As we urge every CEO and business owner to do, we compare actual results with the projections the client made at the beginning of the year, whether it’s a formal budget with staff accountability or not, and we ensure a discussion with management follows. Even without...
HAPPY NEW YEAR! We hope for you and yours a healthy, happy and prosperous new year. That said, let’s talk about how to help create the prosperous part of that. Specifically, let’s focus on the financial plan/budget that you’ve finished just in time to start the new...
If you have been following my posts for a few years, you’ve seen this diagram at least once before. It’s the master plan for planning that the best-in-class companies use to drive strategic direction and goal setting. Each year I urge more of our CEO readers to adopt...
I have a “side hustle” when I’m not occupied with running the CFO for Rent business; it’s investing in commercial real estate, along with some of my clients and close friends. It’s the business I’ll pursue more fully when I’m no longer offering consulting services,...
Many companies today are struggling with the effects of inflation and the aftereffects of COVID, and keeping enough cash to operate efficiently is a big challenge. But for others, cash management is a different kind of issue – they have more cash than they need to run...