Management
Management
3 ways to build engagement during the annual budget process
Corporate CPAs must change the perceptions of non-financial departments about the budget and forecasting process, says Gavin Rouble of The 2% Factor
Career
Why ambitious corporate accountants should extend their role beyond finance
The role of the CFO is changing. Now is the time to forge your externally facing role
Management
When employees disengage from annual budget and forecasting
The first step to full engagement is recognize the problem, says author Gavin Rouble
Profession
7 ways to protect yourself legally when preparing engagement letters
Limit your legal liability through your engagement letter, says professional liability lawyer James Lane
Business
The Final Chapter of Sears Canada: Financials, Bankruptcy
Jeff Buckstein takes a last look at the reasons behind the retailer's demise
Business
How the digital age drove Sears Canada into bankruptcy
Sears Canada paid a hefty price by being late to the online retail game
Business
Why did Sears Canada go bankrupt?
A retailer stuck in the past. A strategy that did not work. A liquidation that never had to happen?
Management
Business Analytics for Chartered Professional Accountants
Guest blogger David Elsner on the growing role of data analytics in business
Technology
How CPAs can fight phishing fraud
What can practice and management CPAs learn from the MacEwan University cybercrime?
Technology
Five internal controls to prevent a MacEwan phishing fraud
These basic internal accounting controls could have easily stopped a $12m fraud says CPA professor
Management
Forecasting: Why accountants should get it approximately right
The King of KPIs, David Parmenter, on fast, not perfect, forecasting
Management
The five mistakes accounting leaders make in setting KPIs
The King of KPIs, David Parmenter, says KPIs often fail to deliver on their potential
Strategy
Taking the Lead in Enterprise Risk Management
Bill Wesioly on five steps to convincing key decision-makers to invest in ERM
Profession
Meltdown Under: How a governance controversy turned CPA Australia into a national scandal
Does it hold any lessons for Canadian accountants?
Culture
Embracing Employee Entrepreneurs
Gavin Rouble of the 2% Factor on how leaders can sculpt a great workplace culture from a new generation
Book Reviews
Working with Difficult People
Handling the ten types of problem people without losing your mind
Business
Part Three: Pensions, planes & profits (profitability)
CFO of the Year Michael Rousseau discusses the procurement strategies behind Air Canada's profitability
Business
Part Two: Pensions, planes & profits (the EETC market)
In the second of a three-part series, CFO of the Year Michael Rousseau details the financial strategy behind the national airline's rebound
Business
Part One: Pensions, planes & profits (pension deficits)
In the first of a three part-series, CFO of the Year Michael Rousseau, CPA, CA, shares the management strategies that has Air Canada soaring once again
Practice
Outlier: Bridgman & Durksen Chartered Accountants
How one small Ontario firm beat the odds and placed two students on the CFE National Honour Roll
Merge Gupta-Sunderji
Five reasons why accountants make great leaders
Merge Gupta-Sunderji turns managers into great leaders. In this column, Merge gives five reasons why accountants make great leaders