Why Traditional Interviews Rarely Tell You Enough
Most organisations still place enormous emphasis on interviews when making hiring decisions. The problem is that interviews are often one of the …
The Finance Seat Podcast: From Finance to Frontier Tech: Inside the CFO Role at a VC-Backed Engineering Business with Adam Uttley, CFO at Wayland Additive
Finance in a VC-backed startup is not just about speed. The priorities, decisions and pressures are fundamentally different. In this …
Transactional Finance: The Most Underrated Team in Finance
Rachel Porteous, Manager of the Transactional and Part-Qualified Finance division at Headstar, believes transactional finance deserves far more recognition than …
Why Scaling Businesses Need More Than Basic Finance
Most growing businesses tend to focus on the same priorities – driving sales, improving systems and tightening operations. All of that matters, but it often comes …
What adidas Learned About Hiring on Character
When global organisations think about talent acquisition, the scale and complexity involved is enormous. adidas employs more than 60,000 people globally …
What Do CFO Careers Actually Look Like?
Most people talk about “becoming a CFO” like it’s a single, linear destination. It isn’t. In reality, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) careers are varied, rarely …
What Leaders Took Away from Hire Great People
One of the most interesting things about delivering in-person Hire Great People workshops and masterclasses over the last few years has been hearing …
The Cost of Waiting Too Long to Strengthen Your Team
Most finance teams do not fail overnight. They tend to get stretched first, with pressure building over time until things …
Free Webinar: How Much Is a Bad Hire Really Costing Your Business? (And What Great Hiring Could Be Worth)
Most organisations know a bad hire is expensive. The challenge is that most organisations only ever calculate part of the …
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 …