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Articles in November, 2007 issue of Financial Executive

• UP: Influence, Power and the U Perspective: The Art of Getting What You Want.(bookshelf)(Book review)
  by Marshall, Jeffrey
• Gain by understanding what motivates others: Consultant Lee Miller believes that executives can succeed more often at negotiation and persuasion if they make the effort to understand what really matters to those they want to influence.(YOUR CAREER)
  by Marshall, Jeffrey
• LogicManager.(ERM SOFTWARE)
• Congress continues to focus on tax-shelter activity.(washington insights)
  by Prysock, Mark
• Krista Sackman was promoted to Supervisor, Chapter Relations.(PEOPLE/STAFF)(promotion)(Brief article)
• Advanced technologies: essential tools for today's CFOs; The CFO of a software company argues in favor of providing comprehensive tools so that CFOs can do their jobs as they are expected to.(FROM WHERE I SIT)
  by Parker, Don
• Advice on mastering the 'behavioral' interview.(CAREER SKILLS)
  by Heffes, Ellen M.; Marshall, Jeffrey
• Executives gloomy on leadership pipeline.(WORKPLACE)
  by Heffes, Ellen M.; Marshall, Jeffrey
• Controlling workers' compensation medical costs: with workers' compensation costs rising for more than six years, state legislatures are getting involved. Worker's compensation claims must be managed and controlled at the corporate level in order to lower
  by Sorenson, Stephanie A.
• CODA Group.(REVENUE MANAGEMENT)(Brief article)
• Message to our supporters.
  by Boyadjis, George; Cangemi, Michael P.
• The New Jersey Chapter featured former Giants football star Bart Oates at its September meeting.(fei news)(Brief article)
• CIFR chair Robert Pozen: committee seeks more than just to reduce complexity.(financial reporting)(dialogue with Robert C. Pozen)(Interview)
  by Heffes, Ellen M.
• In search of smarter capital.(QUICK STUDY)
  by Quindlen, Tom
• Survey finds 80% of companies victimized.(FRAUD)
  by Heffes, Ellen M.; Marshall, Jeffrey
• Think like private equity to enhance public company value: private equity has helped bring shareholder value back to the boardroom agenda, but public company executives don't need to watch from the sidelines. Here are six lessons learned from PE philosoph
  by Pettit, Justin
• Names in the news.
• Troubled situations challenge CFOs.(chief financial officers)(dialogue with Ellen M. Heffes)(Interview)
  by Heffes, Ellen M.
• Editor's page.(dialogue with Ellen Heffes of Pulte Homes Inc.)(Interview)
  by Marshall, Jeffrey
• Little relief seen in medical claims costs.(HEALTHCARE)(Brief article)
  by Heffes, Ellen M.; Marshall, Jeffrey
• 170 Systems.(FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT)(Brief article)
• Open Text[TM] Corp.(ECM SOFTWARE)
• Distressed-debt mess boosts need for specialists.(RECRUITING)
  by Marshall, Jeffrey
• In quotes.(in brief)(Brief article)
  by Herz, Robert
• Corporate Fraud: A Manager's Journey.(bookshelf)(K.H. Spencer Pickett)
  by Marshall, Jeffrey
• Using automated controls to ensure better, faster, cheaper audits: using technology that automates testing of internal controls ensures regulatory compliance and promotes operational excellence.(INTERNAL CONTROLS)(Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002)
  by Roland, Holly
• FEI technical committees.(fei news)(Financial Executives International)
• Strategy officers create new challenge for CFOs.(EXECUTIVE SUITE)
  by Heffes, Ellen M.; Marshall, Jeffrey
• Eric Waller was promoted to Supervisor, Membership.(PEOPLE/STAFF)(promotion)(Brief article)
• Political donations grow as governance issue: disclosure of corporate political contributions comes second only to climate change as an activist shareholder cause. As the next major U.S. election draws closer, the issue is certain to get more top manageme
  by Millman, Gregory J.
• Alight Planning.(BPM SOLUTIONS)
• Lisa Korzeniowski was promoted to Meeting Planner.(PEOPLE/STAFF)(promotion)(Brief article)
• How will you cope in a clean-energy world? It's certainly not too early for finance executives to start thinking about the impact of renewable energy mandates, carbon taxes and other "green" energy initiatives. A consultant points out areas for
  by Patterson, Gary W.
• Conference schedule.(fei news)(Calendar)
• The Point of the Deal: How to Negotiate When Yes Is Not Enough.(bookshelf)(Brief article)(Book review)
  by Marshall, Jeffrey
• If IFRS offer the answer, they sure raise a lot of questions: as SEC talk turns to actions--towards accepting one set of accounting standards worldwide--serious concerns for American regulators and U.S. GAAP-filing companies surface and need to be address
  by Cheney, Glenn A.
• Crossword.
• Preparing for and conducting a business valuation.(private companies)
  by Mellen, Chris M.; Sullivan, David M.
• New winds blowing in worldwide capital markets.(president's page)
  by Cangemi, Michael P.