When Is the Right Time to Hire Your First FD?
Most businesses don’t wake up one morning and decide it’s time to hire their first Finance Director (FD). It tends to creep up on them. What starts as …
Hire Great People: A Methodology Refined Over Years in Real Organisations
Hire Great People didn’t appear overnight. The methodology has been shaped over several years through a combination of leadership events, recruiting on character workshops, …
What Strong CEO–CFO Partnerships Look Like in Practice
One of the most important relationships in any business is between the CEO and the CFO. When it works well, it …
The Finance Seat Podcast: Beyond Finance: The CFO’s Role in Leadership, Ethics, and Governance with Kate Cooper, CFO at the Institute of Directors
The CFO role is no longer just about the numbers. It sits at the centre of leadership, decision making and accountability. In this episode …
Why Hiring on Character Changes Culture, Not Just Recruitment
One of the things organisations often discover after implementing the Hire Great People methodology is that the impact extends far beyond recruitment itself. …
HerFinance Circle: Leading From The Front – Key Insights From Our Latest CFO Panel Discussion
Our latest HerFinance Circle event brought together female finance leaders from across Yorkshire for an evening of networking and discussion …
Why Growing Businesses Get Finance Wrong
Business growth inevitably brings momentum. More customers, more revenue, more moving parts. But behind that progress, something quieter often gets left behind. …
How Fractional CFOs Support Growing Businesses
There has been a clear shift in how businesses access senior finance leadership. More companies are turning to Fractional CFOs, with …
Why Headstar Changed How We Recruit
For a long time, recruitment followed a fairly familiar pattern at Headstar. Like many businesses, we would review CVs, interview recruitment consultants and make decisions based on …
Industry Finance Connect: The Fair Work Agency (FWA) and what it means for employers
The next Industry Finance Connect event, hosted by Headstar and RSM, will explore the introduction of the Fair Work Agency …