Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Podcast December 20, 2023 Commentary by Mark Boheim | 2024 Top Risks Survey — Materials and Chemicals Managing Director Mark Boheim describes current and future market challenges for organisations in the Materials and Chemicals industry.Read 2024 Top Risks Manufacturing and Distribution Results Podcast December 20, 2023 Commentary by Robert Giacobbe | 2024 Top Risks Survey — Supply Chain Management Managing Director Robert Giacobbe provides commentary on current and emerging trends in supply chain management.Read 2024 Top Risks Manufacturing and Distribution Results Podcast December 20, 2023 Commentary by Sharon Lindstrom | 2024 Top Risks Survey — Industrial Products Sharon Lindstrom, Managing Director and Global Leader of Protiviti’s Manufacturing and Distribution industry group, details key challenges that Industrial Products organisations are facing.Read 2024 Top Risks Manufacturing and Distribution Results Blogs April 19, 2024 Six Reasons to Reconsider Cost Optimisation As senior executives face more pressure to respond to rising costs and eroding profit margins, CFOs can remind their colleagues that they have more cost-optimisation strategies than they might expect.Many business leaders reflexively reach for the headcount-reduction lever. This is understandable given the rising cost of labor and that downsizing and reducing year-end bonuses usually hits the… Blogs May 3, 2024 Seven ways to strengthen leadership succession and development Replacing a C-suite executive or high-potential employee can be costly. Yet many organisations’ leadership development and succession programs are hamstrung by inadequacies that can lead to damaging talent loss. Blogs April 14, 2025 CFOs Must Be the Voice of Reason Amid Tariff Turmoil The CFO’s thoughtful, fact-rooted reaction and action to tariffs can stand out in contrast to what may appear to be drama day-trading by many (or even most) others who track tariff activity as a process story. Newsletter March 24, 2024 When Executives Stand in the Way — Create the Right Tone at the Top for Change In the race toward innovation and transformation, it can be easy for leadership to overlook their crucial role in driving change in the organisation, including fostering vital new mindsets and behaviors.What you should know: Executive engagement is a critical component to enable change. It’s important to make the distinction that leaders and managers don’t “manage” change; they “enable” change.By… Podcast December 20, 2023 Commentary by Sharon Lindstrom | 2024 Top Risks Survey — Manufacturing and Distribution Sharon Lindstrom, Managing Director and Global Leader of Protiviti’s Manufacturing and Distribution industry group, comments on short- and long-term trends in the market.Read 2024 Top Risks Manufacturing and Distribution Results Blogs January 14, 2025 CSDDD: It’s Not Too Soon To Get Moving While the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) that took effect in January 2023 is primarily disclosure-oriented, the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) is all about action. Blogs February 9, 2023 Sustainable Cloud Computing Organisations have grown more productive by embracing the scalability and performance of cloud computing. As they’ve become more sensitive to matters of sustainability, however, organisations will place greater focus on the sustainability of cloud computing models from an overall environmental, social and governance (ESG) standpoint. This is true globally, whether ESG goals are driven by… Load More