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Just hit American soil after “vacationing” in Barcelona to visit my daughter studying abroad. Needless to say, our vacation turned into evacuation. During our cobbled-together plane trips home, we repeatedly…

Budget Season – as if the post-holiday doldrums weren’t enough. Here we are, putting together a financial roadmap for the next year. Let’s see what that requires: Managerial buy-in Executive…

We the People of the Yourname Corporation, in Order to form a more perfect company, establish Justice, insure corporate Tranquility, provide for the common Defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the…

Let’s face it. The people that hire CFOs are not CFOs. It’s usually various members of the executive team pulling the trigger on the hire.  Hmm…executive team –  CEO, CRO,…

It ain’t your parents’ IT Department anymore… If you manage the IT Department at your current gig, a lot has changed from 10 years ago. IT is no longer laptops,…

One of my business mantras is: “Deconstruct, Simplify and Document”. So many companies develop highly complicated systems to track performance at the wrong level, or have systems that span the…

On a recent trip to Norway, I discussed many contemporary world issues with relatives and acquaintances and was struck by the dichotomy between the US and Norway in terms of…

Wah, wah, wah… Ok, it’s our job. We don’t get any secret thrill from giving CEOs bad news – really. We do it quite often, so it may seem like…

When deadlines get tight, the work piles up, and your staff is challenged and stressed, do you know what keeps them in their seats?Everyone has a North Star – a…

…To create a solid financial platform for companies, so the talent, energy and creative bandwidth of employees is not restricted by financing concerns, but used to completely disrupt ordinary business…