Yearly Archives: 2018

By Russ Banham Leader's Edge Time is of the essence in the agricultural industry, given the short window of opportunity to harvest fruits and vegetables in their peak condition. When…

By Russ Banham Journal of Accountancy As auditors prepare for a new auditing standard requiring the disclosure of critical audit matters (CAMs) in their reports, they are traveling in uncharted…

By Russ Banham Forbes Digitization, digitalization and digital transformation: It’s easy to confuse them, but in fact, they’re very different, each describing a specific facet of a journey toward the…

By Russ Banham CFO Not every day does the CEO of a large public company contentedly smoke marijuana on a podcast (which was also recorded on video), shortly after tweeting…

By Russ Banham Forbes.com Corporate governance is in the crosshairs, with institutional investors broadcasting their concerns over the financial impact on companies of such social issues as the #MeToo movement,…

By Russ Banham Chief Executive Earlier this year, Chief Executive, in partnership with the Thayer Leader Development Group (TLDG) at West Point, launched our inaugural Patriots in Business Awards to honor the…

By Russ Banham Forbes Now that more companies are realizing the financial and environmental benefits of investing in production methods and technologies that take the dirty work out of making…

By Russ Banham Leader's Edge First there was pressure from New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Maria Vullo, New York’s financial services superintendent, on the industry to dump the National…

By Russ Banham CFO magazine If past is prologue, U.K. accounting regulators may want to take a hard look at the great American business tragedy known as Enron. In 2002, the…

By Russ Banham Leader's Edge It’s one thing to read about raging wildfires in California and quite another to experience the possibility of such a catastrophe. In early August, our…