THE FAMILY BANK

Three years ago I helped a business owner rescue his succession plan from imminent failure.  We restructured the plan to both enable him to withdraw from the business (with enough…

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Empowerment, Alignment and Responsibility

in Turnaround and Fast Growth Management By Jack DotyPartner and Practice Lead: Food & Beverage and Fast Growth Management Turnaround Management has often been criticized for being excessively punitive towards…

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CONSULTING CFOS: THE POWER OF AFFILIATION

Serving as a trusted consultant financial professional is a deeply rewarding career. Working with a client is a special relationship built on trust, both for the value of work and…

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IS THE ANNUAL BUDGET A COLOSSAL WASTE OF TIME?

In today’s world, it’s rare to find a topic that generates agreement across a broad cross-section of people, but it’s a reasonably safe bet that most finance and non-finance people…

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MAKING THE FINANCE OPERATION THE BEST IT CAN BE

One reason to love business is because it is dynamic. Strategies change or pivot, organizations transform, regulations and new rules emerge. All of these require financial teams to be both…

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Empowerment, Alignment and Responsibility in Turnaround and Fast Growth Management

Turnaround Management has often been criticized for being excessively punitive towards the employees of the target company.  Quite often, the definition of Turnaround is seeking bankruptcy protection in a liquidation….

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Future of work

The Future of Work

The Future of Work What does it take to Succeed? By Jodi AvinaDirector of Recruitment, CFOs2GO Many futurists and analysts are sending out conflicting data about the future of work,…

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TELLING A COMPELLING FINANCIAL STORY

Financial presentations are common to every business. Whether the audience is the board, investors, lenders or bankers, the ability to tell a credible and compelling financial story is critically important….

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USING OLYMPIC TRAINING METHODS TO IMPROVE YOUR PLANNING & BUDGETING

Recently the Olympics dominated the airwaves for a couple of weeks. Everywhere you looked, the athletes used visualization to train, plan and improve their performance. Skiers, skaters and sliders swayed…

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CYBERSECURITY IN A CHANGING WORLD

The Wall Street Journal Pro Report of December 19, 2017 was devoted to the issue of Cybersecurity. The chilling reality is that national governments, state and local governments, businesses and…

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