NED position. In this first article, we focus on the challenges of achieving your first appointment and the starting points for finding that position.
What are the signs you need more HR presence in your business?
An HR team plays a significant role in ensuring a company copes with the fast-changing environment of legislation and in attracting more top-quality employees. This article looks at how you can get the right balance of employees per HR employee and when you should look at expanding your HR function to fully maximise on business efficiency.