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		<title>Ken Tudhope:  Think Globally!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[            Based upon the title, I’ll bet most of the readers of this blog are thinking of far off places.  I’m thinking of Orange County.  I’m thinking about hiring finance and accounting professionals in Orange County. If you are hiring Finance and Accounting professionals in Orange County you’d better be thinking Globally.  The reason is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What’s Your Corporate Contribution – Expense or Accretive Asset?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[     Over the years as I have looked to add members to my team, or helped them develop their own careers, there has always been one question I have asked regarding a new hire – What will be the value you will create for the organization?  Or conversely, if you’re an existing employee – What [...]]]></description>
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		<title>S&#038;OP, Inventory Levels, A/O, &#038; Your Forecast&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[            Lately we’ve started getting back into the heart of the earnings season and the scheduling of Quarterly calls to discuss results. With a keen focus on the Retail and Apparel sector, it’s been interesting to hear the shift in planning for many of the manufacturers.  Whether right or wrong, I’m hearing a consistency in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: Competing On Analytics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[            The schedule has been a bit rough lately but I’ve finally managed to finish reading one of the book choices that I picked up almost 6-months ago. The book, “Competing On Analytics”, is one of the many offerings from the Harvard Business School Press and is written by Thomas Davenport and Jeanne Harris. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ken Tudhope: CFO or Controller&#8230;?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[     It&#8217;s a topic that has been widely covered lately, but Ken weighs in with his views on the differences between a Controller and a CFO&#8230;..
As a networker and recruiter of senior finance and accounting talent, I often meet CFOs who truly fit the bill, but oftentimes I meet folks with a CFO title in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Core Competencies vs. Key Inputs: Manage your risk&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[            Last week I had the opportunity to attend a panel discussion on growth strategies in the current economy. The panel was comprised of key executives from US Bank, Mission Hospital, Apria Healthcare, and Toyota. All on the panel discussed what they had done over the last 12-18 months to reduce operating expenses, improve working [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ken Tudhope notes: Techno-Networking&#8230;.</title>
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     If you have kids, you know what MySpace.com is all about.  It’s the cyber-place where the teenagers go to flirt, be creative, gossip, and even be a little (or a lot) rebellious.  As parents, we often look to see what our kids have on their MySpace.com page and after we assure ourselves that our child [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating &#038; Communicating a Financial Mission&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[            Yesterday I was speaking with some peers that work in the same industry that Osiris is in and we touched on the topic of the difficulty of developing and communicating a financial vision &#38; strategy for a company where this element was noticeably absent, or weak. Part of the concern was that their organization [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Woodruff-Sawyer Board Panel: Conclusion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[            In my conclusion of summarizing the Woodruff-Sawyer panel discussion on Board of Directors seat appointments, the final discussion point of the panel addressed the three key areas of Board consideration. These areas included Board dynamics, the management process &#38; interaction with the Board, as well as the levels of protection afforded to Board members [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Woodruff-Sawyer Board Panel: Part II</title>
		<description><![CDATA[            Last week I gave an overview of the Woodruff-Sawyer panel discussion that I attended, which focused on the process of Board of Directors seat selection and the considerations to pursuing such a position.  I had previously left off at the considerations and value of sitting on the Board for an external organization.  As Bruce [...]]]></description>
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