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CFO Insights

CFO Insights is a biweekly thought leadership series dedicated to addressing the issues that Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) and finance executives face today. CFO Insights provides an easily digestible and regular stream of perspectives on the challenges CFOs are confronted with.

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CFO Insights — Economic cycles: What should CFOs prepare for now?

May 02, 2019

This issue looks at which looming dangers have the combined potential to upend the economy in 2020, what CFOs should consider doing now to prepare their companies, and how a weaker economy requires finance leaders to become stronger decision makers.

CFO Insights — Finance 2025: Are you ready?

Apr 18, 2019

This issue discusses what research reveals about the finance function of 2025, the strides finance leaders can take to add maximum value in an emerging digital world, and why CFOs should be energized by the journey ahead.

CFO Insights — Special edition: Results from 2019 Q1 "CFO Signals" survey

Mar 28, 2019

Each quarter, CFO Signals tracks the thinking and actions of CFOs representing many of North America’s largest and most influential companies. This is the first quarter report for 2019.

CFO Insights — Solving the succession paradox

Mar 21, 2019

This issue discusses why organizations that take a "centered" approach that can make it not only an effective part of their growth strategy, but also a signature feature of their corporate culture.

CFO Insights — Unleashing blockchain in finance

Mar 07, 2019

This issue explains blockchain’s defining characteristics, explore its potential roles within finance, and help finance chiefs familiarize themselves with its benefits.

CFO Insights — Leaving a legacy — for your company, your team, and yourself

Feb 21, 2019

This issue examine what CFOs hope to leave behind once their tenures end and offer some practical advice to help guide finance leaders as they build their legacies.

CFO Insights — Bridging the gap between the finance team you have — and the one you need

Jan 24, 2019

This issue discusses why acquiring and developing those skilled employees should be embedded in an overall business strategy and identify some key questions to help guide finance leaders as they build their workforces of the future.

CFO Insights — Special edition: Results from 2018 Q4 "CFO Signals" survey

Jan 10, 2019

Each quarter, CFO Signals tracks the thinking and actions of CFOs representing many of North America’s largest and most influential companies. This is the fourth quarter report for 2018.

CFO Insights — The Detonate imperative: Why you should blow up your best practices

Dec 13, 2018

This issue outlines four guiding principles for adopting a new mindset to break old habits, and offers guidance as to how finance can be better calibrated to an environment where risk is difficult to measure and manage.

CFO Insights — What's keeping CFOs up at night in 2018?

Nov 01, 2018

This issue discusses concerns growth concerns CFO have, along with seven others, drawn from the resources of Deloitte’s U.S. CFO Program, which include our Next Generation CFO Academies, CFO Transition Lab™ sessions, CFO Forums, CFO Vision™ conferences, and the quarterly CFO Signals survey.

CFO Insights — Extended enterprise risk: Managing exposure beyond the organization

Oct 18, 2018

This issue describes three important areas of innovation — emerging technologies, cooperative relationships, and organization and governance models — that leading companies are pursuing to reset the front line of defense.

CFO Insights — Chapter II: Preparing for life after being CFO

Oct 04, 2018

This issue looks at how some CFOs have made the move into retirement, weighed their options, and found gratification outside of the C-suite.

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Related Publications

CFO Insights — Economic cycles: What should CFOs prepare for now?

CFO Insights — Finance 2025: Are you ready?

CFO Insights — Special edition: Results from 2019 Q1 "CFO Signals" survey

CFO Insights — Solving the succession paradox

CFO Insights — Unleashing blockchain in finance

CFO Insights — Leaving a legacy — for your company, your team, and yourself

CFO Insights — Bridging the gap between the finance team you have — and the one you need

CFO Insights — Special edition: Results from 2018 Q4 "CFO Signals" survey

CFO Insights — The Detonate imperative: Why you should blow up your best practices

CFO Insights — What's keeping CFOs up at night in 2018?

CFO Insights — Extended enterprise risk: Managing exposure beyond the organization

CFO Insights — Chapter II: Preparing for life after being CFO

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Correction list for hyphenation