I picked a book out of my library today, written by a successful executive and former basketball player under John Wooden, the GOAT of college basketball coaches. He quoted some of Wooden’s favorite trade secret phrases – he apparently had dozens of them. I think some...
Management teams often disagree on key issues affecting the business, based on their own view of what’s working and what’s not. If a consensus is desired, that leaves it to the CEO to consider those views and set the best course of action. But what if it’s not clear...
The Wall Street Journal reported recently (7/18/19) that CFOs of public companies are retiring at the fastest pace in over a decade. Exit rates of nearly 18% annually are now thought to be higher than for CEOs, a historically high turnover job. The trend, captured by...
Some years ago (over 10, actually) I wrote an article that bore the tongue-in-cheek title “Financial Training Isn’t for Everyone!” I was then typically traveling virtually every month speaking to business audiences nationwide on the value of financial education, and...
New update on my foundation book, Finance for Nonfinancial Managers, 2nd Edition. A few months ago Amazon ranked it (based on sales on their site alone) among their best sellers on managerial accounting and textbooks on finance and accounting. (It’s used in...
