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Average Tenure of FP&A Employees
In a competitive labor market, leading organizations stand out for their ability to retain finance employees longer than their peers. Based on data from our Planning and…
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In this article, APQC draws from the findings of its Future of Finance Talent study to discuss the skills that organizations find most valuable in finance talent. In a…
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When organizations are looking to cut costs and improve margins, headcount is often one of the first places that leaders scrutinize. When it comes to IT, however,…
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Number of Learning Days per Employee
Benchmarking the number of days that you set aside for employee learning is a good first step for thinking more deeply about the development opportunities you offer to your…
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Designing Effective Risk Management Training
Effective training is critical for building a mature risk management culture. Employees across an enterprise not only need to learn how risk intersects with their daily work,…
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Learning Techniques to Enhance Abstract Risk Knowledge and Behavior
Having an established risk culture is beneficial for all organizations in times of crisis. However, establishing a risk culture is difficult and requires an environment that…
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Shrinking the Finance Talent Gap
Finance functions are evolving, looking to add higher-value services to their traditional focus on administration and compliance. With this shift, many are recognizing the…
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Make People Productive Without Driving Them Crazy
Organizations want their employees to be more productive—and most employees want that too. But despite everyone’s good intentions, the median knowledge worker spends 25…
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Busy but not productive: it is the feeling that everyone dreads. At APQC's 2022 PPM and KM Conference, APQC’s Holly Lyke-Ho-Gland and Cindy Hubert led a general session on…
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Highly-trained, knowledgeable, and well-tenured staff are some of the most important assets a business can have. At the same time, leading organizations also recognize the…
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Expanding How We Define Productivity
APQC’s founder, Jack Grayson, believed that true productivity encompasses both effectiveness and efficiency: “Efficiency measures if you are doing things right. Effectiveness…
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Six Core Capabilities for Resilence: Q&A
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders are increasingly focused on organizational resilience. Organizational resilience is the ability of an organization to anticipate…
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Six Keys to Organizational Resiliency
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders are increasingly focused on organizational resilience. Organizational resilience is the ability of an organization to anticipate…
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To learn more about the goals, challenges, career paths, and future plans of today’s finance professionals, APQC launched the “People of Finance” series to share the stories…
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Reverse Engineering Organizational Resilency
In the wake of black swan events like COVID-19, leaders see building organizational resilience as an urgent priority. But it’s one thing to throw around “resiliency” as a…