The Private Directors Association (PDA) put on a really good virtual session this week on the subject of evaluating the directors of a privately owned company. Their thoughts and ideas apply more broadly than the topic might suggest – they are applicable to advisory...
That expression will be familiar to readers who have served on boards of directors or have had some board governance training. They will agree with it or not, often largely depending on their financial involvement. I was reminded of this axiom while reading a post...
Virtually every CEO or business owner knows how to read their company’s income statement – Revenue, then Gross Profit, then Operating Profit, then Net Profit. Many only look at the top and bottom numbers, some delve deeply into the details in between. But they all...
Every company beyond the corner candy store – remember those? – has complexities to their business that management must be aware of in order to manage. How to maintain that awareness? Lots of ways, including touring your facility with regularity, getting special...
This topic was the basis of an article written for the AICPA’s Financial Management magazine, and since they paid for it I promised not to publish it anywhere else. But they’d love for me to share a link to their publication, a win-win-win (the last one is...
